Anxiety is a natural emotion that prepares us for danger. The problem is when this state of readiness continues when there is no danger and fills most of the day. Many clients say “If I don’t worry, it feels as if something bad will happen”; worry is exhausting and at the same time feels like a kind of insurance.
In cognitive behavioural therapy we first make this cycle visible together: which situation, which thought, which bodily sensation and, in the end, what you do. Then, instead of arguing with the worry, we try to give it a different place. The aim is not to bring anxiety to zero but to keep living the life you want when it comes.
Sometimes older patterns lie beneath the anxiety: the need never to make mistakes, the fear of losing control, the need to please others. In such cases we draw on schema therapy. If you have had severe anxiety for a long time, a psychiatric assessment can also help; if needed we plan a referral together.
What you may notice
Turning the same topic over for hours and being unable to let go
Tension in the shoulders, jaw or stomach
Trouble falling asleep, waking often at night
A sense that something bad is about to happen, always on alert
Doubt that makes decisions and finishing tasks hard
Who is it for?
People who notice worry disrupting daily life
Those who have lived with it for years saying “that’s just how I am”
Those who find uncertainty hard to bear
Those who had help for anxiety before and want to start again
Anxiety and constant worry: how we work
Mapping the cycle
Together we draw when the worry starts, how it soothes you and what it makes bigger.
Worry time
Practising postponing worry to a set time instead of spreading it across the day.
Experiments with uncertainty
Small, planned steps towards situations you avoid; we compare prediction with reality.
The body
Short, practical work on breathing, muscle relaxation and sleep routine.
What people ask about this
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How many sessions will it take?
It varies from person to person and topic to topic. Structured CBT for a specific anxiety or panic often takes 10–20 sessions. Long-standing relationship patterns or schema therapy can take longer.
At first we usually meet weekly. As we progress we space sessions to every two weeks, then close with a few check-in sessions. We decide together when to finish; you can take a break whenever you want.
Anxiety is a natural emotion that prepares us for danger; making it disappear completely is neither possible nor desirable. In therapy the aim is for anxiety not to run your life, so you can do what you want even when it comes. How long this takes varies from person to person.
