Anxiety Counselling in South Bank
Practising in both private and charity sectors, my background includes working with anxiety, depression, sexuality and identity alongside bereavement and loss.
As a psychodynamic therapist I offer once weekly face-to-face therapy in a supportive, understanding environment. My approach encourages self-reflection and self-examination, allowing you to understand the influence of the past on present behaviour and feelings. This enables you to examine unresolved conflicts and their consequences, giving you back more control in daily life. Working within the ethical framework of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists, I provide confidential and non-judgemental counselling to individuals looking for short term and open ended therapy on a variety of issues, offering you space to take a positive step towards insight and awareness.
Practising in both private and charity sectors, my background includes working with anxiety, depression, sexuality and identity alongside bereavement and loss.
As a psychodynamic therapist I offer once weekly face-to-face therapy in a supportive, understanding environment. My approach encourages self-reflection and self-examination, allowing you to understand the influence of the past on present behaviour and feelings. This enables you to examine unresolved conflicts and their consequences, giving you back more control in daily life. Working within the ethical framework of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists, I provide confidential and non-judgemental counselling to individuals looking for short term and open ended therapy on a variety of issues, offering you space to take a positive step towards insight and awareness.
This can be due to specific psychological difficulties, such as depression or anxiety, feeling sad, difficult early life experiences, traumatic events, high-stress levels, or a general sense of feeling unfulfilled.
I am an HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist offering psychological therapy to adults (18+) on a short- to long-term basis. I am also Clinical Director of the London City Therapy Clinic.
This can be due to specific psychological difficulties, such as depression or anxiety, feeling sad, difficult early life experiences, traumatic events, high-stress levels, or a general sense of feeling unfulfilled.
I am an HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist offering psychological therapy to adults (18+) on a short- to long-term basis. I am also Clinical Director of the London City Therapy Clinic.
I provide specialist support to help people with a range of difficulties such as, stress, anxiety, trauma, low mood or adjustment difficulties.
I work integratively, which means I am skilled in a range of psychological approaches, such as Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Lifespan Integration and Narrative approaches.
I provide specialist support to help people with a range of difficulties such as, stress, anxiety, trauma, low mood or adjustment difficulties.
I work integratively, which means I am skilled in a range of psychological approaches, such as Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Lifespan Integration and Narrative approaches.
The modern pressures of life can take their toll on us – increasing responsibilities and being connected 24/7 can leave us feeling burnt out, anxious, and overwhelmed.
As well as talk therapy, we explore creative and practical ways of working such as visualisations, role play, meditation, dream work– which can really help to draw out what’s going on beneath the surface of the mind. Through this way of working, we’re able to work at depth and honour all aspects of you as a human being (intellect, emotion, unconscious).
The modern pressures of life can take their toll on us – increasing responsibilities and being connected 24/7 can leave us feeling burnt out, anxious, and overwhelmed.
As well as talk therapy, we explore creative and practical ways of working such as visualisations, role play, meditation, dream work– which can really help to draw out what’s going on beneath the surface of the mind. Through this way of working, we’re able to work at depth and honour all aspects of you as a human being (intellect, emotion, unconscious).
Many people come to therapy feeling stuck in repetitive patterns - persistent stress or anxiety that does not respond to self-help strategies, recurring relationship difficulties, feelings of emptiness or lack of meaning, or a deep sense of not being ‘enough’.
I work integratively, drawing on psychodynamic, internal family systems, person-centred, mindfulness-based, and cognitive-behavioural approaches. This allows us to collaboratively explore how past experiences might influence current patterns and relationships, process feelings in the present, and develop practical strategies for managing difficulties.
Many people come to therapy feeling stuck in repetitive patterns - persistent stress or anxiety that does not respond to self-help strategies, recurring relationship difficulties, feelings of emptiness or lack of meaning, or a deep sense of not being ‘enough’.
I work integratively, drawing on psychodynamic, internal family systems, person-centred, mindfulness-based, and cognitive-behavioural approaches. This allows us to collaboratively explore how past experiences might influence current patterns and relationships, process feelings in the present, and develop practical strategies for managing difficulties.
Are you struggling with grief, trauma, anxiety, low self-esteem, or the lasting impact of difficult experiences?
Together, we can explore difficult experiences, deepen self-understanding, develop self-compassion, and work towards a life that feels more authentic, balanced, and hopeful.
