Anxiety Therapists in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Anxiety can show up as constant worry, avoidance, physical tension, or the exhausting need to control everything around you. Whether you’re dealing with specific fears, social anxiety, health concerns, or a general sense of dread, these feelings can make everyday life feel overwhelming. Therapy offers a space to understand what’s driving your anxiety and develop practical tools to manage it . Together, we’ll work on breaking the cycles that keep you stuck and help you build confidence in facing uncertainty.

Anxiety and fear can be a great portal to being present. We can work with anxiety and fear directly to transmute the energy, so that you are not stuck in the story that is attached to the feeling, but rather able to see the situation from a broader perspective and have more choice about what you'd like to do next. Or, if it is too difficult to approach it directly, we can slowly build acceptance techniques and see what tools help to mitigate the intensity.

I help clients move beyond simply managing anxiety, fear, and phobias by working with the underlying subconscious patterns that keep the response active. Together, we identify the root trigger and use targeted techniques to create a calmer, more empowered response.

I provide Cognitive Behaviour Therapy which is the recommended psychological therapy for panic attacks, agoraphobia, social anxiety/ social phobia, other phobias, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Generalised Anxiety Disorder* and stress/ burnout. I have several years experience of supporting clients who had been bullied at school or gone through workplace bullying, harrassment, stalking, domestic violence and court proceedings. During my professional qualification I chose to specialise in panic attacks and agoraphobia for my research and dissertation. I have provided therapy for clients who had phobias of elevators, buses, trains, underground trains, bees, dogs, hospitals, needles, blood, injuries, and childbirth. I can also provide CBT for depression, traumas and PTSD. (*GAD also known as chronic neurosis is excessive and persistent worrying about several areas of your life, worry that is out of proportion with the situation and interfering with day-to-day life, a feeling of not being able to control worrying, and difficulties around overthinking and planning for potential problems that have not occurred.)

Are you avoiding situations due to anxiety? Is it stopping you from living a full life? Anxiety attacks can produce an unpleasant cocktail of symptoms; sweating palms, nausea, palpatations, hyperventilation and feelings of paranoia. As anxiety is usually triggered by specific circumstances, many people find themselves avoiding those situations where they may experience anxiety, this in itself can exacerbate the problem, especially if those situations involve work, travel or socialising. With cutting edge psychological tools anxiety can be a thing of the past in between 1 and 4 sessions.

Amsterdam's progressive culture has historically made therapy and self-reflection a normalized part of city life, and the city has a well-developed private ecosystem serving its large international and expat population. The Dutch mental health system (GGZ) provides psychiatric and psychological care, though waiting times for publicly funded slots are long and many residents access private therapy through supplementary health insurance. Amsterdam's large Moroccan, Surinamese, Turkish, and Indonesian communities drive demand for culturally aware and multilingual therapists. The city's severe housing shortage has created sustained financial anxiety, and therapists here frequently address the stress of maintaining affordable living in one of Europe's most expensive cities.

Gender ID

	80%	Female
	20%	Male

Session Type

	60%	Online Only
	40%	In Person and Online

Top Treatment Approaches

80%	Integrative Therapy
60%	Behavioral Therapy
60%	Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
60%	Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian)
40%	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
40%	Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT)
40%	Hypnotherapy

Ages Served

100%	Adult
60%	Young Adult
40%	Senior
40%	Teen

Client Focus

60%	Women
40%	Buddhist
20%	Asian
20%	Black / African American
20%	Christian

Anxiety therapists in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Anna Stephenson

Jeremy Rhoades

Leonie M Dippenaar

Alison Edwards Therapy & Supervision

Jayne LESLEY Allen