Anxiety Counselling in Witham

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Emily Sands
Counsellor, MNCPS Acc.
Witham CM8
Those which may be effecting the way in which you carry out your everyday lives, causing stress and anxiety, and becoming fixed in this patten of thought.
Hello, I am Emily, a full-time qualified counsellor, and avid advocate of emotional and psychological wellbeing. My approach to sessions is a relaxed and caring style, which in turn aims to support you, the client, in understanding your thoughts and feelings. Helping you to develop a set of tools to enhance your quality of life and self-worth, allowing you to deal with future events and giving you better insight.
Those which may be effecting the way in which you carry out your everyday lives, causing stress and anxiety, and becoming fixed in this patten of thought.
Hello, I am Emily, a full-time qualified counsellor, and avid advocate of emotional and psychological wellbeing. My approach to sessions is a relaxed and caring style, which in turn aims to support you, the client, in understanding your thoughts and feelings. Helping you to develop a set of tools to enhance your quality of life and self-worth, allowing you to deal with future events and giving you better insight.
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Marie Sewell
Psychotherapist, MA, MBACP Accred
1 Endorsed
Witham CM8
Are you genuinely curious about exploring your inner self and discovering more about your thoughts, emotions, and behaviour's. You may be facing challenges related to mental health, life transitions, or relationships. Do you want a safe and supportive environment to unpack these issues. I can offer guidance in navigating personal struggles, gaining a deeper self-awareness, and developing coping strategies tailored to your unique experiences. Supporting personal growth, and improving your emotional resilience, and health.
Are you genuinely curious about exploring your inner self and discovering more about your thoughts, emotions, and behaviour's. You may be facing challenges related to mental health, life transitions, or relationships. Do you want a safe and supportive environment to unpack these issues. I can offer guidance in navigating personal struggles, gaining a deeper self-awareness, and developing coping strategies tailored to your unique experiences. Supporting personal growth, and improving your emotional resilience, and health.
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Julia Esther Reidy
Counsellor, MNCPS Acc.
Witham CM8
I am a fully qualified integratively trained Counsellor so can offer a wide variety of tools and support for anyone looking to resolve a particular issue or issues, seek clarification or learn ways to manage, to name a few: depression, anxiety, low self-esteem or anger.
If you are finding it difficult to cope with certain aspects of your life, I can offer you the time and space you need to speak freely and honestly. Together we can explore your thoughts and feelings using therapeutic approaches and tools best suited to you in order for you to move towards feeling more positive and in control.
I am a fully qualified integratively trained Counsellor so can offer a wide variety of tools and support for anyone looking to resolve a particular issue or issues, seek clarification or learn ways to manage, to name a few: depression, anxiety, low self-esteem or anger.
If you are finding it difficult to cope with certain aspects of your life, I can offer you the time and space you need to speak freely and honestly. Together we can explore your thoughts and feelings using therapeutic approaches and tools best suited to you in order for you to move towards feeling more positive and in control.
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Child in Mind
Counsellor, MBACP
Witham CM8
I am a fully qualified Person-Centred based/ Integrative counsellor. Specialising in working with Children and Adolescent’s. I am here to support you or your child to express and explore anything that they are finding difficult. I will adapt my work to the individual clients needs, we are all unique and there is no set way I work. I go with what you or your child brings to me and will offer my counselling skills, to find the right way that suits the individual on this journey of self healing through therapy. I may work verbally or creatively or both all depends on the client.
I am a fully qualified Person-Centred based/ Integrative counsellor. Specialising in working with Children and Adolescent’s. I am here to support you or your child to express and explore anything that they are finding difficult. I will adapt my work to the individual clients needs, we are all unique and there is no set way I work. I go with what you or your child brings to me and will offer my counselling skills, to find the right way that suits the individual on this journey of self healing through therapy. I may work verbally or creatively or both all depends on the client.
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Jacinta Deacon
Counsellor, MBACP Accred
Serves Area
I offer both long term and short term sessions and have experience in working with a broad range of issues such as:- Anxiety, Depression and Low Mood, Trauma and Abuse Sexual Violence and Loss and Bereavement.
