Condition · Anxiety
Therapy for anxiety — calm the noise, feel like yourself again.
Whether it shows up as racing thoughts, panic, tight chest, or a low hum you can't switch off, anxiety is exhausting. Therapy helps you understand what's driving it and gives you tools that actually work in the moments you need them.
Matched with a BACP-registered therapist who specialises in anxiety — usually within 48 hours.
Understanding it
What anxiety feels like
Anxiety is your nervous system trying to keep you safe from a threat that has stopped being useful to react to. It's common, treatable, and rarely just 'in your head'.
- Racing thoughts you can't switch off
- Panic attacks or sudden waves of fear
- Chest tightness, nausea or restlessness
- Avoiding people, places or situations
- Overthinking every decision or conversation
- Trouble sleeping or waking up already tense
- Physical symptoms your GP can't fully explain
- Feeling 'on' even when nothing is wrong
You don't have to keep managing it alone. Therapy helps you shift the pattern at the root.
Signals
When to consider therapy
Any of these landing regularly is a signal that support could help.
- You're avoiding things you used to do easily
- Sleep is broken or you wake up already anxious
- Small things trigger disproportionate reactions
- You've had panic attacks, or fear having one
- You feel wired but tired most of the time
- You want tools that outlast a coping app
The work
How therapy helps
Tailored to you, but broadly the shape of the work looks like this.
Step 1
Understand the pattern
Map the thoughts, triggers and beliefs keeping your anxiety switched on.
Step 2
Regulate your body
Practical breath, grounding and somatic tools to bring your nervous system back to baseline.
Step 3
Rebuild confidence
Small, paced steps to face the situations you've been avoiding — without white-knuckling it.
Step 4
Feel supported
A weekly space with someone who understands, so you're not carrying it alone.
Modalities
Approaches we use for this
Your therapist tailors the work to you — these are the modalities most often drawn on.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Practical, structured, focused on the thoughts and behaviours keeping you stuck.
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Learn to unhook from difficult thoughts and take action toward what matters.
Person-Centred / Integrative Counselling
A warm, non-directive space to be met without judgement and hear yourself think.
EMDR Therapy
A structured therapy for trauma that helps your brain reprocess stuck memories.
Your team
Therapists who work with this
Sana Fatima
MBACP, MSc. Psychology · Founder & Integrative Therapist
Founder of MySafeTherapy. Warm, integrative work for anxiety, trauma and identity.
£120 / session
Get matchedSamantha Cotterill
MBACP · Trauma Therapist & Counsellor
Trauma-informed, relational therapist with 15+ years supporting recovery from trauma, sexual violence, domestic abuse, anxiety and depression.
£120 / session
Get matchedDiane Stewart
MBACP · Person-Centred Counsellor
Person-centred counsellor offering a warm, non-judgemental space for anxiety, trauma, burnout, relationships and low mood.
£60 / session
Get matchedPer-session pricing, set by your therapist
Sessions with our founding therapist are £150. Self-help subscribers save £10 per session.
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