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Anxiety treatment in Sydney and Bondi Junction: how we can help

Anxious you might have a problem with worrying constantly? Can’t stop worrying, struggling with anxiety and feeling stuck? You aren’t alone, especially in Sydney!

According to Beyond Blue, one in fourteen young Australians (6.9%) aged 4-17 experienced an anxiety disorder in 2015. This is equivalent to approximately 278,000 young people. With adults, that figure extends to one in seven (14.4%) who’ve experienced anxiety disorders, or in Sydney that’s approximately 720,000 people. That’s heck of a lot!

Who needs anxiety treatment?

If your worries are excessive, you may have anxiety and physical symptoms, procrastinate from getting things done, avoid potentially fun activities, and you may be doing damage to your relationships by not connecting and enjoying time with those you genuinely like and love. In short, anxiety can really stop you from living your life.

While worrying and feeling nervous is something that all human beings experience, as with many things in life, too much of something may not be good for you. Normal anxiety can become a problem when it is:

  • excessive,
  • feels uncontrollable,
  • is experienced as intrusive in your life,
  • is persistent – seeming to always be around,
  • and causes you significant distress, or impairs your ability to go about your day-to-day life.

This is when normal anxiety becomes generalised anxiety disorder.

Some common things people have told us they experience when they have generalised anxiety are:

  • Chronic worries running through their head. They occur over and over again like a broken record
  • Uncontrollable anxiety. Having a strong desire to be in control of their emotions, yet feeling as if the anxiety and worry has taken control over them and there is nothing they can do to stop it
  • Intrusive thoughts. No matter how much they try not to worry, not to think about things that make them nervous, these unwanted thoughts keep popping back into their mind
  • Hating uncertainty. Wanting to know what is going to happen in the future and finding the experience of ‘not knowing’ very difficult indeed
  • Feeling restless, keyed up, on edge and unable to relax
  • Being physically tense. Feeling nervy or uptight, and having tightness or stiffness in the muscles of their body
  • Sleep disturbance. Having trouble falling asleep, maintaining sleep, or experiencing unsettled sleep, because their mind is constantly ticking over with worry
  • Problems concentrating and focusing on a task
  • Procrastinating about getting things done. Putting things off because it all feels too much and too overwhelming
  • Avoiding situations in which they worry or get anxious and nervous.

How can Living Life Psychology help me, you know, live my life?

At Living Life Bondi Junction, you will be offered a  non-judgmental, safe and confidential anxiety therapy sessions. In this space, you can begin to identify, explore and address the sources of your anxiety and the patterns that keep it ongoing. Together, we’ll talk about what anxiety is, how does it affect us and most importantly, what we can do about it. Whether its onset was the result of genetics, an overly anxious parent or a recent stressful situation- gaining an understanding of your personal experience, including anxiety triggers, is the first step to healing and returning to your normal and improved version of yourself.

In sessions, we’ll also address the negative self-talk by learning how to tune in to our thoughts and feelings. By making space for our anxiety, it becomes easier to place things in perspective and continue in your journey of life. Practically, you’ll learn breathing techniques, meditation and mindfulness exercises that can be used daily to achieve more harmony and balance. You will also learn methods to calm yourself and effectively cope with anxiety symptoms in the moments when heightened anxiety sets in.

Anxiety can be a very isolating and lonely experience. So much relief can come from being heard and feeling supported as you work through challenging thoughts and feelings. Thankfully, the anxiety that you’re experiencing now doesn’t have to last forever, and you don’t have to be alone in your pain and fear. Working as a team, it is entirely possible to use scientifically validated ways to manage your anxiety, experience relief and take control of the reins again.

The practice offers a private, approachable and professional service that is based in Bondi Junction. Conveniently located next to the Bondi Junction train and bus interchange, Living Life Psychology understands that we all have our own responsibilities to juggle, and as such offers limited after hours service to accommodate different needs. If you’re interested to find out more, please fill out the form below, or alternatively send an email to justin@livinglifepsychology.com.au and let’s get you back to thriving and enjoying life.

Therapy with Justin @LivingLifePsychology

What do clients say about psychological therapy?

“AT TIMES I FORGET THE FACES OF ALL THOSE WHO HELPED ME ALONG THE WAY TO RECOVERY; IN THE NUMEROUS HOSPITALS, DOCTOR’S OFFICES, COUNSELLING OFFICES, AND PSYCHIATRIC PRACTICES. BUT I WILL NEVER FORGET THE FEELING OF BEING TREATED WITH KINDNESS, UNDERSTANDING, AND COMPASSION. WHEN I GET ON THE EDGE OF RELAPSING BACK INTO DEPRESSION AND SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, I REMEMBER THAT I AM NOT ALONE AND THAT I DO HAVE PEOPLE TO TALK TO.”

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Bondi Junction Consulting Rooms
Level 3, 1 Rowe St
Bondi Junction NSW 2022
(Opposite train/bus interchange)

Bookings by appointment only

Thursdays: 1pm-6pm

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(02) 8964 8090

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