Trauma and Anxiety Therapy & Coaching

There’s a lot of overlapping between the two, however a phobia tends to be very clear, about a specific thing in a specific context, for example spiders. Anxiety can be an uncomfortable feeling that’s more generalised and more frequent. Most people will experience anxiety in their life, whilst not everyone will have a phobia.

‘Anxiety’ is an umbrella term that can cover a lot of issues we try to ignore, downplay, or assume are ‘just part of life’, such as: being promoted, work-related stress and anxiety, presentation anxiety, Imposter Syndrome, being bullied, issues communicating with difficult people, perfectionism, procrastination and people-pleasing.

Anxiety can also start in other areas of our lives and spread to work, or vice versa. The primary cause of anxiety is often an emotional trigger from somewhere in your past, hiding in your subconscious and being re-triggered now, so it plays out as anxiety in response to some worry or fear you have, or a particular situation you’re in.

You don’t have to be in a warzone to have trauma. A lot of my clients have struggled with the negative effects of traumatic experiences many years after and they can be the reason for anxiety and depression that keeps popping up. Unlike what you may have been told – you can get over PTSD – I have helped many people do so (without talking about it) and in a short period of time.

Too many people do not get help quickly enough and leave problems to escalate: if you think anxiety is affecting your life then it is and you need to do something about it. Sometimes it can feel difficult to take that first step but it is important to take action and change things in your life when they aren’t working as they should. Now is exactly the right time to get in touch with Adelle and talk through your issues.

The truth is that anxiety feels different for each person – for some people it is mild discomfort; for others it is intense and incapacitating. For some people it may just be work- related, whilst for others it affects all areas of their life. Some people may call it presentation anxiety, others imposter syndrome, others stress. The majority of these all come under the banner of anxiety or anxiety type symptoms.

After your initial consultation, each session takes about 1.5 hours. All sessions are done from my clinic in Bedfordshire and we’ll work together (via Zoom or in person) to bring back peaceful nights of sleep, boost your energy, and stabilise your mood. We’ll improve how you connect with the people you care about and give you strength in your parenting and your career. With the right tools and understanding, you can feel truly well again, not just on the surface, but deep down where it counts.

This is one of the biggest mistakes people make –anxiety puts our nervous system on high alert which is when we experience those uncomfortable, horrible feelings. The more you try to ‘push through’, the worse it gets, because you’re not dealing with the root cause of your anxiety, which isn’t necessarily linked to the present situation.

Phobias used to take a long time to overcome – past therapeutic approaches could take up to 6 months to take affect. However today, whilst each person is individual, phobias tend to respond really well to the new therapeutic techniques I use and results are achieved much more quickly.