Are you struggling with grief, trauma, anxiety, low self-esteem, or the lasting impact of difficult experiences?
Together, we can explore difficult experiences, deepen self-understanding, develop self-compassion, and work towards a life that feels more authentic, balanced, and hopeful.
Being able to share what is going on for you with someone who knows how to listen can bring enormous relief. Together we can explore what has brought you here and uncover the way back to feeling better and brighter about your life.
Being able to share what is going on for you with someone who knows how to listen can bring enormous relief. Together we can explore what has brought you here and uncover the way back to feeling better and brighter about your life.
I also have experience dealing with depression and anxiety.
I was born and raised in multicultural societies all my life. Living in several different countries on 3 different continents (United Arab Emirates, Canada, Pakistan, Wales and England) has given me unique knowledge about culturally adapting therapy. It has also taught me to understand and work with many different kinds of people. I believe in building a strong therapeutic relationship with the client to create a safe and comfortable space to address and potentially alleviate psychological trauma. I have extensive experience adapting contemporary therapy and counselling and tailoring it to unique cultural nuances.
I also have experience dealing with depression and anxiety.
I was born and raised in multicultural societies all my life. Living in several different countries on 3 different continents (United Arab Emirates, Canada, Pakistan, Wales and England) has given me unique knowledge about culturally adapting therapy. It has also taught me to understand and work with many different kinds of people. I believe in building a strong therapeutic relationship with the client to create a safe and comfortable space to address and potentially alleviate psychological trauma. I have extensive experience adapting contemporary therapy and counselling and tailoring it to unique cultural nuances.
Life can become overwhelming when anxiety, trauma, chronic pain, grief, depression, stress, burnout, relationship difficulties or major life changes begin to affect how you feel, think and cope day to day.
I offer integrative therapy, drawing on CBT, psychodynamic therapy and person-centred counselling. As a therapist and academic psychologist with a PhD in Psychology, I bring together warmth, clinical experience and evidence-based knowledge. I support clients with anxiety, trauma, chronic pain, grief, depression, neurodiversity, migration and identity.
Life can become overwhelming when anxiety, trauma, chronic pain, grief, depression, stress, burnout, relationship difficulties or major life changes begin to affect how you feel, think and cope day to day.
I offer integrative therapy, drawing on CBT, psychodynamic therapy and person-centred counselling. As a therapist and academic psychologist with a PhD in Psychology, I bring together warmth, clinical experience and evidence-based knowledge. I support clients with anxiety, trauma, chronic pain, grief, depression, neurodiversity, migration and identity.
I work with clients facing anxiety, low mood, and emotional overwhelm, helping you to make sense of difficult feelings and patterns you might experience in your thoughts and relationships.
I am an integrative counsellor and trainee psychotherapist working with adults experiencing a wide range of emotional and psychological difficulties. Alongside my private practice, I work across primary and tertiary NHS services. My approach is warm, relational and trauma-informed. I tailor therapy to your individual needs, working with one foot in the present and one in the past to help you make sense of your experiences, understand yourself more deeply, and create meaningful, lasting change.
I work with clients facing anxiety, low mood, and emotional overwhelm, helping you to make sense of difficult feelings and patterns you might experience in your thoughts and relationships.
I am an integrative counsellor and trainee psychotherapist working with adults experiencing a wide range of emotional and psychological difficulties. Alongside my private practice, I work across primary and tertiary NHS services. My approach is warm, relational and trauma-informed. I tailor therapy to your individual needs, working with one foot in the present and one in the past to help you make sense of your experiences, understand yourself more deeply, and create meaningful, lasting change.
I'm Swani and I support people with anxiety, low mood, burnout, confidence building, self image, identity, family and relationships issues.
I provide a safe, supportive space for you to talk freely about what's bothering you. Together, we will make sense of some of the conflicting and confusing feelings and experiences, create self-acceptance and healing, and ultimately live life the way you want. I have worked with anxiety, low self-esteem, life transitions and relationship/family issues.
I'm Swani and I support people with anxiety, low mood, burnout, confidence building, self image, identity, family and relationships issues.
I provide a safe, supportive space for you to talk freely about what's bothering you. Together, we will make sense of some of the conflicting and confusing feelings and experiences, create self-acceptance and healing, and ultimately live life the way you want. I have worked with anxiety, low self-esteem, life transitions and relationship/family issues.
