Basingstoke Health Anxiety Counselling & Therapy
Health anxiety counselling in Basingstoke at Find Clarity Counselling. Therapy for health anxiety provided by counsellor Simon Cook at his therapy room on the edge of Basingstoke town centre.
I offer health anxiety counselling to help people in Basingstoke deal with the constant worry that they are ill or about to get ill. This anxiety can take over your life and the constant turmoil is exhausting and often scary.
Suffering with health anxiety will mean that you seek reassurance from as many places as possible. This will include numerous trips to the GP, requesting several medical tests and scouring the internet for answers. With health anxiety you will be convinced that something is wrong and this often means that you will obsessively search for proof to confirm that you DO have a certain condition. Alternatively, you will be desperate to hear that you are actually ok which brings some much needed respite – though this will only last until the next symptom comes along.
Health Anxiety Therapy in Basingstoke
From the private space of my therapy room in Basingstoke I provide health anxiety therapy that includes CBT techniques but also a deeper, wider exploration of the feelings contributing to your health anxiety.
A significant part of health anxiety is psychosomatic which means it is caused by, or aggravated by, psychological factors. Turning our attention to the mental aspects can be helpful in moving the focus away from the physical but also in identifying underlying factors adding to, or perhaps even instigating, the health anxiety. Indeed, physical factors of anxiety such as a racing heart rate, feeling light headed, feeling a tightness in the chest, fatigue, headaches etc. can often be mistaken for signs of illness.
Counselling can deliver direct interventions to help when the anxiety is at it’s worst as well as an understanding of how the anxious thoughts are forming, where they are coming from and how to behave differently in the future.
I also provide help through anxiety counselling and therapy for panic attacks in Basingstoke and it’s not uncommon for people with health anxiety to experience panic attacks at some point too.
There is absolutely no doubt that health anxiety is serious and it will most likely be tormenting your life. So if you’re looking for support in the Basingstoke area, I am a professional counsellor with years of experience providing health anxiety counselling and therapy. If you’re outside of Basingstoke we can always meet online if you like.
Get in touch to start the process of therapy so that your life is no longer obsessively dominated by these anxious thoughts and you can get some freedom from the constant fears and worries about your health and wellbeing.