Neuro Linguistic Programming

NLP

Neuro Linguistic Programming

What Neuro Linguistic Programming is and how it works​

NLP

Definition:

Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is the science of modelling the patterns of human behavior. NLP explores the inner workings of the human mind: how we think, how we develop our desires, goals and fears and how we motivate ourselves, make connections, and give meaning to our experiences.

NLP is like the ‘user’s manual’ for the mind, and allows us to use the language of the mind to consistently achieve our specific and desired outcomes.

Description:

Neuro-Linguistic Programming is an extremely powerful concept. It is said by many to contain the most accessible, positive and useful aspects of modern psychology, and so can be helpful in virtually every aspect of personal and inter-personal relations. NLP has many beneficial uses for self-development, and for businesses and organisations; for example NLP enables better communications in customer service, and all types of selling. NLP enables better awareness and control of oneself, better appreciation of the other person’s feelings and behavioural style, which in turn enables better empathy and cooperation. NLP improves understanding in all one-to-one communications, especially interviewing and appraisals (whether used by the interviewer or the interviewee).

Because NLP affects how we think, you can have the changes you want in many areas.

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Raising a child

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Raising a child

Does your child show signs of emotional disregulation? This can help.

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Is your child experiencing one of the following symptoms?

  • Fear or Phobia
  • Anger, meltdowns or rage
  • Difficulty understanding and regulating emotions
  • Anxiety
  • Poor sleeping habits

There are many different causes for emotional disregulation in childhood

Our childhood mind operates very differently from our adult mind especially the first 7 years. The neo cortex and pre frontal cortex (thinking, reasoning, logic and language) grow rapidly from birth but our brain will not fully develop until we are in our mid twenties. This means that we operate mainly on our limbic system (our emotional brain) in our formative years. Consequently we can misinterpret or not understand the messages we receive from the events we experience. When this happens we experience fear and insecurity. This leads to beliefs and subsequent behaviour  in order to try to feel safe. Experiences and events need not be big T traumas to have a negative effect on us. Experiences such as not feeling accepted by our peers, not being understood by parents and teachers or feeling anxious when separated from a parent are all traumas for our child brain. When we don’t understand and cannot express our feelings we act out in order to seek connection, security and love.

 

Top Tips to help your child

  1. Parent in an emotionally coaching style rather than an an emotionally dismissive way.
  2. Do not dismiss your child’s  feelings. Instead acknowledge and comfort.
  3. Discipline not punishment. Put in boundaries and maintain the boundaries with kind assertiveness .
  4. Attune to your child needs.
  5. Routine is a way to help your child feel secure. Especially a regular bedtime routine of bath, bed and book at around the same time every night.

How we can help your child

Recent research shows how we can not only help a child’s brain cognitively develop but also how we can influence that development.  The way we communicate with our children has a profound impact on how they develop, the opinion of themselves in this world, how they interact with others and how ultimately, what they learn in their in their early years, creates the adults they become.

Counselling

Counselling young people:

  • Helps establish trust and understanding with a child.
  • Encourages the child to tell their story, in a confidential and safe environment.
  • Allows the young person to express him/herself, and to explore feelings and thoughts.
  • Enables the child to make informed choices.
  • Helps the young person develop a positive attitude.
  • Helps the young person develop and build confidence and self-esteem.

EFT / Emotional Freedom Technique

Kids run through emotions quickly and often have fears that an adult can’t understand and therefore cannot help children to deal with effectively.

The idea of being frightened of something living in the closet seems absurd to most adults, yet this is one of the most common fears of a child. Tapping is a easy and effective way to help children of all ages manage their feelings and fears.

  • Can significantly reduce exam and test nerves
  • Helps end childrens’ negative beliefs about themselves
  • Increases childrens’ confidence
  • Gets rid of phobias
  • Children often find EFT (tapping) sessions to be fun
  • For children who are living with chronic pain or chronic disease, EFT is very gentle and helpful.

