Break free from constant worry and discover that you can trust yourself.
At Turning Point Therapy, we understand how easily anxiety can take over.
Avoidance is often a temporary fix, and counselling for anxiety can help you find steadier ground.
Together, we can discover your strength to open up, move through the fear, and begin overcoming anxiety in a way that feels safe and supported.
Is stress and worry a constant companion?
Do you focus on the worst possible outcome?
Are you self-conscious around people?
Do you feel terrible if you get something wrong, make a mistake or have nothing to say?
These are just some of the ways that overwhelming anxiety can take over, making it difficult to form relationships and complete daily tasks. It can cause you to be distracted, agitated, self-conscious and hard to connect with those around you.
One way of thinking about anxiety is that our emergency system is on alert, signalling we are in danger, leading to behaviours that try to keep us safe. Such as avoidance, defensiveness, shutting down, and even attacking those around us.
You may find that you have a hard time relaxing or calming down the activation you are feeling. You may find that you are easily prone to angry outbursts or panic attacks.
We are happy you are here to start living a more fulfilling life. Anxiety therapy can help you understand these responses and begin to feel safer in your daily life.
Here at Turning Point Therapy, we work with our clients to develop awareness of the nature of anxiety and your unique relationship to it. Through gentle, collaborative anxiety therapy, we help you notice the patterns, triggers, and protective strategies that shape how anxiety shows up in your life.
Discover how to live in the present and trust that you can face uncertainty with more ease.
At Turning Point Therapy, we utilise several approaches, such as somatic therapy, internal family systems, AEDP, and EMDR, to address the many ways anxiety has taken over. Within a relationship that helps us face the reality of our situation and life and accept what we can change and what we can not.
The simple answer is no. More importantly, it is necessary to communicate that we are experiencing vulnerability. By paying attention to and learning to live with a comfortable level of anxiety, it can become our friend. It is natural to feel nervous when starting something new or finishing a project. Anxiety can keep us going, alert, and motivated. When anxiety becomes overwhelming or leaves us feeling stuck, counselling for anxiety can help us develop more supportive ways of responding.
No, they have differences. This is not to say that fear may be underneath the anxiety. A simple way of seeing the difference is that fear is present-focused, and anxiety is future-focused. Anxiety is an experience of chronic tension and activation in our nervous system that is focused on trying to prepare you for something. In comparison, fear is an immediate surge in our nervous system related to an immediate threat and survival. Understanding this difference is often an important part of anxiety therapy.
We do not believe it is necessary, and some people can benefit from medication in addition to therapy. We do not prescribe medication, but we support many people who take medication to relieve their anxiety. We always recommend people talk to their doctor about their anxiety symptoms. Taking medication is a personal choice.
There can be many reasons why anxiety builds up to a continuous level. Counselling offers the opportunity to explore this at a pace that feels right for you. There may not be an immediate answer, but often it is a combination of sudden events in your life, having a sensitive system, trauma, and upbringing. Our counsellors are experienced in many approaches and are here to create a safe, supportive space to help you understand your anxiety and begin working through it with effective anxiety treatment.
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Very skilled counsellor… deeply compassionate, wise, and insightful. She is able to meet you where you’re at and quickly create the safe space needed to face vulnerable feeling states and emotions together. You’re in excellent hands with Delyse.
— Ingrid
If you’re ready to stop letting anxiety dictate your life, schedule an appointment with one of our therapists today. Our personalised anxiety treatment can help you restore your sense of safety, strengthen resilience, and reclaim joy in everyday moments.
This is a supportive first step toward counselling for anxiety that meets you where you are.
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