Dealing with anxiety about starting university

25 September 2022

Are you or one of your family dealing with anxiety about starting university?Dealing with anxiety about starting university

Anxiety UK feature an interesting piece about dealing with anxiety about starting univerity. Moving into higher education can be very exciting. You are potentially leaving home and gaining a lot more freedom. You’ll be entering a new world where you’ll have the opportunity to make new friends, try new things, join amazing societies and develop a sense of independence. They offer a useful guide The Student Guide to Understanding Anxiety – free to download.

 

Signs you might be anxious

If you are dealing with anxiety about starting university, there are lots of possible signs.

Anxiety can make you feel:

  • irritable
  • anxious
  • like you cannot enjoy yourself
  • worried a lot of the time

You may start to:

  • have sleep problems
  • find it hard to concentrate
  • bite your nails, pick your skin or grind your teeth
  • snap at people
  • feel short of breath or breathe very fast

How I Treat Anxiety

At Behavioural Freedom, I use a skills-based model for treating anxiety. During our sessions, I will teach you relaxation techniques and helpful ways in which you can fundamentally and positively change the way you behave, think and act. It’s also important to note here that you can’t be stressed or suffer from anxiety when you are in a relaxed state. The skills you’ll learn during your time with me will be vital to both your on-going treatment and perhaps more so as you leave my care.

A combination of Applied Relaxation and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is considered by the British Medical Journal to be one of the most effective therapies to alleviate anxiety and put you on a path to having a positive mind-set and being able to live life to the fullest, free of worries. By combining both and adding in the element of hypnosis, I believe this is the most effective, pragmatic and relevant approach to the treatment of anxiety.

Please contact me today to start the journey back to behavioural freedom.