I am a BACP accredited psychodynamic counsellor and I offer a warm and welcoming space for you to explore any issues or difficulties you may be struggling with. I work with adults, couples and children age 11-18 and and have experience in working with a wide range of issues that may be linked to past experiences or stressors in the present. I have experience and understanding of working with neurodivergence particularly Autism and ADHD. My aim is to provide a confidential and comfortable place for you to safely explore any issues that are causing difficulties or distress.
I offer both long term and short term sessions and have experience in working with a broad range of issues such as:- Anxiety, Depression and Low Mood, Trauma and Abuse Sexual Violence and Loss and Bereavement.
I am a BACP accredited psychodynamic counsellor and I offer a warm and welcoming space for you to explore any issues or difficulties you may be struggling with. I work with adults, couples and children age 11-18 and and have experience in working with a wide range of issues that may be linked to past experiences or stressors in the present. I have experience and understanding of working with neurodivergence particularly Autism and ADHD. My aim is to provide a confidential and comfortable place for you to safely explore any issues that are causing difficulties or distress.
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Counselling with Angela
Counsellor, PNCPS Acc.
Serves Area
I offer a safe, non judgmental, confidential environment for my you to explore your issues, worries and concerns.
It's OK to not be OK. Whatever you're going through, counselling can help. We all have a past, a present, and a future. Our past can affect our present and our present can affect our future. Whether your past is causing issues here and now, or if you are currently experiencing difficulties now that may affect your future, you are not alone. I am trained and qualified in various techniques and use an integrative approach - using a combination of techniques, tailored to meet the needs of each individual. This is the most effective way to get positive results.
I offer a safe, non judgmental, confidential environment for my you to explore your issues, worries and concerns.
It's OK to not be OK. Whatever you're going through, counselling can help. We all have a past, a present, and a future. Our past can affect our present and our present can affect our future. Whether your past is causing issues here and now, or if you are currently experiencing difficulties now that may affect your future, you are not alone. I am trained and qualified in various techniques and use an integrative approach - using a combination of techniques, tailored to meet the needs of each individual. This is the most effective way to get positive results.
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GLB Counselling (Greater life balance)
Counsellor, PNCPS Acc.
Serves Area
I also work for Anxiety UK, and Farleigh Hospice for bereavement counselling.
My clients come with a wide range of different issues. They need their own space to be able to talk to someone who is independent without being judged. My clients goals are to be able to overcome and hopefully resolve their difficulties so they can lead their best life possible. I think clients would like their therapists to focus on specific goals, to help give them structure, and strategies to help them cope with their problems. My goal as a therapist is to enable the client to make critical decisions regarding alternative courses of action without outside influence.
I also work for Anxiety UK, and Farleigh Hospice for bereavement counselling.
My clients come with a wide range of different issues. They need their own space to be able to talk to someone who is independent without being judged. My clients goals are to be able to overcome and hopefully resolve their difficulties so they can lead their best life possible. I think clients would like their therapists to focus on specific goals, to help give them structure, and strategies to help them cope with their problems. My goal as a therapist is to enable the client to make critical decisions regarding alternative courses of action without outside influence.
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Anna Borowski
Counsellor, MBACP
Serves Area
Availability - Appointments available in Chelmsford and Harlow You may feel overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted, anxious or unsure who you are beneath years of coping or adapting to others.
I offer warm, compassionate psychodynamic counselling focused on understanding long-standing emotional patterns and how early relationships continue to shape how you feel about yourself and others. I work gently and collaboratively, helping you reconnect with yourself, your feelings and your needs at a pace that feels manageable and safe.
Availability - Appointments available in Chelmsford and Harlow You may feel overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted, anxious or unsure who you are beneath years of coping or adapting to others.
I offer warm, compassionate psychodynamic counselling focused on understanding long-standing emotional patterns and how early relationships continue to shape how you feel about yourself and others. I work gently and collaboratively, helping you reconnect with yourself, your feelings and your needs at a pace that feels manageable and safe.
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Gillian Louise Dubock
Psychotherapist, MSc, MBABCP
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
I am here to support you through depression, anxiety, life stress and trauma.
I have worked for 12 years in psychological therapies and can offer high quality CBT, counselling and EMDR. At the core of my work is an emphasis on the therapy relationship. I am a warm, compassionate person with the belief that having a trusting therapeutic relationship is key to progress and making change in therapy.
I am here to support you through depression, anxiety, life stress and trauma.
