Anxiety Therapy in Leeds

Head Agenda offers a highly professional and award-winning Anxiety Therapy and Counselling service in Leeds. All sessions are hosted by licensed therapists who are BACP accredited and highly trained. They are experienced in helping individuals deal with all levels of anxiety from general unease to anxieties about work.

As the largest independent therapy provider in Leeds, Head Agenda are the experts in delivering effective Anxiety Therapy in Yorkshire.

Take the first step and enquire today

Find anxiety counselling in Leeds with Head Agenda. It’s easy to make an enquiry, you can fill in your contact details by clicking the button below. We will match you with a suitable therapist to your availability and who has experience in the things you want to talk about.

About our Anxiety therapy services

Our highly experienced, qualified, and understanding licensed counsellors can help you to cope with anything from panic attacks and phobias to post traumatic stress (PTSD). If you’re asking yourself “who can offer social anxiety therapy in Leeds?” we’ve got that covered, too.

Working with you and your struggles, we draw on our expertise to help you approach hurdles and stressors differently. For example:

  • Letting go
  • Acknowledging the past, knowing that it is no longer happening.
  • Managing ongoing unresolved situations and identifying, (because of greater self-awareness) when you might be slipping into old habits. Especially, if you expect that things won’t work out well, change is a bad thing, and you confuse facts with fiction.

Face-to-face or online therapy for anxiety can help.

What is involved in the Anxiety therapy sessions?

You will work with your licensed counsellor to give them as much background information as possible for them to understand how you have got to this point. Together you will prioritise the issues of your anxiety and how it manifests, you will identify ways in which you can minimise its impact and seek alternative strategies to help you manage it.

  • Explore in a confidential space your struggles with anxiety to one of our expert therapists.
  • Create a hierarchy of how the anxiety affects and manifests itself in your life.
  • Work through the hierarchy of the anxiety to establish alternative solutions to the issues you face.
  • Create working challenges for you to explore and observe your anxieties.

Benefits of Anxiety counselling

The benefits that can be gained from understanding your anxiety and not to feel as threatened by it are enormous. You will notice that you are functioning without feeling overwhelmed. You may identify and choose to avoid situations to give you control over your behaviours that trigger your anxiety. You will be able to concentrate, try new experiences, with an overall sense of freedom.

 

How do I know Anxiety therapy is right for me?

If you are struggling with your life and limiting your opportunities due to your anxieties, then it is time to address it. You have nothing to lose from talking about your anxiety with an expert, licensed counsellor from Head Agenda, they will take your lead and progress at a pace that suits you, to limit your experience from the anxiety. If it’s not for you, you can choose to stop your therapy temporarily or for good.

Anxiety: FAQ

o Feeling restless, wound up and on edge.
o Difficulty concentrating.
o Being irritable.
o Trouble controlling feelings of worry.
o Sleep difficulties.

Not necessarily. We all benefit from moderate levels of anxiety; it helps us stay motivated to achieve our goals. If our anxiety were too low, we wouldn’t be motivated to accomplish anything.

You could try the 555 Method. Breathe in for 5 seconds, hold your breath for 5 seconds and then breath out for 5 seconds. Continue this process until your thoughts slow down or you notice some relief.

It’s difficult to know when you’re experiencing shifts from normal worries to a disorder that needs to be addressed. If your anxiety reaches a level that impairs your ability to function in daily life, seek help.

Therapy can help you identify the cause of your anxiety. Our therapists work with you to find solutions to your difficulties.

We all have anxious moments in our life. For example, a driving test, before a presentation, when making important decisions. Our body is clever and uses these cues to let us know if there could be a danger or we need to react quickly to something.

When anxiety becomes a regular occurrence and stops us doing our usual activities then it’s time to seek support.

You may notice that you feel overly worried, a sense of fear and dread? When symptoms are happening regularly or are causing you to do harmful things to avoid feeling anxious, reach out for support.

Have you noticed that you may be avoiding going to certain situations, using unhelpful coping mechanisms such as food or alcohol to distract yourself, compulsive checking, overthinking situations and have busy muddled up thoughts?

Head Agenda therapists will guide and support you to gain clarity and rebuild confidence.

Browse our other services

Our therapy and counselling services can help you deal with your anxiety holistically; however, you might be interested in learning about how we help overcome specific types of mental ill health, including:

Anger Management Therapy

Our therapy and counselling services are designed to help deal with anger issues. Learn how our expert therapists can help to diagnose, understand, and provide support in coping with anger issues.

Couples Therapy

At Head Agenda, our couples therapy and counselling services help work through subjective personal issues within your relationships. Learn how our highly trained therapists can help you and your partner resolve your relationship issues.

CBT Therapy

Our CBT therapy and counselling services here at Head Agenda offer support and guidance – enabling you to challenge your negative thoughts and behaviour patterns to better cope with mental health illnesses from phobias to OCD to PTSD.

Trauma Therapy

Browse our Trauma therapy services, which can help identify historic and recent instances of trauma – and put real-life practices in place to help you live happier and more stress-free each day.

Depression Counselling

Head Agenda’s depression therapy and counselling services are designed to help you deal with your depression. See how our expert, licensed therapists listen, understand, and support your well-being through tailored treatments designed to support you fully.

Single Session Therapy

If you think a one-off therapy session is exactly what you need to tackle a pressing issue or figure out whether a more long-term mental health support programme is needed, learn how we can help.

Have any other questions?

