If you have been living with tension, fear, or the feeling of losing controlfor a long time, conversation can be the first step towards relief.
Fear often brings with it a rapid heart rate, tightness in the stomach, sleeping problems, or obsessive thoughts that you cannot stop.
In a safe and supportive place, you can understand what is truly happening within you. The first step is simple. One message. One meeting. Relief begins with that.
You are not alone in this – according to the World Health Organization, about 4.4% of people worldwide have an anxiety disorder, meaning over three hundred and fifty million people live with fear and tension every day.
In Gestalt psychotherapy, anxiety is not viewed as a "problem," but as a message.
It is often the result of unexpressed feelings and avoiding contact with the present moment.
When we try to control what is uncertain or suppress what we feel, the body reacts with tightening, tension, and alarm.
Anxiety often appears when we:
- carry responsibility that exceeds our capacity,
- suppress anger, sadness, or fear,
- try to be perfect in order to be accepted.
In psychotherapy, we explore:
- What are you avoiding feeling authentically?
- Who are you adapting to, and forgetting about yourself?
Psychotherapy helps you gradually establish contact with yourself,your body, and your emotions.
It helps you learn how to stay with yourself in uncertainty, without needing to use worry as protection.
Psychotherapy does not remove life's challenges, but it provides you with the internal support not to experience them as a threat. When you learn how to be with yourself, anxiety loses its power.
If you are tired of constantly fighting with your thoughts, first know that you are not alone. I work with people who have been feeling anxiety for a long time and want to find peace within themselves again. Gestalt psychotherapy can be your place of stability, understanding, and support.
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