NLP – Neuro Linguistic Programming

NLP will help children/teenagers understand their problems, transform them and move them on pass them.We all make maps inside our brain, how we use those maps to make sense of life and in turn communicate those maps with others, influences our behaviour. Using an NLP skill set, children can be taught how to change their maps, so they can gain confidence, or motivation, or overcome their fears. Properly taught, NLP is fast and profoundly powerful.

Hypnotherapy

Children are great to work with in Hypnotherapy because their minds are more open to change and their imaginations are usually very active. Hypnotherapy can help many issues such as

  • Improved exam confidence
  • Improved memory/learning
  • Thumb sucking/nail biting
  • Bedwetting
  • Low self-esteem
  • Phobias
  • Dealing with stress or worry

Parent Coaching 

Our parent’s workshop programme is packed with techniques and strategies which will help you to deal with and/or avoid tantrums, meltdowns and tears. In addition, you will learn how to teach your child to build and grow confidence and resilience. Based on the latest scientific research in how our minds work using proven strategies from the Interpersonal Neurobiology approach.

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Having a child

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Having a child

Suffering from pregnancy related issues? This can help.

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Are you experiencing one of the following symptoms?

  • SPD (Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction). Pelvic joints become less stable, pulling your pelvis forward, resulting in lower back pain and sometimes pelvic instability,
  • Morning sickness
  • Swollen and aching joints
  • Over your due date?
  • Excessive fluid in feet and ankles

There are many different causes for pregnancy related symptoms

There are a few common discomforts associated with pregnancy. Your centre of gravity changes as you grow through through your pregnancy putting additional stress on your shoulders, back, hips and abdominal muscles. Sciatic nerve pain is often commonly experienced by many women in late pregnancy as the uterus rests on muscles of the pelvic floor and lower back.

Ligaments relax and your pelvic joints become less stable, pulling your pelvis forward, resulting in lower back pain and sometimes pelvic instability, otherwise known as SPD.

Swelling is caused by your body holding more water than usual when you’re pregnant. Throughout the day the extra water tends to gather in the lowest parts of the body, especially if the weather is hot or you have been standing a lot. The pressure of your growing womb can also affect the blood flow in your legs. This can cause fluid to build up in your legs, ankles and feet.

 

Top Tips to keep healthy in pregnancy

  1. Avoid standing for long periods. 
  2. Get enough rest, particularly later in pregnancy
  3. Eat well, avoid alcohol, drink plenty of water take regular walks.   
  4. Book regular pregnancy treatments.

How we can help you

Your Pregnancy Journey is as unique as you. It’s time to look after yourself and the baby developing inside you. Staying well physically and emotionally throughout your pregnancy give your baby the best start to life.  Our treatments supports the mum to be and her baby from around time mum to be is around 12 weeks pregnant right through to the birth. Using the latest techniques our proven, evidence based therapies can help you. Our purpose is to provide the best service within a non-clinical, friendly environment. Our qualified therapists have a minimum of 8 years’ experience and offer the most up to date techniques in order to effect change in the fastest, safest way possible. 

Pregnancy massage is tailored specifically to the needs of pregnant women and their changing bodies, and therapists who are trained in prenatal massage adjust their techniques accordingly. Massage therapy during pregnancy is a wonderful complementary choice for prenatal care. Massage may help to address many common discomforts associated with pregnancy. Your centre of gravity changes as you grow through through your pregnancy putting additional stress on your shoulders, back, hips and abdominal muscles. Sciatic nerve pain is often commonly experienced by many women in late pregnancy as the uterus rests on muscles of the pelvic floor and lower back.

Pregnancy Reflexology.

Having reflexology while pregnant can help a woman to enjoy the most positive time in her life. From morning sickness to helping with labour there is a place for reflexology throughout your pregnancy. The reflexologist will have undergone additional training to understand the pregnant body.Keeping the hormones balanced during pregnancy is as important as before pregnancy, as this enables the body to support the pregnancy to it’s maximum.

Transcendance Pregnancy Package.

