Anxiety Counselling in Wadhurst

Jacqueline Wright
Psychotherapist, MBACP Accred
Whether you are looking for long or short-term work I have the flexibility to incorporate different ways of working within a wide range of presentations to include: anxiety, depression, relationships, coping strategies and more.
Taking the decision to come to therapy takes courage. The next step is finding a therapist that you feel comfortable to work with. My belief is that the quality of relationship created between therapist and client is key to a successful outcome. Therefore my wish is to provide a safe and confidential space in which we can build a trusting and respectful relationship. Through carefully listening to you and the concerns that have brought you to therapy my aim is to work with you at a pace that suits your needs but also provides you with challenge when you are ready.
Whether you are looking for long or short-term work I have the flexibility to incorporate different ways of working within a wide range of presentations to include: anxiety, depression, relationships, coping strategies and more.
Taking the decision to come to therapy takes courage. The next step is finding a therapist that you feel comfortable to work with. My belief is that the quality of relationship created between therapist and client is key to a successful outcome. Therefore my wish is to provide a safe and confidential space in which we can build a trusting and respectful relationship. Through carefully listening to you and the concerns that have brought you to therapy my aim is to work with you at a pace that suits your needs but also provides you with challenge when you are ready.
01580 237073 View 01580 237073
Mide Beaumont Counselling
Counsellor, MBACP Accred
Serves Area
Is what you're experiencing affecting your relationships and behaviour and bringing painful feelings, including anger, sadness, vulnerability, guilt and shame, sometimes leaving you anxious and depressed?
Combining experience, training and skills, I work with adults of all ages on wide ranging issues. I will give you a safe, compassionate, confidential space to feel heard and understood. I will encourage, challenge and support you as you explore issues and identify changes that feel possible to make. My website says more about me and how I can support you.
Is what you're experiencing affecting your relationships and behaviour and bringing painful feelings, including anger, sadness, vulnerability, guilt and shame, sometimes leaving you anxious and depressed?
Combining experience, training and skills, I work with adults of all ages on wide ranging issues. I will give you a safe, compassionate, confidential space to feel heard and understood. I will encourage, challenge and support you as you explore issues and identify changes that feel possible to make. My website says more about me and how I can support you.
01892 352747 View 01892 352747
Trauma Counselling Mica Alysia
Counsellor, MA, MBACP
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
I specialise in supporting adults recovering from complex relational trauma and sexual trauma, alongside domestic abuse, anxiety, depression and stress.
I specialise in sexual assault, complex trauma, and domestic abuse, but I also work with many presenting issues; stress, anxiety, depression, mood swings, difficult relationships, feeling stuck. My approach is psychodynamic and person-centred, which means we explore how your past shapes your present while building safety at your pace.
I specialise in supporting adults recovering from complex relational trauma and sexual trauma, alongside domestic abuse, anxiety, depression and stress.
I specialise in sexual assault, complex trauma, and domestic abuse, but I also work with many presenting issues; stress, anxiety, depression, mood swings, difficult relationships, feeling stuck. My approach is psychodynamic and person-centred, which means we explore how your past shapes your present while building safety at your pace.
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Sue Parker
Counsellor, MNCPS Acc.
Serves Area
Welcome to my profile, I work with adolescence & adults with a variety of problems that cause difficulties and may have a knock on effect with your loved ones. We often suffer in silence, truth is talking about your troubles, historical or current, can help to understand yourself better, to live a quality of life that best suits you. I facilitate this process, ensuring working within realistically achievable parameters. I qualified from Wealden Psychology Institute in East Sussex. Registered Member of NCPS. I have worked in schools with 11-18 year olds, I have a private practice offering counselling, supervision & EMDR.
Welcome to my profile, I work with adolescence & adults with a variety of problems that cause difficulties and may have a knock on effect with your loved ones. We often suffer in silence, truth is talking about your troubles, historical or current, can help to understand yourself better, to live a quality of life that best suits you. I facilitate this process, ensuring working within realistically achievable parameters. I qualified from Wealden Psychology Institute in East Sussex. Registered Member of NCPS. I have worked in schools with 11-18 year olds, I have a private practice offering counselling, supervision & EMDR.
01892 800671 View 01892 800671
Rowena Smyth
Counsellor, MBACP
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
Feelings of anxiety and depression can grow and grow until it feels like there isn't room for anything else in your life.
I work with people of all ages and offer a warm, non-judgemental and confidential space to lay out your worries and unload your problems. I'm an integrated counsellor which means I have trained in and can draw from a number of different modalities including Person Centred, Gestalt and Transactional Analysis. I work with short term and long term clients.
Feelings of anxiety and depression can grow and grow until it feels like there isn't room for anything else in your life.
I work with people of all ages and offer a warm, non-judgemental and confidential space to lay out your worries and unload your problems. I'm an integrated counsellor which means I have trained in and can draw from a number of different modalities including Person Centred, Gestalt and Transactional Analysis. I work with short term and long term clients.
01732 920367 View 01732 920367
Dr Georgina Green
Psychotherapist, PsychD, MBABCP
Serves Area
I see people who suffer from anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship difficulties and trauma as well as other difficulties.
People are complex and unique. I currently work in the NHS as a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist working in primary care for anxiety, depression & complex difficulties. I liase within the multidisciplinary team which offers a great learning experience on a day to day basis to think about how to tailor the needs of the clients who come to this service.
