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Anxiety is an emotion that helps to protect us from threat. It is an uncomfortable state involving a pattern of physical changes, thoughts, behaviours and attention processes.

Anxiety is a normal human experience. However, it can become excessive and disabling in some people.

We’ll help to shed light on why you feel anxious and learn to manage anxiety so you can live life to the full.

If you or someone you know has been affected by depression, you’ll understand the distress and misery it can cause.

Depression is a condition characterised by low energy levels, low motivation and the inability to experience pleasure.

We’ll help you understand the factors influencing your mood changes, help you develop strategies to counteract them, and help light the way to living a full life.

Western culture places a high value on certain traits, such as:

• having high expectations for ourselves and others

• being extremely well organised

• meeting clearly defined goals

• having a well-established routine.

There is nothing wrong with establishing these habits, however, they can reduce your flexibility in the face of difficulties which can put you at risk of psychological distress.

We can help you increase your psychological flexibility and reduce the intensity and duration of distress.

Phobias are excessive and irrational fears of specific objects or situations. You can develop a phobia about almost anything, however, common phobias usually make some sense from a survival perspective, e.g.:

• height phobia (acrophobia)

• spider phobia (arachnophobia)

• snake phobia (ophidiophobia).

It is not entirely clear what causes a phobia to develop, but the good news is that phobias can be treated with exposure therapy.

Healthy sleep is vital for every system in the body.

Inadequate or poor-quality sleep can lead to poor performance at work or school, difficulty concentrating and remembering things and difficulty managing emotions.

Poor sleep is also a powerful risk factor for mental health concerns, including depression and anxiety.

We can help with first line treatment for sleep conditions like insomnia to work towards improving your sleep quality.

Anger exists on a spectrum from mild irritation to rage and is an emotion we all experience. However, some people can find themselves overwhelmed and preoccupied by minor frustrations, which can negatively impact their quality of life.

Anger isn’t a ‘bad’ emotion in itself. It has an important function – to help us organise our psychological resources to promote justice, remedy grievances, and protect ourselves and those we care about from harm.

When anger feels out of control, psychological treatment can help you manage it.