This package is the ultimate in pregnancy care. A tailored made treatment session designed to suit your needs; our specialist therapists will assess your needs and will tailor the treatment to suit you.

The reflexology part of the treatment will help relieve aches and pains in your joints, relieve the symptoms of SPD, will drain excessive fluid from the feet and ankles helping the lymphatic system to flow better and work more efficiently throughout the body.  Reflexology also balances your hormonal system aiding the body to prepare for labour and childbirth. Research has shown that reflexology is excellent for maintaining or increasing milk supply enhancing bonding and breastfeeding as well as helping to reduce the effects of postnatal depression.

Complementing the reflexology  is the massage treatment, helping you relax further while relieving aches and pains in your back and joints. Pregnancy Massage therapy can help address inflamed nerves by helping to release the tension on nearby muscles. Regular treatments can help reduce stress, prepare your body and mind for a shorter labour and get you back your body back to normal quicker after the birth. This package is available as a 60 minute or 90 minute treatment. 

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Wanting a child

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Wanting a child

Worried it May Never Happen for You? Need to Know You Have Done Everything You Can? This can help.

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Are you experiencing one of the following symptoms?

  • Poor sperm motility
  • Low sperm count
  • PCOS
  • Endometriosis
  • Amenorrhoea
  • Dysmenorrhoea
  • Oligomenorrhoea

There are many different causes for unexplained infertility

The reproduction system is a finely balanced system much like the rest of your body; when are under pressure, feel anxiety or are concerned we produce hormones which counteract the reproductive hormones. When we are feeling pressure our pituitary and adrenal glands produce adrenaline and cortisol in preparation for fight or flight. If the pressure doesn’t pass within a short time we continue to produce these chemicals and long periods of these chemicals cause problems elsewhere in the body. In relation to fertility this alarm reaction engages both the hypothalamus and the pituitary glands which causes disruption with hormonal balancing required for the reproductive system.
When the subconscious detects a stressful situation it sets of the alarm system, the Hypothalamus reacts immediately by sending messages to the pituitary gland and the adrenal glands, these glands send the stress hormones to prepare the body for fight or flight (Sympathetic Nervous System), shutting down non critical functions including reproductive systems. On going stress (and production of stress hormones) disrupts the activity of progesterone, inhibit implantation of the fertilised egg and prevent ovulation thinning of the uterine wall lining. In addition, the chemical imbalances also serve to decrease the sex drive in both males and females.

The work that do we together will decrease the stress hormones which in turn allows the reproduction hormones to be produced restoring balance to the reproductive system.

Reproreflexology works in a subtle way on a physical and emotional level and is especially beneficial for those experiencing fertility issues. Reflexology can be particularly beneficial in the time leading up to egg collection and embryo transfer. Treatment sessions will encourage relaxation and alleviate anxiety, helping to reduce stress hormones, which may improve your chances of success. Around four to six sessions is recommended.

Top Tips to fight Infertility

  1. Stress and anxiety contribute significantly to fertility issues. Find ways to lower your stress levels. 
  2. Be aware that in 50% of fertility cases men’s issues are the reason. Some times both the male and female can have problems at the same time. 
  3. Avoid alcohol, caffeine, drugs and stop smoking. 
  4. Maybe get a medication review to find out if your medication may affect your fertility.
  5. Eat a healthy balanced diet. If you are overweight, losing weight can help. 

How we can help you

If you are reading this then you may be experiencing some of the pain, stress and despair that many people experience on their infertility journey.  However you too can have the joy that many of our clients experience when they finally conceive against all odds.

Your mind and body are one system.  Epigenetics demonstrates how our thinking and emotions can affect our body’s down to cellular level.

Your mind affects your day to day experience of the journey but it can also affect you ability to get pregnant whether tying to conceive naturally or with fertility treatment. Turn hope into success, feel more in control with our fertility support programmes.

Support with personalised programmes through natural Fertility or Assisted Fertility.

