Anxiety is a manifestation of our instinctual fight or flight responses, and a small degree of anxiety in everyday life is normal. However when feelings of anxiety become uncomfortable, more intense, more frequent or last longer then anxiety and fear interfere with everyday life - often quite severely.

The 'trigger' for these attacks can be specific (e.g. an event, object, person, animal, etc.) or completely random. There are a wide range of symptoms, ranging through mild anxiety, panic attack, fears and phobias - with the effects lasting from seconds to weeks. People who suffer from any form of anxiety experience it differently with  combinations of the following physical and emotional symptoms:

The causes of anxiety and panic attacks are many and varied and hypnotherapy is a powerful tool for providing coping skills (in the form of relaxation techniques to slow the heartbeat and gain control and balance quickly). Hypnotherapy can alleviate symptoms through suggestion work and uncover the original cause and allow a new understanding through hypnoanalysis.