Yes, I offer face-to-face anxiety counselling in Colchester, providing a confidential and supportive space where you can talk about what you are experiencing.

Sessions can focus on understanding your anxiety, exploring what may be contributing to it and developing practical ways of coping.

If travelling to a session is not convenient, online therapy is also available across the UK.

I provide counselling and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for a range of anxiety and emotional wellbeing difficulties. I offer face-to-face counselling in Colchester and online therapy for clients across the UK.

You may be looking for support with:

• Anxiety and excessive worry
• Panic attacks and panic disorder
• Health anxiety
• Social anxiety
• Generalised anxiety
• Phobias and specific fears
• Overthinking and intrusive thoughts
• Stress and feeling overwhelmed
• Work-related stress and burnout
• Low self-esteem and confidence
• Sleep difficulties related to anxiety
• Difficult life changes and transitions
• OCD-related thoughts and behaviours

If something is affecting your wellbeing, relationships, work, sleep or everyday life, counselling or CBT may be able to help.

I also support people experiencing menopause-related emotional changes and the impact this can have on wellbeing.

If you're unsure whether Counselling or CBT could help with what you're experiencing, please get in touch to discuss your situation.

CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) is a structured, practical form of talking therapy that looks at the relationship between your thoughts, feelings, physical sensations and behaviours.

CBT for anxiety can help you understand patterns that may be keeping anxiety going andf develop practical ways to respond differently. It can be helpful for problems such as excessive worry, panic, social anxiety, health anxiety and specific fears/phobias.

This varies from person to person. Some people find that 6–12 sessions are enough to achieve their goals, while others prefer longer-term support. It depends on what you're experiencing, your goals, how long the difficulty has been present and the type of support that is appropriate for you. We can discuss this in our first session together, and review your progress as we go along.

You can book your free 15 minute introductory call by phone, text, WhatsApp or email. I'll get back to you within 24hrs. During this call we can have a chat about what has brought you to counselling and how I can help you. You can decide if you feel I am the right therapist for you, then we can schedule in your first therapy session if you'd like to go ahead - or you can have a think and get back to me.

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That's fine, sometimes you may not be able to attend your session for many different reasons. I will do my best to reschedule your session at a different time if my availability allows, and of course if you want to. Please give me 48hrs notice where possible. Due to hiring a therapy space I will have to charge if I receive less than 48 hours notice.

Our first session together will be like having an informal chat, I want you to feel as comfortable as possible - I will be gathering some background information, so I will ask you questions about what you are experiencing, how your life is being affected, anything you may have tried in the past that has or hasn't worked, any significant events that may be related to how you are feeling now, etc. I will explain a bit more about how I work and will answer any questions you have.

Lots of Counsellors have had therapy, and yes I have too. So I know how it feels (for me, anyway) to sit in the client's chair. I remember feeling anxious about going to my first session, I didn't know what I was going to talk about and thought the Counsellor might judge me or look down on me. I worried incase I got upset and started crying uncontrollably in the session, but thankfully I was wrong. My counsellor made me feel at ease by just being natural ... and normal. That's how I want to come across to you too. 

Yes. CBT can help you recognise patterns of overthinking and explore the thoughts, assumptions and behaviours that may be keeping the cycle going. I can help you to learn practical ways of stepping back from anxious thoughts rather than automatically treating them as facts.

Yes. CBT can help you identify recurring patterns of negative thinking and explore whether the thoughts are accurate, helpful or based on assumptions. The aim isn't to replace every negative thought with a positive one, but to develop a more flexible way of responding.

Yes. I offer online counselling to clients across the UK, as well as in-person counselling in Colchester, Essex.

No. You don't need a formal diagnosis to seek counselling. You may simply know that you're struggling with anxiety, stress, overthinking or negative thoughts and would like some support.

Counselling can help you understand why your mind may automatically move towards worst-case scenarios. CBT techniques can help you examine these predictions and develop more balanced and helpful ways of responding to uncertainty.

CBT can be an effective approach for understanding and managing panic attacks. It can help you explore what happens before, during and after a panic attack and identify patterns that may contribute to ongoing fear of panic.

Treatment may include learning practical strategies to respond differently to physical sensations, anxious thoughts and situations that you may have started avoiding.

Yes, I offer online CBT and Counselling across the UK.

Online therapy can be a convenient option if you prefer to have sessions from home, have a busy schedule or live outside Colchester.

Online CBT can covermany of the same areas of face-to-face therapy, including anxiety, panic, excessive worry, health anxiety, social anxiety and low self-esteem.

I offer face-to-face counselling in Colchester, and online counselling and CBT across the UK.

If you're looking for an anxiety counsellor in Colchester, you can arrange face-to-face sessions. If you're based elsewhere in the UK, online therapy provides an alternative way to access support.

If you're considering anxiety counselling or CBT, you can get in touch to discuss what you are experiencing and what you would like help with. 

You don't need to have all the answers before contacting me. We can talk through your concerns, answer any questions and discuss the next step.