Online Counselling for Anxiety and Stress
What is anxiety?
We use the term ‘anxiety’ to describe the feelings of fear we experience when we think about something bad happening in the future. People often experience anxiety as unpleasant bodily sensations, such as a racing heart, rapid breathing, or tightness in the chest, stomach, and muscles. Anxiety can make concentration difficult and impact our ability to relax and sleep well. We can often worry excessively about negative things that might happen in the future.
It doesn’t matter if we are worried about something serious happening such as losing a job or something less serious such as being late for an appointment. Each of these types of situations can lead to feelings of anxiety and stress which can build up over days, weeks and months to the point where we are not coping as well as we would like to be.
Anxiety is a common mental health problem.
Anxiety is the most common mental health condition in Australia. On average, one in four people will experience anxiety at some stage in their life, so you are certainly not alone.
You don’t have to live with anxiety.
As you may already know, there are different types of anxiety “disorders” which we can experience when anxiety has reached the point where it is interfering significantly with our daily lives.
It doesn’t matter whether your anxiety has reached the status of a “disorder” for you to seek online counselling for anxiety. You only need to decide if it is bothering you enough to want things to be different.
Can online counselling help me with my anxiety?
Yes! Online counselling for anxiety can help you to:
- identify what is leading you to feel anxious and stressed.
- work out a plan for managing your feelings of anxiety and stress.
- learn strategies to increase feelings of calm and relaxation.
- reduce the chance of feeling anxious in the future.
Does PsyChange specialise in treating different types of anxiety problems?
Your online psychologist, Wendy Lee, is skilled at treating most types of anxiety problems. She has a special interest in treating the following problems associated with anxiety.
- Social anxiety and shyness
- Introversion
- Perfectionism
- Performance/achievement anxiety
- Difficulty saying “no”
- Panic
- Worry
- Phobias
- Feeling overwhelmed
- Difficulty relaxing
If you would like more detailed information about anxiety, please visit the Australian Psychological Society’s “Anxiety Disorders” information page.