I have worked for 12 years in psychological therapies and can offer high quality CBT, counselling and EMDR. At the core of my work is an emphasis on the therapy relationship. I am a warm, compassionate person with the belief that having a trusting therapeutic relationship is key to progress and making change in therapy.
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Mandy Rose
Counsellor, MNCPS Acc.
Serves Area
Life throws up things that we don’t expect, testing our resilience and ability to overcome situations that are often not of our own making. Talking can be key in understanding your predicament and help you move forward. That old saying "a problem shared is a problem halved" really is true. Talking about a problem makes it seem less daunting or troubling. As a counsellor I can offer you that safe, secure place to talk and help you find the right way for you.
Life throws up things that we don’t expect, testing our resilience and ability to overcome situations that are often not of our own making. Talking can be key in understanding your predicament and help you move forward. That old saying "a problem shared is a problem halved" really is true. Talking about a problem makes it seem less daunting or troubling. As a counsellor I can offer you that safe, secure place to talk and help you find the right way for you.
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Jane Bishop
Counsellor, MBACP
Serves Area
Your story matters: Welcome. I imagine you are reading this because you or someone you know is experiencing something difficult right now. Finding a therapist can be daunting, with so much choice, but your decision to look for therapy is the first step. I want to help support anyone who’s struggling with life, no matter who you are, where you're from or what you're going through.
Your story matters: Welcome. I imagine you are reading this because you or someone you know is experiencing something difficult right now. Finding a therapist can be daunting, with so much choice, but your decision to look for therapy is the first step. I want to help support anyone who’s struggling with life, no matter who you are, where you're from or what you're going through.
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Celia McLean
Counsellor, DCounsPsych, MBACP
Serves Area
You may be struggling with feeling anxious or depressed.
I work in a compassionate, collaborative way, offering you a safe place to explore what’s troubling you and be heard. Together we can gently explore your difficulties, past or present, making sense of how your life experiences have brought you to this point and helping you better understand yourself and the roots of your difficulties to find a way forwards.
You may be struggling with feeling anxious or depressed.
I work in a compassionate, collaborative way, offering you a safe place to explore what’s troubling you and be heard. Together we can gently explore your difficulties, past or present, making sense of how your life experiences have brought you to this point and helping you better understand yourself and the roots of your difficulties to find a way forwards.
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Secure Base Therapy
Counsellor, MBACP Accred
Serves Area
To see more please visit my website at- www.securebasetherapy.com
To see more please visit my website at- www.securebasetherapy.com
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Jane Ford
Counsellor, MUKCP
Serves Area
I work with children, adolescents and adults supporting them through a range of difficulties they may be experiencing including anxiety, low mood, relationship issues or trauma.
I am trained in the psychodynamic, integrative and CBT models of therapy which allows me to offer the most beneficial therapeutic model/intervention to the individual client. I have 12 years experience working within CAMHS in the NHS and Local Authority. Issues I work with vary from mild to moderate anxiety and or low mood to more complex presentations.
I work with children, adolescents and adults supporting them through a range of difficulties they may be experiencing including anxiety, low mood, relationship issues or trauma.
I am trained in the psychodynamic, integrative and CBT models of therapy which allows me to offer the most beneficial therapeutic model/intervention to the individual client. I have 12 years experience working within CAMHS in the NHS and Local Authority. Issues I work with vary from mild to moderate anxiety and or low mood to more complex presentations.
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Progressive Therapies
Counsellor, DCounsPsych, PNCPS Acc.
Serves Area
Are you struggling with aspects of your life? You may have already tried to talk about it with friends and family but you still feel unresolved. You might have issues that you feel you can only talk about in a safe and confidential space. There may be times when you feel absolutely fine but there are times when you can't cope from within and you don't understand it. We push difficult issues deep into our unconscious but it still influences our conscious lives. Are there significant events from your childhood that you can't find peace with in your present day? This can leave you feeling despair like you have no control.
Are you struggling with aspects of your life? You may have already tried to talk about it with friends and family but you still feel unresolved. You might have issues that you feel you can only talk about in a safe and confidential space. There may be times when you feel absolutely fine but there are times when you can't cope from within and you don't understand it. We push difficult issues deep into our unconscious but it still influences our conscious lives. Are there significant events from your childhood that you can't find peace with in your present day? This can leave you feeling despair like you have no control.