We believe if you treat the mind as well as the body as well as the body often associated fertility is not necessary.
We also believe that if you factor in the mind you can increase the success of fertility treatment significantly.
Studies, and our clinical experience, indicate the success rate can increase form average of 25%-30% to 50%-70%.

Evidence shows that IVF, ART and other methods of assisted fertility are proven to increase your stress levels which in turn decrease your chances of success. Our specially designed programs will help reduce stress and promote conception and a successful pregnancy.

Infertility is not simply a physical issue, but that stress, emotion, fear, anxiety, trauma and belief all play a vital role in creating conception. Hypnotherapy  and/or Reflexology for fertility can help with natural conception and support assisted conception.

Whether you’re a man or a woman, and no matter what part of your fertility journey you have reached Reproflexology can help you to face the next step with courage and confidence.

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Weight loss

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Weight loss

Can‘t seem to lose weight? This can help.

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Are you experiencing one of the following symptoms?

  • Knowing how to eat healthily but cant follow a healthy eating pattern
  • Binge eating certain food types then feeling guilty and disappointed
  • Eating comfort food in excess when feeling stressed
  • Finding yourself in a pattern of eating and not sure why or how to break out of it

There are different reasons for being over weight

Struggling to lose weight? Cant seem to stick to a healthy eating regime? You probably know what to do to lose weight but something is stopping you from either moving towards to your goal or sticking with your plan to lose weight. Nowadays there is so much information and education about healthy eating, calories, carbs, exercise etc. It’s not that we don’t what we should do to eat healthily and lose weight. It’s more about the subconscious drive to comfort eat. Feeling not good enough, overwhelmed, fearful, lonely or anxious are just a few of the powerful emotions which drive us to self sooth.  Food can help us feel better almost immediately. We get a huge dopamine hit but it’s short lived an temporary. So we self sooth more and more often to feel better. Sometimes we aren’t aware consciously what we are feeling deep down. 

Top Tips to fight comfort eating

  1. Recognise the triggers. Keep a dairy to help you understand what is happening when you need to eat.
  2. Find an alternative way to met your emotional needs. 
  3. Treat yourself in ways that doesn’t involve food. A new book, a candle lit bath or  a nice walk.
  4. Practice sitting with uncomfortable emotions. Acknowledge them instead of distracting or dismissing.
  5. Book some sessions with one of our qualified and experienced therapists. 

How we can help you

We can help you. We have several therapists who can help you. Using Hypnotherapy, NLP, EFT, CBT or the Freedom2 weight loss program our experienced and qualified therapists can help you uncover the mental blocks which are preventing you from being the person you want to be, remove the limiting beliefs you have deep inside and change the negative patterns which hold you back from living your life how you want to.

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Confidence & Self-Esteem

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Confidence & Self-Esteem

Low self esteem? Lacking in confidence? This can help.

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Are you experiencing one of the following symptoms?

  • Suffering from impostor syndrome
  • Avoiding social situations
  • Giving reasons or explaining yourself
  • Taking things personally
  • You give up too soon
  • You can't handle compliments

There are many different reasons for low self esteem and/or lack of confidence

Real Self Confidence and Esteem is based in emotion, not a self image.
To build self confidence and overcome low self esteem is to change how we feel emotionally about ourselves. To change our emotion requires changing two different core beliefs about self image. The first core belief is obvious. It is the belief that we are not good enough. It may have a more specific association to how we look, how smart we are, money, or lack of confidence sexually. The second core belief to change is the image of success that we feel we should be. Changing this belief is contrary to logic, but is a must if we are to overcome insecurity and raise our self esteem.

You would be amazed at the number of people that have a problem with low self-esteem or a lack of confidence. However, just imagine how it would be to live your life feeling confident in who you are and in your abilities.  Just think of all the things you could achieve if you had that self-esteem and felt as confident as you imagine other people to feel. 

Top Tips to fight lack of confidence and self esteem

  1. Challenge your limiting beliefs .
  2. Do things that take you outside your comfort zone
  3. Surround yourself with positive people.
  4. Stop putting yourself down.
  5. Heal your past, book some sessions with one of our skilled therapists.

