Common concerns
Anxiety, depression and relationship issues are the most common concerns brought to therapy. Some of the common challenges and difficulties I work with are:
- Generalised Anxiety Disorder (anxiety due to excessive uncontrollable worrying about a wide range of situations rather than one specific type)
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Stress (intense or prolonged)
- Panic disorder (regular sudden attacks of panic or fear)
- Social Anxiety
- Agoraphobia (Fear of being in situations where escape or help might be difficult if you feel panicky, such as in a crowd or a bus)
- Health Anxiety
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Specific Phobias
- PTSD: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (re-experiencing traumatic event through nightmares, flashbacks or intrusive memories, hyper-vigilance and avoidance of triggers)
- Binge eating
- Bulimia
- Trust issues
- Negative and extreme thinking patterns
- Low self-esteem
- Low confidence
- Feelings of defectiveness, incompetence or failure
- Feeling vulnerable
- Feelings and fear of abandonment
- Feelings of social exclusion
- Suffering caused by perfectionism/unrelenting standards
- Unreasonably high expectations of self and others
- General dissatisfaction with life
- Bereavement
- Separation and divorce
- Abortions/Miscarriage/Infertility
- Affairs and betrayals
- Trauma
- Life transitions
- Loss and grief
- Living with a terminal illness
- Domestic Abuse (Emotional/Physical/Financial)
- Childhood abuse & other early experiences affecting the present
- Issues related to in-laws, family, siblings & parents