Anxiety Counselling

ANXIETY COUNSELLING BIRMINGHAM, UK

WHAT IS ANXIETY?

Anxiety comes in many forms, some are mild whereas others are more extreme.

Anxiety can be a physical feeling – you feel uneasy, unsure, you might experience sweaty palms, feeling unsettled, you may even feel it in the back of your throat or the pit of your stomach, this is when you could benefit from anxiety counselling in Birmingham.

There are times when feeling anxious is ‘normal’, such as when you’re going for a job interview and may find you have some of the above symptoms. In these types of situations the anxiety is very short lived and these feelings do not tend to reoccur when you’re in other situations.

If you experience anxiety more regularly and it is affecting your day to day life, then it becomes an issue for you and/or those around you. Many people are affected by anxiety, varying in ages, ethnicities and gender, you may find our anxiety counselling in Birmingham useful. There are two treatments available for people suffering from anxiety: one is medication which can be prescribed by your GP, and the second is anxiety therapy.

When you work with us; we use a method widely known as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for anxiety counselling in Birmingham, a well known approach that can be effective for anxiety. This approach looks into the way you think before, during and after the situations where your anxiety is present. It may also be necessary to look at ways for you to cope with stressful situations, to enable you once the individual therapy process is finished to be able to deal with situations on your own.

Here at Kay’s Counselling Birmingham, Our anxiety counsellors help you learn to take back control and help you deal with your Anxiety issues.

Here are ways you can help yourself with regards to your anxiety:

1. Learn about your anxiety – understanding your anxiety allows you to take control of what’s happening

2. If you have unhelpful thoughts surrounding your anxiety, challenge them. Don’t accept these thoughts as facts, they’re not. Choose a time of a day – when you get these unhelpful thoughts, tell yourself you’re only allowed to have these thoughts at the time you’ve chosen. You can use this technique with stress and worry too.

3. Learn some simple breathing exercises to reduce your heartbeat. When anxiety happens your heartbeat speeds up – calming this can reduce the anxiety and or any stress/worries suggested by our therapists.

CBT THERAPY BIRMINGHAM, UK

– Help you to co-manage your life

– Define your common anxieties

– Help you to manage and understand the problem

– Help you to manage your life better

– Establishing and becoming aware of your triggers

– Coping with your fears in the short term whilst dealing with your fears in the long-term

Understanding the root cause of your issue can help to develop a new perspective towards the future. There are many techniques which can help to break the cycle of anxiety: as anxiety counsellors in Birmingham, we work with you to establish which techniques will work best for you.

Anxiety therapy helps people better understand and manage their anxiety. Anxiety therapists at Kay’s Counselling can develop a treatment plan that will help you better manage your day-to-day anxiety or your anxiety disorder.

Anxiety therapy involves talking to a therapist about symptoms, potential causes, and more. Kay’s Counselling therapists will then work with you to determine where your anxiety might stem from and teach you effective coping mechanisms.

One of the finest ways to deal with anxiety is to learn about your anxiety, your symptoms, what triggers it, and what coping mechanisms have been influential in the past. When you learn what your anxiety is tied to, it can help you be mindful of what’s happening, as well as prevent and mitigate symptoms by processing and working through the issue in therapy. Other strategies that have been shown to help manage anxiety are meditation, challenging anxious thoughts, exercising, and journaling.

Yes, it is worth going to therapy for anxiety. If you are struggling with regular anxious thoughts and feelings that are affecting your day-to-day life or you suspect that you have an anxiety disorder, you should seek anxiety counsellor help.