Anxiety therapists in Nairn, Scotland Scotland, United Kingdom GB
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Anxiety or Fears
Debbie Debonaire
Counsellor/Therapist, BA Hons, IMTTA, Heartmath Coach
I guide individuals in understanding the causes of their anxiety and fear symptoms. Together, we look at these causes, then introduce and build on the strategies that will serve them the best and allow them to create their own coping mechanisms so that they can overcome these anxieties and fears to live a calm and free life. Anxiety and fears, addressed through Anxiety Disorders Therapy, are a focus that aims to alleviate persistent worry and irrational fears that interfere with daily life. This speciality involves diagnosing specific anxiety disorders, such as generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and phobias, and employing evidence-based treatments to manage them. Using a combination of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), exposure therapy, meditation, Heartmath Principles and mindfulness techniques to help individuals confront their fears, reduce anxiety symptoms, and regain control over their lives.
8 Years Experience
Online in Nairn, Scotland (Online Only)
Anxiety or Fears
Sara Aicart-Pendlebury
Art Therapist, Human Givens Practitioner (HG.Dip.P), Member of Human Givens Institute, IFS therapist Levels 1&2, Narm Practitioner
Anxiety can be crippling and obvious. Or it can subtly sabotage our plans. Contact me for a free consultation on recognizing your feelings of anxiety, and applying anxiety management techniques. You are not an anxious person: you are person more susceptible to anxiety – but you can learn to hand it. We all need to experience some degree of anxiety at times – it would be unnatural not to feel any of its symptoms, such as racing pulse, dry mouth, sweatiness and shallow breathing, just before a big speech or exam, for instance – as it helps get us motivated to act. But excessive anxiety causes problems. Excessive anxiety may develop gradually, starting, perhaps, with loneliness after the loss of a loved one; being too shy to make new friends when moving somewhere new; experiencing unwelcome life changes because of chronic illness and pain; or feeling loaded down with too much responsibility – all cases of unmet emotional needs.
When people worry excessively, it is in essence because important emotional needs, such as for safety, connection or status, are not being met. That’s why the human givens approach, which focuses on helping people in distress find healthy ways to meet their emotional needs, is so effective.
For some people, anxiety can develop suddenly, after they are caught up in some tragic disaster, such as a fire or a crash, or are the victims of violence, and their lives become ruled by fear. (This is known as post-traumatic stress.) Anxiety may also take the form of obsessions, compulsions, phobias or a nagging feeling of foreboding – all of which are attempts to ward off a sense of threat.
Yet, as we know, some people face such circumstances without becoming overly anxious, while others end up almost crippled by anxiety. How we explain the negative events that happen to us has a considerable bearing on whether we are likely to suffer from excessive anxiety. Three particular types of thinking are especially connected with its development and its close partner, depression: how personally people take events (they think everything is their fault or that they didn’t get the job because they weren’t good enough, rather than because the competition was particularly stiff); how pervasive they think the effects will be (if they lose their job, they think everything in their world is going wrong, even though their relationship is still strong and they have their health, good friends, etc); and how permanent(they will never get another job, partner, dream house like that one, etc).
People who suffer badly from anxiety also tend to have a lot of negative thoughts running through their minds that they don’t even notice (“I’ll never cope”; “it’s going to be awful”; “no one likes me”) and commonly catastrophise (“I’m going to be late. My boss will sack me!”) Changing negative self-talk and challenging catastrophic thinking help lower stress levels.
Another major cause of troublesome anxiety is negative over-imagination. Anxious people tend to spend a lot of time worrying “What if?”, coming up with a whole variety of dreadful outcomes for themselves or their loved ones. This keeps them in a constant state of high emotional arousal and can take the extreme forms of phobias or obsessive-compulsive disorders. Learning to use the imagination positively – by calmly rehearsing mentally tried and tested techniques (such as deep breathing and distracting thoughts) for dealing with feared or worrisome situations – is very effective. Calming ourselves down, when anxious, is extremely important because high emotional arousal makes us stupid. We literally can’t think straight and that makes the situation worse.
Human givens practitioners can show people how to relax, so that they can bring their own arousal and stress levels down, and how to use their imaginations positively, to rehearse successful outcomes instead of bad ones. They can also help people overcome phobias, panic attacks and traumatic memories quickly and painlessly. And, very importantly, they will encourage people to find ways to reduce their stress and also focus outwards on fulfilling activities (maybe involving the wellbeing of others as well as themselves) – excellent ways of getting their own needs met.
15 Years Experience
Online in Nairn, Scotland
Anxiety or Fears
Vicky Mould
Counsellor/Therapist, Accredited Professional Registrant (PNCPS Acc.)
Anxiety can come in many forms, yet it can be debilitating and prevent you from living the life you want. I've supported many people through their experiences of anxiety, including social anxiety, health anxiety, generalised anxiety and OCD. Whatever your experiences, I'm here for you in a non-judgemental, compassionate and supportive way. I can work with you to relieve overwhelm or stress, gain control over your life, and move towards increased wellbeing. If you'd like to explore anxiety counselling, please get in touch with me to arrange a low-cost consultation.
13 Years Experience
Online in Nairn, Scotland (Online Only)
Anxiety or Fears
John Castleford
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, FRAI
FEAR! The strongest of ALL emotions. Paradoxically it's been fundamental to our evolutionary success: particularly fleeing predators and other sources of harm. It's kept us alive for the 200,000 years of our existence as humans. We're not all that strong, we don't have claws and fangs --but we can run long distances! And it matters not one bit that our fear of that growl in the undergrowth may be unfounded. We can get that wrong 1000 times and if we flee we survive as a consequence.
Just as your smoke alarm has one volume (LOUD!) it's natural to be fearful of what we perceive may harm us. We often overestimate the size and proximity of threats and conversely underestimate our ability to cope. Fear is powerful BUT it can often interfere with logic and reason. That's why we need to respect fear and reassess our relationship to it. And courage is not the absence of fear; mindset is everything and mindset can be developed to ensure we have optimal strategies for the stresses and adversities that regularly afflict us.
16 Years Experience
Online in Nairn, Scotland
Anxiety or Fears
Jayne Batten
Counsellor/Therapist, MSc, CT, RPC, MPCC
We can experience anxiety in a variety of different ways - we may suffer from panic attacks, obsessive thoughts, unrelenting worries, or phobias. Therapy can help to alleviate anxiety in different ways by understanding what lies beneath it and adjusting our behavioural responses to it accordingly. Anxiety is a very common mental health disorder and affects many, many people. Talking therapy can help us to learn different strategies to manage our anxiety and move away from feeling helpless or hopeless.
6 Years Experience
Online in Nairn, Scotland