How we can help you

Dealing with confidence and self-esteem issues allows you to become the person you want to be. We can help guide you towards solutions that will allow you to take control, replacing old negative feelings and patterns of behaviour and taking you towards the new, positive, confident you.

We can give you back your control over your habits, your frustrations, and your self-denial  and basically over your life.
Improving your low self-esteem is essential for your self development and to face the challenges in your every day life.

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Feeling stuck & unfulfilled

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Feeling stuck & unfulfilled

Feeling stuck? This can help.

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Are you experiencing one of the following symptoms?

  • Feel in a rut
  • Stuck in a job that is unfulfilling and boring
  • You've stopped getting excited about things that used to excite you
  • You complain about everything
  • You feel unmotivated to take new opportunities that come your way
  • You procrastinate

There are many different reasons for feeling stuck

It is useful to consider what may be holding you back from taking opportunities. Is is fear? Fear of failure? Fear of succeeding? Fear of loss perhaps? Is it that your are with the wrong tribe? People you may like but do not inspire you, share your interests, challenge you and admire you. 

Maybe your boring unfulfilling job is safe because you know it inside out and changing jobs may feel scary. Maybe your calling is something more creative but you’ve been held back by others’ believes about a ‘proper job’. Perhaps you’ve settled for a mediocre but safe relationship, feeling like you don’t deserve any better. 

In whatever way you feel stuck, unfulfilled or bored it will be perception. Your perception. But ask yourself why this is.  As suggested it is about fear. Our mind doesn’t like change especially if change involves the unfamiliar. Uncertainty feels scary, uncomfortable and stressful. So staying stuck, although unfulfilling, feels the safer option.

Top Tips to fight being stuck

  1. Look for a change of environment.
  2. Try a few new activities; don’t settle on any one until you feel excited and challenged.  
  3. Get out and meet new people. The more you meet the more opportunities will come your way.
  4. Accept you are stuck. Take responsibility for you. Know that you need to make changes. Don’t run away however. Move on. Grow.
  5. Book some sessions with one of our experienced therapists.

How we can help you

We can help you to over come issues which are holding you back and will help you to become the person you want to be and live the life you want to. We can help guide you towards solutions that will allow you to take control, replacing old negative feelings and patterns of behaviour and taking you towards the new, positive, confident you.

We can give you back your control over your habits, your frustrations, and your self-denial  and basically over your life.

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Fears & Phobias

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Fears & Phobias

Suffer from a phobia or fears? We can help.

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Are you experiencing one of the following symptoms?

  • Panic attacks
  • Fight or Flight symptoms
  • Finding yourself not wanting to do something despite others enjoying or benefiting from doing so
  • Sabotaging opportunites
  • Worrying too much about things

There are many different causes for a subconsciously held fear or phobia

any of us have fears about particular objects or situations, and this is perfectly normal. A fear becomes a phobia if it lasts for more than six months, and has a significant impact on how you live your day-to-day life.

 

Top Tips to fight fears and panic

  1. 7/11 breathing 
  2. Practice stress reduction techniques, such as mindfulness meditation or aerobic exercise.
  3. Get into a good position. Take a deep breath and sigh it out, get in touch with your breathing. Close your eyes and find the place in your body where you feel your breath most prominently. Detach from your thoughts
  4. Book some sessions with an experienced therapist.

How we can help you

If you are suffering from a phobia or fear that is ruining your life, preventing you  from enjoying your life to its fullest give us a call and find out how we can help you to regain control of your emotions and free yourself of life restricting phobias.  

Phobias can be so powerful, they can create some very scary emotions, thoughts and feelings. The mind and body connection is so strong that your mind will create unpleasant physical feelings such as sweaty palms, breathlessness, stomach pains, nausea and feeling faint.

