Anxiety therapists in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland NI, United Kingdom UK
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Anxiety
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.
17 Years Experience
Online in Carrickfergus, NI Northern Ireland
Anxiety
Eric C Bettelheim
Registered Psychotherapist, PhD, MSc., J.D., M.A. A.B. Member: BACP, BPC.
Anxiety in clients that I see is almost always based on traumatic experience which needs to be understood for successful treatment.
4 Years Experience
Online in Carrickfergus, NI Northern Ireland
Anxiety
Marianna Trezza -The Growing mindset
Counsellor/Therapist, MA (Hons), Adv Dip. Counsel. & Psychoth.,Dip. Hypnoth., X-Cultural Adaptation Coun. Reg. BACP 572613
Many women living abroad carry a subtle but constant state of alertness that is often mistaken for “just stress” or anxiety. My work explores the deeper emotional and nervous system patterns underneath chronic overthinking, emotional exhaustion, hyper-vigilance and the pressure to constantly adapt, perform or hold everything together.
23 Years Experience
Online in Carrickfergus, NI Northern Ireland
Anxiety
Liam West
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, Adv Dip MBACP
People struggle with anixety and fear due to unconscious processes in the brain. In looking at the underlying issues people are struggling with can we affect change to peoples overall sense of wellbeing and alleviate any anxiety.
13 Years Experience
Online in Carrickfergus, NI Northern Ireland (Online Only)
Anxiety
Szilvia Kovacs
Psychologist, Counselling Psychologist, Hypnotherapist
General levels of anxiety have risen in recent years. Anxiety is the most common mental health problem in the US and Europe among teens and young adults, especially white females. If you are struggling with anxiety or panic attacks, I offer you 12 weeks of Autogenic Training to find your inner strength and learn how to control your mind.
21 Years Experience
Online in Carrickfergus, NI Northern Ireland (Online Only)
Anxiety therapists in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Statistics
Anxiety therapists in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom average 15 years of experience and charge around ¤114 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Integrative Therapy (53%), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (50%), and Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) (48%).
Average years in practice
15 Years Experience
Average cost per session
¤114
Accept insurance
34%
Offer sliding scale
51%
Gender ID
| 69% |
Female |
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| 29% |
Male |
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| 1% |
Gender Fluid |
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| 1% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 61% |
In Person and Online |
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| 39% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 53% | Integrative Therapy |
| 50% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 48% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 33% | Existential / Humanistic Therapy |
| 32% | Somatic Therapy |
| 32% | Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) |
| 29% | Behavioral Therapy |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 57% | Senior |
| 56% | Young Adult |
| 47% | Teen |
| 23% | Children |
Client Focus
| 65% | Women |
| 50% | Men |
| 45% | LGBTQ+ |
| 39% | Persons with Disabilities |
| 36% | Christian |