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Rachel Maker
Counsellor, BACP
Serves Area
This may be your first time seeking support from a counsellor, or you may have already experienced counselling before. Either way, I understand that looking for the right counsellor can sometimes feel a little daunting. I would like to reassure you that what ever it is that's troubling you, you don’t have to do it alone. We would work through your counselling journey together and at your own pace.
This may be your first time seeking support from a counsellor, or you may have already experienced counselling before. Either way, I understand that looking for the right counsellor can sometimes feel a little daunting. I would like to reassure you that what ever it is that's troubling you, you don’t have to do it alone. We would work through your counselling journey together and at your own pace.
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Castle Counselling Service
Counsellor, MBACP
Serves Area
I offer compassionate support with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, anger, trauma, grief, self-harm, identity, ADHD, autism, family conflict, and relationship difficulties.
Hello, and thank you for visiting my profile. I support children, teenagers, parents, and couples through life’s challenges. You may be feeling stuck, overwhelmed, unsure how to support your child, or finding it difficult to reconnect with your partner. As a BACP-registered therapist at Castle Counselling, I offer a warm, supportive space where you can gently explore what’s going on.
I offer compassionate support with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, anger, trauma, grief, self-harm, identity, ADHD, autism, family conflict, and relationship difficulties.
Hello, and thank you for visiting my profile. I support children, teenagers, parents, and couples through life’s challenges. You may be feeling stuck, overwhelmed, unsure how to support your child, or finding it difficult to reconnect with your partner. As a BACP-registered therapist at Castle Counselling, I offer a warm, supportive space where you can gently explore what’s going on.
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Chelmsford Talking Therapy
Counsellor, MBACP Accred
Serves Area
I have extensive experience working with individuals struggling with acute anxiety, depression, panic attacks, bereavement, work related and personal stress, anger problems and difficulties relating to trauma/PTSD.
My practice involves gentle, non-oppressive exploration into a client’s inner world taking into account your individual belief system, relational and inter-relational history, childhood experiences/significant figures in your childhood, and how this may relate / impact the here and now and how you view the world around you.
I have extensive experience working with individuals struggling with acute anxiety, depression, panic attacks, bereavement, work related and personal stress, anger problems and difficulties relating to trauma/PTSD.
My practice involves gentle, non-oppressive exploration into a client’s inner world taking into account your individual belief system, relational and inter-relational history, childhood experiences/significant figures in your childhood, and how this may relate / impact the here and now and how you view the world around you.
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Dr Lara Lopes de Jesus
Psychologist, PsychD, CPsychol
2 Endorsed
Serves Area
I work with adults who are experiencing anxiety, stress, depression, trauma, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, and burnout.
I offer integrative psychological therapy tailored to your needs, drawing on CBT, CFT, psychodynamic thinking, and IFS. I help you understand unhelpful patterns, reduce distress, and build emotional resilience, while working at a pace that feels safe, collaborative, and supportive.
I work with adults who are experiencing anxiety, stress, depression, trauma, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, and burnout.
I offer integrative psychological therapy tailored to your needs, drawing on CBT, CFT, psychodynamic thinking, and IFS. I help you understand unhelpful patterns, reduce distress, and build emotional resilience, while working at a pace that feels safe, collaborative, and supportive.
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time & space
Psychotherapist, MNCPS Acc.
Serves Area
Hello, I help with both short term Counselling for life issues which can cause stress and anxiety, such as loss, change, bullying, feeling stuck etc
I am an Integrative therapist which means I am qualified to practice by combining different models of Psychotherapy, namely Psycho analysis, Psycho dynamic, Transactional analysis, C.B.T, Gestalt, Humanistic and Transpersonal. This approach enables me to individually tailor your therapy, adapting and changing with you as you grow and progress
Hello, I help with both short term Counselling for life issues which can cause stress and anxiety, such as loss, change, bullying, feeling stuck etc
I am an Integrative therapist which means I am qualified to practice by combining different models of Psychotherapy, namely Psycho analysis, Psycho dynamic, Transactional analysis, C.B.T, Gestalt, Humanistic and Transpersonal. This approach enables me to individually tailor your therapy, adapting and changing with you as you grow and progress
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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.