Humanistic therapies encourage you to explore how you think about yourself and recognise your strengths. The aim is to help you think about yourself more positively and improve your self-awareness. There are a several types of humanistic therapies.
Person-centred counselling aims to create a non-judgmental environment where you can feel comfortable talking about yourself and are able to see that you have the ability to change. Your therapist will try to look at your experiences from your point of view. Gestalt therapy takes a holistic approach, focusing on your experiences, thoughts, feelings and actions to help improve your self-awareness.
What does anxiety feel like?
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you may have been thinking about therapy for a while and wondering if it is the right thing for you or even the right time for you.
The fact that you are reading this now is a first step in helping you to make the decision to contact a therapist. The difficulties you have been experiencing recently or maybe ongoing for a while, may be related to anxiety , depression or trauma. You may have lost your connection with yourself and be feeling unsure about your capabilities in some aspect of your life. The global pandemic may have added further anxieties into your life making coping more difficult.
However, anxiety is as much a social issue as it is a personal one. We live in a world full of pressures, expectations and obligations. So, if you come for therapy with high levels of anxiety, the first step is to help you realise that your anxiety is part of a bigger social picture that you operate in, and secondly that deep-d own anxiety is often a symptom of something else: loneliness, existential fears, or identity issues. What lies at the heart of anxiety is the need to control people and events in your world. If total control is not possible, this is where it all collapses.
How to overcome anxiety
Ssris (antidepressants) can be used to treat anxiety but the longer terms effects are not as good as cbt, possibly because anxious thoughts are not addressed and coping skills not taught. Benzodiazepines (e. G. Diazepam) should not be prescribed for longer than 2-4 weeks for generalised anxiety disorder. For more information on how we can help you to overcome your anxiety please contact us.
We all experience anxiety when faced with challenging situations or stressful life events. Changing job, losing someone close, trauma, work demands, loss or trying to adapt to the competing pressures of everyday life can all trigger anxiety. Sometimes the cause is unclear. Every day anxiety is generally brief and mild whilst problematic anxiety occurs frequently, is more intense and lasts longer. Research suggests that one in four adults will develop an anxiety problem at some time in their life. There are a number of different types of anxiety we can help you overcome, such as: worry, social anxiety, health anxiety, panic, post-traumatic stress (ptsd), phobias, obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd).
Then it could be time to look into counselling for your anxiety. Luckily, there are many avenues of help available for those suffering from ill mental health. Anxiety counselling is available on the nhs, privately, and with employee benefits such as an eap.
Experience and specialisations abuse, anxiety, bereavement, depression, identity development, relationship counselling or marriage counselling, stress therapeutic approach psychoanalytic, psychodynamic, solution-focused brief therapy fees £30.