Anxiety Support Groups in West Midlands

The sensitive soul circle is an intimate gathering for sensitive souls, intuitives, and deep feelers craving heartfelt connection with people who truly understand. Together, we’ll explore themes such as emotional burnout, people-pleasing, boundaries, insecurity, and generational trauma — the more complex or tender parts of our inner lives. Just as importantly, we’ll make space for joy, love, connection, and whatever else naturally arises in the moment. The intention behind this space is to nurture a world where you feel like you belong, where your sensitivity and rich inner life are honoured in a fast-moving, often overwhelming world.
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Hosted by Ashanty Alves
Psychotherapist, MSc, MBACP
Group meets in Birmingham B15
The sensitive soul circle is an intimate gathering for sensitive souls, intuitives, and deep feelers craving heartfelt connection with people who truly understand. Together, we’ll explore themes such as emotional burnout, people-pleasing, boundaries, insecurity, and generational trauma — the more complex or tender parts of our inner lives. Just as importantly, we’ll make space for joy, love, connection, and whatever else naturally arises in the moment. The intention behind this space is to nurture a world where you feel like you belong, where your sensitivity and rich inner life are honoured in a fast-moving, often overwhelming world.
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12 Week Therapeutic Support Group for Late-Identified Autistic Adults. 1.5 hour sessions of guided self-reflection and group discussion to aid participants' understanding of themselves and their autistic experience. groups are limited to 8 participants to foster close connection and community.
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Hosted by Carly Radford
Psychotherapist, MSc, MBACP
Group meets in Birmingham B2
I work with sensitive people, those whose sensitivity is innate such as being highly sensitive, HSP, autistic or adhd, and those for whom their sensitivity is acquired through anxiety or traumatic or distressing experiences, in particular sexual trauma.
12 Week Therapeutic Support Group for Late-Identified Autistic Adults. 1.5 hour sessions of guided self-reflection and group discussion to aid participants' understanding of themselves and their autistic experience. groups are limited to 8 participants to foster close connection and community.
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Our aim is to map that Narcissistic abuse via Domestic Abuse. This training will expose how serious a victim situation is when entering a relationship with a pathological narcissist and experiencing such abuse. Narcissistic abuse is a type of emotional abuse where the abuser only cares about themselves and may use words and actions to manipulate their partner's behaviour and emotional state. Effects of narcissistic abuse can vary depending on how long one can endure these types of relationships.
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Hosted by Alexandra Groves
Counsellor, MBACP
Group meets in Birmingham B18
Our aim is to map that Narcissistic abuse via Domestic Abuse. This training will expose how serious a victim situation is when entering a relationship with a pathological narcissist and experiencing such abuse. Narcissistic abuse is a type of emotional abuse where the abuser only cares about themselves and may use words and actions to manipulate their partner's behaviour and emotional state. Effects of narcissistic abuse can vary depending on how long one can endure these types of relationships.
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Anxiety Support Groups

What are the most common treatments 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.

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.

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.