I help people who feel anxious, emotionally disconnected, or stuck in unfulfilling patterns in themselves, their relationships, or their sense of direction.
Many difficulties people bring to therapy don’t stem from conscious thought, but from how past experience lives on in the mind and body. Early or overwhelming experiences, along with beliefs shaped by social and cultural conditioning, can form patterns of reactivity and ways of behaving that operate outside awareness. Yet these patterns show up here and now, where they can be met, explored, and responded to differently. In therapy, we work with this living process so new understanding, choice, and more integrated change across safety, belonging, authenticity, value, freedom, and meaning can emerge, not just cognitive insight.
I help people who feel anxious, emotionally disconnected, or stuck in unfulfilling patterns in themselves, their relationships, or their sense of direction.
Many difficulties people bring to therapy don’t stem from conscious thought, but from how past experience lives on in the mind and body. Early or overwhelming experiences, along with beliefs shaped by social and cultural conditioning, can form patterns of reactivity and ways of behaving that operate outside awareness. Yet these patterns show up here and now, where they can be met, explored, and responded to differently. In therapy, we work with this living process so new understanding, choice, and more integrated change across safety, belonging, authenticity, value, freedom, and meaning can emerge, not just cognitive insight.
Please get in touch if you are having relationship or personal difficulties. I've worked with adults with mental health difficulties for over 25 years. My job is to help you find a way forward. I am an adult psychoanalytical psychotherapist, which means I can work with at depth, and for as long as it helps. I have easy to find and comfortable therapy rooms in SE1 and W1.
Please get in touch if you are having relationship or personal difficulties. I've worked with adults with mental health difficulties for over 25 years. My job is to help you find a way forward. I am an adult psychoanalytical psychotherapist, which means I can work with at depth, and for as long as it helps. I have easy to find and comfortable therapy rooms in SE1 and W1.
I am a psychodynamic psychotherapist with extensive experience of mood related issues including anxiety, depression and low self-esteem to more complex, life-long and personality related issues.
My background lies in the charity, education and social care sectors. Work with diversity and deprivation has enabled me to gain insight into the many factors that shape our psychological selves. I am empathic to the unique ways we suffer as individuals and, from experience, understand how this can serve new growth and wellbeing.
I am a psychodynamic psychotherapist with extensive experience of mood related issues including anxiety, depression and low self-esteem to more complex, life-long and personality related issues.
My background lies in the charity, education and social care sectors. Work with diversity and deprivation has enabled me to gain insight into the many factors that shape our psychological selves. I am empathic to the unique ways we suffer as individuals and, from experience, understand how this can serve new growth and wellbeing.
I work with adults navigating anxiety, burnout, trauma, and questions of identity and belonging.
I became a Counselling Psychologist because difficulties make more sense when we understand the full context of someone's life - their relationships, culture, and the experiences that shaped them. I'm HCPC-registered with experience across NHS, voluntary, and private settings, and I tailor everything to what you actually need.
I work with adults navigating anxiety, burnout, trauma, and questions of identity and belonging.
I became a Counselling Psychologist because difficulties make more sense when we understand the full context of someone's life - their relationships, culture, and the experiences that shaped them. I'm HCPC-registered with experience across NHS, voluntary, and private settings, and I tailor everything to what you actually need.
From the outside, you may seem to be coping, while inside you feel anxious, overwhelmed, low in confidence, disconnected from yourself, or struggling in your relationships.
I work in a sensitive, trauma-informed and integrative way, drawing on different approaches depending on what feels helpful for you. At times, I may invite you to notice your physical experience, such as your breath or bodily sensations, as a gentle way of connecting with your emotions and what they may be telling you.
From the outside, you may seem to be coping, while inside you feel anxious, overwhelmed, low in confidence, disconnected from yourself, or struggling in your relationships.
I work in a sensitive, trauma-informed and integrative way, drawing on different approaches depending on what feels helpful for you. At times, I may invite you to notice your physical experience, such as your breath or bodily sensations, as a gentle way of connecting with your emotions and what they may be telling you.
Stressed up and anxious?
They have left with their self-esteem restored, and with a deeper understanding of themselves. As a bereavement counsellor I have helped depressed and grieving clients to see the light and find some peace. Being an émigré myself, I understand homesickness and cultural difference. For years I worked in the corporate world and experienced its pressures.
Stressed up and anxious?
