Anxiety can affect how you think, feel and move through everyday life.
You may find yourself constantly worrying, feeling overwhelmed by situations that once felt manageable, struggling to switch off your thoughts or anticipating what might go wrong.
Sometimes anxiety has a clear cause. At other times, it can be difficult to understand why you feel this way.
At Inside Out Counselling & Consulting, we provide a supportive, person-centred space where you can talk about what you’re experiencing and explore what may be contributing to it.
We offer anxiety counselling in Marrickville, Sydney’s Inner West, as well as online counselling across Australia.
Everyone experiences worry from time to time. Anxiety can become more difficult when it starts affecting your everyday life, relationships, responsibilities or sense of wellbeing.
You may be experiencing:
You don’t have to wait until things feel completely unmanageable before seeking support.
Counselling can provide a space to slow down, understand what you’re experiencing and explore what may be helpful for you.
Anxiety doesn’t look the same for everyone.
For one person, it may involve constant thoughts and worrying. For another, it may show up as avoidance, irritability, difficulty concentrating or feeling overwhelmed.
It can also be connected to other parts of life.
Parenting, relationships, work, school, grief, significant changes or previous experiences can all form part of the context around what someone is experiencing.
Rather than assuming there is one explanation for your anxiety, counselling provides an opportunity to understand your individual experience.
Sometimes anxiety develops alongside ongoing stress.
You may have been managing work, parenting, relationships, family responsibilities or other demands for a long time without having much space for yourself.
Eventually, the pressure can begin to feel difficult to manage.
Counselling can provide an opportunity to step back from the demands of everyday life and explore what is happening beneath the surface.
This may include looking at patterns of stress, expectations you place on yourself, relationships, boundaries, major life changes or situations that continue to leave you feeling overwhelmed.
Parenting can bring many different responsibilities and sources of worry.
You may be concerned about your child’s wellbeing, school experience, relationships or development while also trying to manage your own emotional needs.
Parents of children with ADHD or neurodivergence may also experience additional uncertainty, stress or emotional demands as they navigate their child’s individual needs.
Counselling can provide a space for parents to talk about their own experiences and explore the pressures they are carrying.
If your main concern is the emotional and relational experience of parenting, our Parent Counselling service provides a dedicated space for these concerns.
Anxiety can affect teenagers in ways that aren’t always immediately obvious.
A young person may experience anxiety around school, friendships, family relationships, expectations or changes in their life.
They may become withdrawn, frustrated or overwhelmed, or find it difficult to explain what they are feeling.
Inside Out Counselling & Consulting provides counselling for teenagers aged 16 and over, offering a supportive space where they can talk about their experiences at their own pace.
Our Teen Counselling service provides more information about counselling specifically for young people.
Anxiety and neurodivergence can sometimes exist alongside one another.
For someone with ADHD or another form of neurodivergence, anxiety may be connected to experiences such as feeling overwhelmed, managing expectations, navigating relationships or dealing with situations that require significant effort.
Understanding the individual context is important.
Counselling can provide space to explore how anxiety fits into your broader experience rather than treating each concern as completely separate.
Where ADHD or neurodivergence is a significant part of what you’re experiencing, our ADHD & Neurodivergence Counselling service provides more specific information about this area of support.
At Inside Out Counselling & Consulting, we believe counselling should begin with understanding the person rather than simply focusing on a particular symptom.
Our approach is:
Your experience is unique. Counselling starts with listening to what is happening for you and understanding what you would like support with.
We recognise that previous experiences can influence how people respond to situations, relationships and stress. Counselling is approached with care, respect and sensitivity.
People experience and interact with the world in different ways. Where neurodivergence is part of your experience, this is approached with understanding rather than judgement.
You don’t need to have the right words or know exactly why you’re feeling anxious. You can start with what you are experiencing now.
Counselling may provide space to explore:
The focus is based on your individual circumstances and what you would like to explore.
When you’re experiencing anxiety, it can sometimes feel as though your mind is constantly trying to solve the next problem.
Counselling can offer a different kind of space.
You can take a step back from the noise and talk through what is happening without needing to have all the answers.
Together, the focus can be on understanding your experience and identifying the areas you would like to work through.
Inside Out Counselling & Consulting offers anxiety counselling from Marrickville in Sydney’s Inner West, as well as online counselling for people across Australia.
For people living in Marrickville and surrounding Inner West areas, in-person counselling provides a local option for accessing support.
Online counselling provides flexibility for people who prefer to access sessions from home or who live outside Sydney.
Inside Out Counselling & Consulting is open to clients across Australia through online counselling.
You don’t need to prepare a complete explanation of what you’re experiencing before your first session.
The first conversation can focus on understanding what has brought you to counselling and what has been happening in your life.
You may talk about your current concerns, situations that have been difficult or the ways anxiety has been affecting your everyday life.
From there, sessions can develop around the areas that are most relevant to you.
Counselling is collaborative and centred around your individual circumstances.
Anxiety counselling provides a supportive space to explore experiences such as persistent worry, overthinking, stress, emotional overwhelm and anxiety affecting everyday life, relationships or responsibilities.
Counselling can provide an opportunity to understand your experience of anxiety, explore contributing factors and work through concerns that may be affecting your everyday life.
Yes. Inside Out Counselling & Consulting provides anxiety counselling in Marrickville, Sydney’s Inner West, as well as online counselling across Australia.
Yes. Counselling is available from Marrickville for people in the local area, as well as online for clients across Australia.
Yes. Counselling is available for teenagers aged 16 and over, subject to individual circumstances and suitability.
Yes. Parents can use counselling to explore their own experiences of anxiety, stress and emotional overwhelm. Where parenting is the main concern, our Parent Counselling service may also be relevant.
Anxiety and neurodivergence can occur together, and individual experiences vary. Counselling can provide space to explore how anxiety fits within your broader circumstances and experiences.
Yes. Online counselling is available to clients across Australia, providing an option for people who prefer to access support remotely.
No. You don’t need to have a clear explanation before making an enquiry. Counselling can begin by exploring what you are currently experiencing and what has brought you to seek support.
It’s common for different areas of life to overlap. You can discuss your circumstances during counselling and explore the concerns that are most relevant to you.
Anxiety can affect different parts of life, and it isn’t always easy to explain what you’re experiencing.
Having a space where you can slow down, talk openly and make sense of what’s happening
can be an important first step.
Inside Out Counselling & Consulting offers person-centred, trauma-informed and neuro-affirming anxiety counselling in Marrickville and online across Australia.
If you’re ready to talk, get in touch to start the conversation
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At Inside Out, our primary focus is individual counselling. However, there are times in our work with families when it is helpful for both parents to attend sessions together.
We recognise that ‘being a good fit’ and the therapeutic relationship are the most important and powerful drivers for change in therapy.
After establishing safety, and a collaborative therapeutic relationship with clear goals, we draw on evidence-based counselling approaches including:
While these are our main approaches, we have trained in several other modalities and may integrate these where appropriate. As part of our registration with PACFA, we regularly participate in professional development to maintain best practices.