Anxiety counselling in Canterbury
Understanding what sets it off, and finding some steadier ground, at your own pace.
What anxiety can feel like
Anxiety is not only worry. A great deal of it happens in the body, often before you have registered a thought at all.
- Worry that runs constantly, and will not be reasoned with
- A racing heart, tight chest, shallow breathing, or nausea
- Panic that arrives without an obvious cause
- Avoiding places, people or situations to stay ahead of it
- Playing conversations back afterwards, looking for what you got wrong
- Exhaustion, from a nervous system that never quite stands down
You do not need to recognise all of these, or be able to explain why. Get in touch and we will work it out together.
How counselling can help
Managing the symptoms helps. Understanding what is driving them tends to help for longer.
Coping techniques have their place, and we will not take them away from you. But anxiety usually has a history, and the work here is to understand what your nervous system learned to protect you from, and whether it still needs to.
- Naming the triggers: including the ones that make no logical sense
- Understanding the body: what the physical symptoms are actually doing
- Interrupting the loops: the rehearsing, the checking, the replaying
- Looking further back: at what taught you the world needed watching this closely
- Somewhere to stop performing: you do not have to seem fine here
Ways of working that suit anxiety
Some people find a quiet room settling. Others find sitting still with a stranger is the hardest part.
Walking, side by side
Outdoor sessions in Canterbury can be part of individual therapy. Some people find talking easier while moving, without direct eye contact across a room.
In our Canterbury room
A quiet, private space where nothing is expected of you and nobody is assessing how well you are managing.
Online, across Kent
From your own home, on your own sofa, wherever you are in Kent. For some people that is a considerably lower first step than a waiting room.
Questions people ask
Practical answers about starting, what sessions are like, and what it costs.
How does counselling help with chronic anxiety and panic?
Is walking therapy helpful for anxiety?
How is this different from coping techniques I can find online?
How soon can I start anxiety counselling in Canterbury?
Who you would be seeing
The work here is done by two BACP-registered therapists. Both therapists list anxiety among the things they work with.
Emma DaggLead Therapist & Practice OwnerRegistered Member MBACP #383581 · Ages 13+
Lisa BarrTherapistRegistered Member MBACP #414433 · Ages 16+
You are welcome to ask for a particular person, or to leave it to us.Read more about both therapists, or see what sessions cost.
You do not have to be at your worst to come
Anxiety does not need to reach a threshold before it is worth talking about.