4 Coping Strategies for Anxiety

8 April 2023

What is Anxiety or General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)?

Put simply, GAD is essentially worrying about worrying. If you feel anxious about a whole range of issues rather than a specific issue or event, the likely diagnosis is GAD. For most people, their anxiety is far greater than the situation warrants and it comes with physical symptoms including trouble sleeping and the associated fatigue, headaches, muscle cramps, nausea and shortness of breath.

Symptoms of Anxiety

  • Feeling restless, worked-up, or generally on-edge
  • Getting tired easily
  • Finding it hard to concentrate
  • Being short tempered and irritable
  • Having headaches, muscle aches, stomachaches etc.
  • Finding it difficult to control feelings of worry
  • Having sleep problems

4 Coping Strategies for Anxiety

  • Making sure you have a good diet
  • Spending time outdoors in nature
  • Spending time with family and friends
  • Reducing causes of stress

How I Treat Anxiety

At Behavioural Freedom, I use a skills-based model for treating anxiety. During our sessions, I will teach you relaxation techniques and helpful ways in which you can fundamentally and positively change the way you behave, think and act. It’s also important to note here that you can’t be stressed or suffer from anxiety when you are in a relaxed state. The skills you’ll learn during your time with me will be vital to both your on-going treatment and perhaps more so as you leave my care.

A combination of Applied Relaxation and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is considered by the British Medical Journal to be one of the most effective therapies to alleviate anxiety and put you on a path to having a positive mind-set and being able to live life to the fullest, free of worries. By combining both and adding in the element of hypnosis, I believe this is the most effective, pragmatic and relevant approach to the treatment of anxiety.

Please contact me today to start the journey back to behavioural freedom.