Common concerns
Some of the common concerns my clients have brought to therapy are listed below. However this is not an exhaustive list and these labels cannot really encapsulate the person’s unique experience and the challenges they maybe going through.
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- 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
- 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
- Domestic Abuse (Emotional/Physical/Financial)
- Childhood abuse & other early experiences affecting the present
- Issues related to in-laws, family, siblings & parents