Depression and Anxiety Counselling in Reading
Depression and Anxiety Counselling in Reading
Depression & Anxiety Therapy
Everyone can feel sad, anxious or upset at times in their lives, sometimes these feelings can become unmanageable. According to the Mental Health Charity, Mind, in England, 1 in 6 people experience a common mental health problem such as Anxiety or Depression in any given week.
Everyone reacts differently to depression and anxiety. Both can affect your health, work performance and your personal relationships. By providing a safe and supportive environment I can help you to explore your feelings. Counselling and psychotherapy can help you understand yourself and your difficulties. It will assist you to create new ways of managing your feelings and allow you to live the life you deserve.
What are Depression and Anxiety?
Depression and anxiety often happen at the same time. Each condition has its own causes, but they may share similar symptoms and treatments. Some symptoms occur in both depression and anxiety, such as problems with lack of concentration, irritability and sleep issues, and. But there are several features that differentiate between the two.
Depression
- Pain, aches, cramps, or gastrointestinal problems without any clear cause
- Difficulty sleeping, waking early, or oversleeping
- Difficulty concentrating or making decisions
- Reduced energy, persistent fatigue
- Changes in appetite or weight
- Persistent feelings of sadness, emptiness, helplessness
- Feeling guilty or experiencing anger, irritability
- Loss of interest in activities or hobbies
- Feeling hopeless or pessimistic
- Feelings of worthlessness
- Thoughts of or attempts of death or suicide
- If you are having thought of death or suicide it is crucial that you seek support immediately, From your GP, 111 or a crisis helpline 999.
- Difficulties falling asleep/ restless sleep/ easily tired
- Difficulty concentrating or recalling
- Muscle tension and racing heart
- Grinding teeth
- Restlessness, irritability
- Feeling on edge
- Extreme worry or fear
- Panic attacks
- Feelings of dread
Anxiety
Because each person and their situation are unique, I Use an integrative approach, my techniques include person-centred, psychodynamic and CBT based on your needs and what suits you best. My consulting room is a safe space to help you make positive changes to enrich your life and discover new ways of living.
My approach to therapy is to work with clients in a non-prescriptive, supportive, respectful and non-judgemental environment to make sense of how you are feeling and the issues you are dealing with.
