Anxiety, Stress and Confidence

Whatever you are struggling with, my role is to support you.  I will help you learn how to make positive shifts in order to think more positively about yourself and your life, using simple yet effective techniques based in modern evidenced-based research in psychology, ACT therapy, Mindfulness, CBT, NLP and solution focused hypnotherapy.

Anxiety and stress can affect each part our lives: work, relationships, social life, health, confidence and self-esteem.  It can cause you to worry about what others think of you, doubt your own abilities, avoid situations, and bring about physical symptoms such as panic attacks, IBS, blushing, etc.

Why do we become anxious or stressed? In a real life or death emergency, the fight-or-flight response triggers the physical symptoms of anxiety, however this response can also be unnecessarily triggered in everyday situations (socializing, interviews, public speaking, playing sports, driving on motorways, phobias, etc.) when our anxiety levels are too high.

Stress management is important as stress is a fact of life for all of us and can come from financial and relationship difficulties, injury and  health worries, family conflict, work and career disappointments.  Learning to manage stress  allows you to learn to relax your mind and  body and begin to feel better about yourself so  you can enjoy  life from a more positive and optimistic perspective.

Confidence and self-belief are vital for you to live the life you want, enjoy positive relationships, achieve your goals and fulfil your potential.  When anxiety and stress levels are too high, your confidence and self-belief can take a hit.

When your confidence is high you begin to see opportunities and possibilities for yourself with a ‘can-do’ attitude and can look forward with positive expectation in all areas of your life, relationships, career, social life, finances.