Anxiety Disorders
Do you feel that fear is running your life?
Perhaps you avoid situations that others seem to handle without difficulty. Perhaps you know logically that it isn't dangerous — yet your body reacts anyway. Or maybe you have thoughts that keep coming back, thoughts you can't stop thinking about no matter how hard you try.
Living with anxiety, worry or compulsive patterns is exhausting. It drains your energy, limits you, and can feel as though life is shrinking bit by bit. You may have learned to cope by avoiding whatever triggers the discomfort. That brings relief in the moment — but in the long run it makes the fear stronger and the space smaller.
There is help. And there are methods that actually work.
If you are still trying to understand what anxiety really is — how it feels, why it occurs and what distinguishes different forms of anxiety — you will find a comprehensive overview in our guide Anxiety – symptoms, causes and support. It can be a good place to start.
What can we work on?
Anxiety takes many forms. What I help clients with includes:
Worry and generalised anxiety – a constant feeling that something could go wrong, difficulty winding down, worry that jumps between topics and never quite lets go.
Panic attacks and panic disorder – sudden, intense physical reactions such as palpitations, shortness of breath or dizziness, often accompanied by a fear of losing control or that something serious is wrong.
Social anxiety – fear of being judged or embarrassing yourself in social situations. Many avoid meetings, parties or situations where they are in the spotlight — and feel lonely even though they actually want connection.
Specific phobias – intense fear of something specific, such as heights, vomiting, insects, dentists or driving. Phobias are more common than many think and often highly treatable.
OCD and obsessive-compulsive disorder – recurring intrusive thoughts that create intense anxiety, and compulsive behaviours as a way to temporarily relieve it. It can involve checking behaviours, fear of harming others, worry about contamination — but also more hidden forms of OCD that are harder to recognise.
Health anxiety – a persistent worry about being seriously ill, despite examinations showing that everything is normal.
How we work together
We explore what keeps you stuck
We begin by understanding your pattern — not just what you are afraid of, but how the fear works for you specifically. What triggers it? What do you do to manage it? And what does it cost you?
Anxiety and avoidance are connected in ways that are often not obvious until you look closely. Patterns that may once have protected you — withdrawing, controlling, preparing for everything — can today limit you more than they help. Often a sense of relief emerges simply when what previously felt confusing or shameful starts to become understandable. With greater understanding comes a stable foundation to stand on.
From insight to concrete change
Understanding is an important beginning — but real change happens when insight is translated into action. The central tool for anxiety is exposure: gradually and in a controlled way facing what you fear, instead of avoiding it. This breaks the cycle in which avoidance makes the fear stronger.
Exposure is always done at your pace and in close collaboration with me. It is not about throwing yourself into the worst possible scenario — but about a step-by-step process where you build your capacity to tolerate discomfort and discover that you can handle more than you think.
Between sessions you receive concrete exercises to use in everyday life. It is in real life that change happens, not only in the room.
Towards a life not governed by fear
Drawing on ACT, we also work with your relationship to difficult thoughts and feelings. Instead of fighting the anxiety or trying to think it away, you practise meeting it with greater flexibility — and acting based on what matters to you, rather than based on the fear.
The goal is not a life without discomfort. The goal is that fear no longer decides what you do, where you go, or who you allow yourself to be.
What can you expect?
Treatment typically spans 10 to 15 sessions, but this varies depending on the issue. Change requires commitment — also between sessions. But many clients describe noticing a difference quite soon: not because the anxiety is gone, but because they no longer let it decide.
That is a different kind of freedom.
Thinking about reaching out?
An assessment call is a first, no-obligation conversation — a chance for you to share what you're experiencing and for us to listen. No commitment, no pressure. Just a calm conversation about how you're feeling and what might suit you.
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