You don’t have to live with dread; you can live your life as you were meant to without these fears you weren’t born with them, you have acquired them through time and therapy can easily help you be rid of them.  We use a range of techniques when treating phobias and  usually combine two or more techniques to attain maximum success, leaving you permanently free of your phobia.

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Addictions

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Addictions

Addictive behaviour? This can help.

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Are you experiencing one of the following symptoms?

  • A behaviour that causes pain for you and your loved ones
  • Cravings
  • Continued behavior despite adverse consequences
  • Loss of or little control
  • Denial or minimizing the problems

There could be different causes for an addiction

Addiction is defined as not having control over doing, taking or using something to the point where it could be harmful to you. This could be computer games, sex, drugs, alcohol, self harming, smoking,  gambling, food…the list could go on.

Addiction causes a lot of suffering. Not only for the person who is addicted but the people they share their lives with also. This suffering can take many
forms such as chronic illness, debt, criminal conviction, and divorce. Addiction can lead to lives being shattered. It can break up families, and cause many other forms of unnecessary suffering.

Primarily the addictive behavior is a form of self soothing; A habit that provides some relief, albeit temporary, from deep seated emotional pain. Our brain and body produces dopamine which makes us feel excited, motivated or satisfied. 

Top Tips to fight Addiction

  1. Take responsibility. Realise that you own your problem and that you can get help if you choose to but you are the solely responsible for your health and healing.
  2. Realise that recovery and moving on isn’t always a straight forward process. Set backs happen, and that’s ok. You haven’t failed until you give up so keep moving forward. 
  3. Avoid triggers and situations which you know will be hard for you to avoid your addiction  .
  4. Find someone who you can trust to support you through your journey.
  5. Find a purpose .

How we can help you

Our team of therapists can help you overcome your addiction. Helping you to understand yourself and your beliefs will start the journey to transform your life and help you be free from your addiction. Addiction can be overcome without the need to be dependent on support groups.  Just because you have an addiction now, you need to consider yourself an addict for life. 

Different therapists have different approaches so it will be up to you who you want to work with and which approach would work best for you.

Most of our therapists offer a FREE face to face half hour consultation or a telephone consultation so you can choose who you want to work.

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Anxieties

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Anxieties

Suffer from Anxiety? This can help.

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Are you experiencing one of the following symptoms?

  • Trouble sleeping
  • Feeling as though something awful is going to happen
  • Feeling ill at ease or on edge a lot of the time
  • Noticing physical symptoms such as churning stomach or breathing problems
  • Unable to focus or concentrate
  • Overthinking

Causes for anxiety

Stress and anxiety are emotionally distressing and can affect every area of your life. Life can become so distressing and every event can seem like a huge challenge. You may become withdrawn, your performance may suffer at work and socially. After a while many people develop chronic conditions such as headaches, insomnia, IBS, tinnitus,skin conditions and more.  The under lying causes for anxiety lie in your subconscious. Previous significant events and/or limiting beliefs learned during childhood are responsible for the way you feel. Social anxiety, Generalized anxiety, panic disorders all have roots in childhood experiences.   

Top Tips to fight Anxiety

  1. Deal with it, don’t keeping avoiding situations which trigger anxiety. As tough as that seems, avoidance will not get rid of the anxiety and may actually make it worse. 
  2. Question your thoughts. Often we catastrophise things in our heads before we even encounter them.  
  3. Use 7/11 breathing to calm yourself. This breathing technique will allow the Adrenalin and cortisol to dissipate and restore blood flow to your thinking brain (Pre Frontal cortex). 
  4. Plan. Planning ahead can ease the stress of having to cope ‘on the hoof’. 
  5. Book some sessions with one of our qualified therapists.

How we can help you

Our team of therapists can help you overcome your anxiety. Helping you to understand yourself and your beliefs will start the journey to transform your life and help you be free from your anxiety.  Different therapists have different approaches so it will be up to you who you want to work with and which approach would work best for you.

Most of our therapists offer a FREE face to face half hour consultation or a telephone consultation so you can choose who you want to work.

 

Therapies to help you overcome anxiety

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