They have left with their self-esteem restored, and with a deeper understanding of themselves. As a bereavement counsellor I have helped depressed and grieving clients to see the light and find some peace. Being an émigré myself, I understand homesickness and cultural difference. For years I worked in the corporate world and experienced its pressures.
Repetitive patterns, unconscious processes, often drive self-criticism, intimacy difficulties & persistent anxiety or depression.
Please do get in touch if you are experiencing relationship or personal difficulties. I’ve been helping those suffering psychological problems for over a decade. Primarily an Adult & Young person Counsellor / Psychotherapist, I’m frequently approached by people in creative or performance roles, the Arts, TV, Sport, etc. While specific issues often bring us to counselling, I work at depth from a psychoanalytically informed vantage where the broader landscape of emotional life is brought into frame. From comfortable rooms in London Bridge, SE1 & Stamford, PE9, I can also work with you online, a popular but no less effective format.
Repetitive patterns, unconscious processes, often drive self-criticism, intimacy difficulties & persistent anxiety or depression.
Please do get in touch if you are experiencing relationship or personal difficulties. I’ve been helping those suffering psychological problems for over a decade. Primarily an Adult & Young person Counsellor / Psychotherapist, I’m frequently approached by people in creative or performance roles, the Arts, TV, Sport, etc. While specific issues often bring us to counselling, I work at depth from a psychoanalytically informed vantage where the broader landscape of emotional life is brought into frame. From comfortable rooms in London Bridge, SE1 & Stamford, PE9, I can also work with you online, a popular but no less effective format.
I am an NHS trauma psychotherapist specialising in trauma, CPTSD, neurodivergence, anxiety, depression, grief and addiction.
I offer a warm, attuned approach combining psychotherapy with EMDR therapy. I work relationally and collaboratively rather than as a “blank slate” therapist, helping people who feel emotionally stuck despite intellectually understanding their difficulties
I am an NHS trauma psychotherapist specialising in trauma, CPTSD, neurodivergence, anxiety, depression, grief and addiction.
I offer a warm, attuned approach combining psychotherapy with EMDR therapy. I work relationally and collaboratively rather than as a “blank slate” therapist, helping people who feel emotionally stuck despite intellectually understanding their difficulties
It is difficult to know why you might be seeking therapy, it could involve feeling distressed, anxious, angry, depressed or in despair.
I like to work with embodiment, dreams, using art and metaphors, but most important of all is that you feel free to use this space in your own way and at your own pace.
It is difficult to know why you might be seeking therapy, it could involve feeling distressed, anxious, angry, depressed or in despair.
I like to work with embodiment, dreams, using art and metaphors, but most important of all is that you feel free to use this space in your own way and at your own pace.
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Anxiety Counsellors
When should I seek treatment for anxiety?
Everyone feels anxious at times, but when anxiety causes disruption to your daily life, it may be time to seek help. Such disruption can be mental, physical, or both: having fear dominate your thoughts, avoiding situations or objects that bring on feelings of anxiety, or experiencing shortness of breath, sweating, dizziness, or panic attacks. When these symptoms are recurrent and distressing, it may be time to talk to someone.
What are the most common types of treatment for anxiety?
Talk therapy, particularly cognitive behavioural therapy, is the most common treatment for anxiety. Studies have shown it is equally effective as medication. Other forms of therapy are popular, depending on a patient’s experience. Exposure therapy, for instance, can be useful for people dealing with fears and phobias, or who have experienced traumatic events. Dialectical Behavioural Therapy may be useful for patients who need help with emotion regulation. Anxiolytic medications, like benzodiazepines, can also help with calming a person enough to focus on the skills they’ve learned, and physical exercise has been shown to help symptoms of anxiety across the board.
How long does therapy for anxiety take to work?
The amount of time needed to alleviate symptoms depends on the severity of a person’s condition. Some therapies may take 5-20 weekly sessions to show results. Anti-depressant medications typically take two to four weeks before a benefit is felt. Anti-anxiety medications are felt typically within 20-30 minutes. Medications are best used to offer a patient a better headspace in which to work on techniques learned in therapy. Exercise, improved sleep habits, and meditation are effective, but takes weeks or months to show results.
How effective is treatment for anxiety?
Treatment for anxiety has been shown to be moderately to highly effective, according to a large body of psychology studies and analyses. For some people, treatment using CBT or exposure therapy alone is effective. Others respond best to a combination of medication and therapy.