9 Things No One Tells You About Anxiety

Anxiety

9 Things No One Tells You About Anxiety   Yesterday I spoke to someone with a diagnosis of anxiety. When I asked the questions on the Generalised Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire (GAD-7), the result confirmed severe anxiety. My client expressed a look of dismay,...

How You Can Help People with Anxiety

Anxiety, Depression

How You Can Help People with Anxiety   Anxiety is something that comes and goes for all of us, for some people though it sticks around unnecessarily. Sometimes it feels harder to work out whether your friend is struggling than to know how you can help people with...

Anxiety Attacks and How to Deal with Them

Anxiety

Anxiety Attacks and How to Deal with Them   You have that familiar feeling in your stomach, butterflies when you’re excited, churning when you know there isn’t anything to feel excited about. Your heart beats faster and you breathe quickly. You cannot focus on...

How to Calm Anxiety

Anxiety, Fears and Phobias, Meditation and Mindfulness

How to Calm Anxiety   When you awoke this morning, you felt good for the first time in a long time. It concerned you, why do you not feel worried, or panicked. Why are your thoughts not circling around your head as they always do? Everything feels calm and … dare...

Hypnotherapy for OCD: Does it Work?

Anxiety, Mental Health, Therapy, Trauma

Hypnotherapy for OCD: Does it Work?   Every now and then I hear someone remark that they are ‘a bit OCD’ or they describe a friend as ‘sooo OCD’. Of course, what generally follows is a story about the tidiness of the house or the way they prefer structure to...