It was my third anxiety attack that week. I made it from the supermarket to the safety of my car. I try to breathe, trying to control the wave of cru…

Anxiety is the human response to stress. It acts as a type of excessive fear, worry or concern about a real or perceived threat, which activates our…

Change is never a comfortable experience. There is always some sense of unease about change, no matter how positive it is. A planned wedding, the bir…

We have all experienced some anxiety in our lives; it is a very human condition and affects each individual in different ways. For some, they may fee…

Counsellor Anne-Marie shares 5 breathing exercises to reduce anxiety and encourage relaxation.

The physical symptoms of stress are a result of your thinking. Negative or anxious thoughts create anxious feelings which induce physical responses o…

“Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all our other thoughts are drained.” – Arch…

I read a really interesting piece of work by Richard Stott the other day. In 2007, he talked about a concept called 'Rational-Emotional Dissociation'…

Anxiety is a normal and everyday experience and yet it is almost universally viewed as problematic. The majority of people who go to see their doctor…

CBT techniques and their role in worry management (Part 1) Many of us will have used worry as a technique to solve problems. It is a natural respons…

We learnt recently of international cricketer Jonathan Trott sadly withdrawing from the national game due to a recurrence of a stress related problem…

Anyone with anxiety will know that setbacks and attacks can come from seemingly nothing. A thought will enter your head and you can become fixated on…