What anxiety can feel like.
From the outside you might look like someone who has it all together. The planner, the reliable one, the person who keeps everything running. Inside it can feel very different. Your mind may keep returning to things that have happened, things that might happen and things you wish you’d handled differently even when everything is okay.
In our everyday life anxiety can often show up as:
- Lying awake replaying conversations or the day ahead
- A tight chest or a racing heart and tension you carry in your shoulders
- Avoiding phone calls, decisions or situations that feel uncertain
- A harsh inner critic that questions everything you do
- Needing things to be just right before you can relax
How can therapy help with anxiety?
You might already know your triggers and have read every strategy online. But understanding anxiety in your head isn’t the same as being able to sit with what you’re feeling. Without somewhere safe to talk openly it’s easy to keep managing everything on your own and stay stuck where you are.
In Process Oriented Psychology, we get curious about anxiety rather than trying to get rid of it. We slow down and notice how it actually shows up for you. The tension, racing thoughts and the urge to pull away. From a process work perspective, anxiety is often protecting something or pointing towards a part of you that hasn’t had room to be heard.
By following what you’re seeing, feeling and sensing in the moment, we can begin to understand what your anxiety is. Understanding it can be the first step towards relating to it differently.
What your first session looks like.
- Length: 50 minutes
- Fee: $165 (incl. GST)
- Where: Nerang, Gold Coast, or online
- Referral: Not needed
There’s no pressure to have the right words or your story all together. We’ll talk about what brought you here and what you’d like to be different and get a sense of whether we work well together.
Common questions about anxiety therapy.
Do I need a diagnosis of anxiety to come to therapy?
No you don’t need a diagnosis or a referral. If anxiety is affecting your sleep, work, relationships or sense of ease, that’s reason enough.
Will you teach me coping strategies?
We may find practical things that help along the way but the focus is on understanding what’s beneath your anxiety so you’re not just managing it day to day.
Can I do anxiety therapy online?
Yes I offer online sessions as well as in person at my Nerang practice, which is easy to reach from across the Gold Coast.
About your therapist.
Jeanette is the founder of Gold Coast Psychotherapy in Nerang and a Certified Practising Counsellor with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA). She completed the Two-Year Process Work Study Program with Australia New Zealand Process Oriented Psychology (ANZPOP) and has practised psychotherapy for over 10 years. Before becoming a therapist, she worked as a paramedic and as a health and safety officer.
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You’re not alone, and you don’t have to figure this out on your own. Take your first step to becoming a more confident and connected you today.