Getting Help
Psychological Support for Health Anxiety. A Specialist Approach You Can Rely on.
You’re not alone and recovery is possible
Health anxiety can feel exhausting, isolating, and all-consuming.
Do you find yourself
Constantly checking your body for symptoms?
Seeking endless reassurance from doctors, tests, or loved ones?
Scanning for the worst-case scenario?
Avoiding situations that may trigger your fears?
You’ve Been Told
“It’s just anxiety”
“You’re being irrational”
“You just need to stop worrying”
But you know it’s not that simple. And you’re right.
Why Health Anxiety Happens
Health anxiety is rarely about the surface fear alone. Our work recognises that for many people:
- Early experiences of illness, loss, unpredictable caregiving or responsibility can shape later anxiety.
- Medical trauma or significant life stressors can amplify the fear.
- The more you seek reassurance, avoid triggers, or try to problem solve your way out of it, the worse it seems to get.
- Being dismissed or having your fears minimised by others, only deepens the shame and anxiety.
That’s why effective recovery involves more than symptom control. We work gently with these layers to support real, sustainable change.
How we work
Understand your story
We’ll explore the early experiences and patterns that sit at the roots of your anxiety, not just focus on the symptoms.
Process and Heal
Where helpful, we’ll use approaches like EMDR to reprocess past memories and future fear and reduce the emotional charge that continues to drive anxiety.
Build new ways to respond
You’ll develop skills to navigate uncertainty, manage distress, and respond differently to intrusive thoughts and fears.
Move towards your values
Health anxiety may feel consuming, but together we’ll help you reconnect with what truly matters so that you can reclaim a meaningful life.
Kind Words from Our Customers
Ready to Begin?
I know reaching out can feel like a big step.
If you’re ready to explore support, you can arrange a free 15-minute, no obligation phone call.