Anxiety therapists in Alfredton, Victoria VIC, Australia AU
Anxiety or Fears
Karen Sri Thomas
Registered Psychotherapist, MCP
It's completely normal to experience feelings of anxiety and fear. They serve as warning signs to be cautious in certain situations or with certain people. However, when these feelings start interfering with your emotions, relationships, decision-making, or daily life, they can really take a toll on your self-esteem and overall sense of self. Please don't hesitate to contact me - together, we'll work through your concerns and find your way to feeling better.
4 Years Experience
Anxiety or Fears
Jumping Hurdles Counselling
Counsellor/Therapist, Clinical Supervisor, Master of Counselling
We all are faced with anxiety and fears learning to address the situation and have the ability to challenge them is very helpful. When you are able to face your fears and anxieites you start to take control of your life.
39 Years Experience
Anxiety or Fears
Karen Seinor
Counsellor/Therapist, MACA
Stress doesn’t just happen instantaneously, it is a series of events, reactions and actions, which all build on each other. Sometimes I talk to clients about a truck travelling on the highway. As the journey starts there is nothing much in the trailer, but as the journey continues, the trucker picks up various loads until the vehicle is just about carrying its maximum load and it can continue on the highway for a long time like this – travelling along with a heavy load but within the legal limit. What happens next is usually just a minor addition to the load – something tiny that in and of itself is irrelevant but is just enough to tip the scale so that the vehicle is now travelling over the recommended tonnage. Once overloaded, there is more pressure on the tyres, the truck can pick up too much speed going downhill – there are various systems that don’t work as quickly easily or effectively as they would under ‘normal’ circumstances. And this is pretty much what can happen to us. So although there can be a very major or significant event that creates a big stress load, most times, stress builds up over time.
When working with clients, and in my own self work, I have found it makes change much easier to achieve, with smaller steps.
24 Years Experience
Anxiety or Fears
Mairead Cleary
Registered Psychotherapist, Masters in Gestalt Therapy
The pressure to 'be' something in the world can be overwhelming. Add to that the distress of what's happening in our ecosystem and, through that lens, having anxiety absolutely makes sense.
When it comes to the climate crisis, feelings such as anxiety, guilt, terror, grief, anger, despair and helplessness are not something to be fixed or cured. They are healthy, appropriate responses. They show that you care.
My experience is that anxiety and fear often come from needing, but not being able, to predict the future. And the fear of the fear itself can be debilitating. It doesn't have to be that way.
We work to bring your body on board so that your mind can take a break from its catastrophic thought cycles. Bringing the body on board also helps to build your supports and your ground and to soothe your weary mind.
6 Years Experience
Anxiety or Fears
Ari Goldberger
Psychologist, Bachelor Of Science (Psychology), Post Graduate Diploma of Psychology, Masters of Psychology (Counselling)
A heightened arousal of the nervous system is due to repressed fear in the body that is attempting to keep the individual "safe" from an illusory threat. Repressed fear has it's roots back to the original trauma stored in the subconscious mind.
11 Years Experience