Anxiety and stress

Anxiety and stress can affect both our inner world and our everyday lives. We are also living through a period of considerable instability, upheaval and uncertainty — socially, financially and geopolitically — and the cumulative strain of this wider environment can make it harder to feel settled and secure.

You may find yourself caught in persistent worry, over-thinking or a sense of being constantly on alert. Perhaps you are struggling to switch off, feeling overwhelmed by demands, or beginning to experience the effects of prolonged stress and burnout.

When stress becomes held in the body

Prolonged stress and anxiety can leave the nervous system in a state of heightened activation, making it difficult to return to a sense of safety and ease. You may notice this not only in your thoughts and emotions, but also in your body — perhaps through tension, restlessness, disrupted sleep or feeling constantly on edge.

Brainspotting is a somatic approach that can be incorporated into therapy when talking and insight alone don't seem to be shifting what you are experiencing. By bringing attention to both emotional and bodily experience, it can provide another way of working with patterns of stress and emotional distress that may be difficult to access through words alone.nxiety and stress can affect both our inner world and our everyday lives. You may find yourself caught in persistent worry, over-thinking or a sense of being constantly on alert. Perhaps you are struggling to switch off, feeling overwhelmed by demands, or beginning to experience the effects of prolonged stress and burnout.

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