I see people who suffer from anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship difficulties and trauma as well as other difficulties.
People are complex and unique. I currently work in the NHS as a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist working in primary care for anxiety, depression & complex difficulties. I liase within the multidisciplinary team which offers a great learning experience on a day to day basis to think about how to tailor the needs of the clients who come to this service.
01825 703102 View 01825 703102
Emma Hutt, MSc, BABCP Accred
Psychotherapist, MSc, MBABCP
Serves Area
I am a BABCP accredited CBT therapist supporting adults with anxiety and depression.
I provide a safe and confidential space where you can begin to identify thinking, beliefs and behaviour patterns that may inadvertently have a role in keeping your problems going. I can help with low mood, depression and anxiety problems such as panic, worry and social anxiety. I have a particular interest in helping adults with OCD and health anxiety.
I am a BABCP accredited CBT therapist supporting adults with anxiety and depression.
I provide a safe and confidential space where you can begin to identify thinking, beliefs and behaviour patterns that may inadvertently have a role in keeping your problems going. I can help with low mood, depression and anxiety problems such as panic, worry and social anxiety. I have a particular interest in helping adults with OCD and health anxiety.
01580 234538 View 01580 234538
Jo McKenzie
Counsellor, MNCPS Acc.
Serves Area
Having trained in Transactional Analysis, I have worked with a variety of clients who have experienced anxiety and depression, addiction, bereavement, issues in relationships, change of life (for example, menopause, empty nest, divorce) and neurodiversity.
Having spent the last 25 years working in education, with the vast wealth of experience that this has given me, I am now a qualified counsellor dedicated to creating a safe, comfortable and welcoming space. My clients feel they can be open and honest about their thoughts, feelings and concerns and have said that the therapeutic relationship that we have built together has led to life-long changes. I wholeheartedly believe that the relationship you build with your therapist can be transformative and would love to talk to you about how we can work together.
Having trained in Transactional Analysis, I have worked with a variety of clients who have experienced anxiety and depression, addiction, bereavement, issues in relationships, change of life (for example, menopause, empty nest, divorce) and neurodiversity.
Having spent the last 25 years working in education, with the vast wealth of experience that this has given me, I am now a qualified counsellor dedicated to creating a safe, comfortable and welcoming space. My clients feel they can be open and honest about their thoughts, feelings and concerns and have said that the therapeutic relationship that we have built together has led to life-long changes. I wholeheartedly believe that the relationship you build with your therapist can be transformative and would love to talk to you about how we can work together.
01892 362351 View 01892 362351
Flamingo Therapies
Psychotherapist, MBACP
Many of my clients come to therapy feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or unsettled by both personal experiences and the wider uncertainty of the world.
I support adults experiencing trauma, anxiety, emotional overwhelm and addiction, including survivors of childhood sexual abuse. I work integratively, using counselling, psychotherapy and hypnotherapy where appropriate, helping clients feel safer, understand patterns, and develop coping strategies that support long-term emotional wellbeing.
Many of my clients come to therapy feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or unsettled by both personal experiences and the wider uncertainty of the world.
I support adults experiencing trauma, anxiety, emotional overwhelm and addiction, including survivors of childhood sexual abuse. I work integratively, using counselling, psychotherapy and hypnotherapy where appropriate, helping clients feel safer, understand patterns, and develop coping strategies that support long-term emotional wellbeing.
01892 362287 View 01892 362287
Dr Claire Atkinson
Psychologist, DCounsPsych, HCPC - Couns. Psych.
1 Endorsed
I support adults experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, stress, burnout, relationship difficulties, and the emotional impact of acute and chronic health conditions.
I hold a clinical specialism in adult neurodiversity and provide neuro-affirming therapy for individuals navigating ADHD and autism. I support clients exploring late diagnosis, masking, emotional regulation, sensory overwhelm, workplace stress, self-esteem difficulties, and the experience of functioning in environments not aligned with natural processing.
I support adults experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, stress, burnout, relationship difficulties, and the emotional impact of acute and chronic health conditions.
I hold a clinical specialism in adult neurodiversity and provide neuro-affirming therapy for individuals navigating ADHD and autism. I support clients exploring late diagnosis, masking, emotional regulation, sensory overwhelm, workplace stress, self-esteem difficulties, and the experience of functioning in environments not aligned with natural processing.
01580 231311 View 01580 231311
Aira Psychology
Psychologist, MSc, HCPC - Forensic Psych.
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
I am experienced in working with a range of issues relating to mental health, including self-esteem, anxiety, low mood, peer relationships, autism, self-harm, and trauma.
Where appropriate, there's an opportunity to work with my colleague, a systemic psychotherapist to support the family alongside any individual work. This approach is especially important when working with children and young people as communication and sharing within the family is an important part of a holistic treatment package. Pls ask for details
I am experienced in working with a range of issues relating to mental health, including self-esteem, anxiety, low mood, peer relationships, autism, self-harm, and trauma.
Where appropriate, there's an opportunity to work with my colleague, a systemic psychotherapist to support the family alongside any individual work. This approach is especially important when working with children and young people as communication and sharing within the family is an important part of a holistic treatment package. Pls ask for details
0121 803 9271 View 0121 803 9271

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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.