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Anxiety is a feeling or set of feelings and a perfectly natural reaction to certain situations where you feel apprehension or fear and can become a problem if the feelings won’t go away. With Coronavirus on the news constantly, everyone in lockdown and life completely...

Our brain has a natural negativity preference which means it constantly looks for, learns from, and holds onto anything it considers a danger with much more enthusiasm than something neutral or pleasant. It has a good reason for its natural negativity. Our ancestors...

This year has been an exciting and busy year for Alison Isaacs Therapy. My business has gone from strength to strength having launched it full-time on 1st April. A sparkly new website from Blink Web Design has enabled me to reach a far wider client base and has also...

Self-care week 2019 is upon us. An annual national awareness week that is encouraging people to think self-care for life and understand how to better look after our health. Looking after ourselves to improve our physical and mental health is our responsibility, and no...

Fear is a natural and healthy response we all have to danger, it’s a survival instinct to help us avoid and escape threatening situations. Phobias are different. They are more intense than fears and can lead to severe anxiety and panic attacks. They exist in our...

*Sharon contacted me for help with her severe anxiety. She was a little nervous about the counselling process and didn’t know what to expect, her parents had told her she was weak for seeking help and that she should just snap out of it. So with that in the back of...

Anxiety and worry can creep up on us at any time of the day or night. It’s a feeling or set of feelings and a perfectly natural reaction to certain situations where you feel apprehension or fear but can become a problem if the feelings won’t go away or if the feelings...

Self-defeating behaviors are behaviors used to protect yourself against perceived dangerous situations from the outside world. These behaviors are often not regarded as self-defeating initially, but rather survival mechanisms, and will at one time have been used...

While we can't avoid all stressful situations, learning how to trigger your body's relaxation response helps counteract some of the harmful effects of anxiety and stress. Breathing exercises are a simple and quick way to reduce these feelings, give you something to...

When you desperately exclaim "I feel so scared" you're not overreacting to a situation or imagining something that isn't there. Scared is exactly how you feel. The physical symptoms such as headaches and other aches and pains, nausea and an upset stomach can...