Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
What is Generalised Anxiety Disorder?
Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) is more than occasional anxiety. It involves persistent, excessive worry that can feel overwhelming and affect many areas of daily life. Here are some of the common features of GAD:
Psychological Symptoms
- Persistent and excessive worrying about a wide range of everyday issues
- Overestimating threat or danger, and underestimating your ability to cope
- Overthinking and excessively planning for worst-case scenarios
- Struggling to tolerate uncertainty
- Indecisiveness and concern about making the wrong decision
- Difficulties relaxing and ‘letting go’ of worries
- Feeling restless and irritable
- Difficulty concentrating or experience a ‘blank mind’
- Perfectionism
Physical Symptoms
- Feeling tense or achy muscles
- Easily fatigued
- Feeling nervous or on edge, easily startled
- Sweating and trembling
- Digestive problems (nausea, bloating)
- Rapid/unusual heartbeat (palpitations)
- Dizziness or feeling lightheaded
- Sleep disturbances (trouble falling asleep or staying asleep due to excessive worrying)
How We Can Help
We offer cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), an evidence-based approach that explores the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. CBT is a proven treatment for Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and teaches practical skills to manage persistent worry.
CBT for GAD helps you understand the cognitive process of worry, build tolerance for uncertainty, and strengthen problem-solving skills. You’ll learn to interrupt patterns of worry, challenge negative thoughts, and gain confidence to ‘unhook’ from unhelpful thinking cycles.
This approach supports you in changing your relationship with negative thinking, using practical techniques to reduce worry and address the behavioural and emotional patterns that maintain anxiety.
Our therapy is compassionate, tailored to your individual needs, and available both in person and remotely via phone or online sessions.
Your Free Consultation
- 20-minute session by phone or online
- A friendly, informal chat at a time that suits you
- Brief discussion about your challenges and goals
- Overview of how evidence-based therapy could support you
- Time to ask any questions
- No pressure, just a chance to see if we’re the right fit
Our Approach
We understand that taking the first step towards therapy can feel daunting. That’s why we’re passionate about ensuring you feel heard, understood, and respected from the very start. Our approach is warm, down-to-earth, and rooted in evidence-based therapies designed to support meaningful, lasting change. You will be treated with compassion, respect, and discretion, with a focus on creating a supportive and comfortable experience.