If you have any questions about anxiety therapy that we haven’t answered from the above, don’t hesitate to contact us here. We’ll try to answer your question as quickly as possible.

If you’re ready to book an appointment and want to make an enquiry for anxiety therapy, please click the appropriate button below.

What do our clients think about us?

My experience with Head Agenda has been liberating for me! I would recommend anyone that’s thinking of getting help to look no further.

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Michael Greenwood

Can't rate Head Agenda, or my therapist, highly enough. I had my first appointment within two weeks of enquiring and began CAT therapy with Jonathan. His kind, caring and friendly approach instantly helped me to feel relaxed, leading to several breakthroughs during our sessions. My therapy with Jonathan has been genuinely life changing; this is by far the best money I've ever spent. I now feel calmer and more content, and have the tools needed to enjoy better mental health.
If you're ready to put in the work, I'd definitely recommend Head Agenda.

Alannah Graham

Head Agenda were great, and really helped me with my issues. The space was great quiet and private it did not feel intimidating. My therapist Jonathan, took the time to understand my problems and was really helpful and easy to approach. Would recommend.

Robert Rowe

I found Head Agenda through another website which recommended therapists. I have used Head Agenda for roughly 6 months and it has been a transformative experience. My therapist was professional, kind, understanding and helpful with making changes and seeing things in a new way. I can't recommend the experience enough.

Tabitha Connolly

After years of been in and out of therapy I was sceptical about trying it again, I went in expecting to be disappointed. I couldn't have been more wrong.

The knowledge, empathy and approach Mandy took to with me was something i'd never experienced before. I actually feel excited to start a new chapter of my life and I wouldn't be in this position if it wasn't for Head Agenda.

10000% recommend!

Megan Barrett

Head Agenda has been brilliant for me whilst going through a turbulent time in my life. Mark has been amazing. Calm, kind, professional, a complete expert who helps you work through anything whilst providing you with a range of tools you can use. He increases your self awareness and does it with such a positive reassuring presence that lets you feel relaxed and confident to talk to him. Can't recommend Mark and Head Agenda highly enough.

Simon P.

I have had a few sessions with Debra. When I arrived for my first session she made me feel very comfortable and the session just flew by. Debbie really took the time to understand what I was saying and made me feel like she really wanted to help me through my problems. She has gone over and above expectations, supporting me through a very big decision. The rooms are very relaxing and comfortable and there is barely any noise from outside. I would fully recommend having sessions with Debra. She has really opened up my eyes to the reasons of why I feel the way I do and ways to try and reduce those feelings.

Anna Curry

I couldn't recommend Juliet enough. She is a warm, kind and caring therapist who pulled me through a challenging, dark time. I am forever thankful for all her support, wealth of experience and tools she provided. Thank you Juliet x

Holly Dixon

Just wanted to say a huge thank you to Debbie here at Head Agenda! She has been absolutely amazing in getting me through what felt like a million and one problems when I first went in. I truly came to think of her as a friend and felt her genuine care and want to help me. I always came away from every session feeling lighter and much more positive and she's always been so friendly, sensitive and incredibly relatable. She has guided me through an extremely difficult time in my life and got me through and out of that dark tunnel.

The rooms were always comfortable and inviting and always made me feel at ease to talk

Thank you so much again, Debbie you're an absolute star!

Becky Gill

Debra has been absolutely wonderful in helping me understand my mental health. She’s made me feel so calm and relaxed in sessions. Couldn’t recommend her enough!

Grace Maddox

I was lucky enough to be helped by Mark. I can't find any fault with him. He made me feel comfortable from the get-go. Professional but personable, paid more attention to what I was saying than I did! He seems very intelligent but not at all condescending. If you have any issues you would like to talk through, I would recommend Mark 100%.

Joe Craig

I can't begin to describe how incredible Darren has been in helping me with my mental health. He enabled me to respect and love myself for the first time in a very long time. I have come a long way since starting my sessions and I will be forever grateful to Darren for facilitating my process of healing. I highly recommend Darren and Head Agenda!

Himani Jayasinghe

Have had wonderful, sensitive support from Debra, who has helped me learn to take time to sit with my own grief rather than be present 100% of time for others. She made the sessions relaxed, and I will be getting in touch if there are more bumps in my road further down the line. Thank you.

Kate Riley

I came to see Mandy in autumn 2019 for some CBT to deal with my anxiety which at times spiralled out of control for weeks/months at a time. Mandy was great, in the end doing a combination of both therapy and CBT to explore where the anxiety had come from, as well as how to put it back in its box. She was great at challenging me, which is just what I needed. An immediate affect was feeling significantly less nervous about flying. I now find myself in week 5 of the UK COVID lockdown, a time that is causing anxiety for so many people, and able to cope. Yes, I have felt anxious (who hasn’t!!), but it has been for a maximum of an hour or two, and not endless. I can highly recommend Head Agenda. Thank you.

Natasha Barlow

Jonathan at Head Agenda was absolutely fantastic. I felt very comfortable throughout. Really positive experience.

Sacha Ghionis

I could not recommend Caroline at Head Agenda enough. I was very hesitant when it came to therapy but Caroline had provided me with the confidence to speak about my issues, no matter how big or small. She has constantly treated me with grace and respect, I am very grateful for her.

Emily X

Fantastic service and help through some tough times. Natalie has been wonderful over these last few months.

Miguel Garrido-Letelier

I honestly can't recommend Head Agenda enough. When I first enquired by email the response was prompt, professional and clear. I was very quickly assigned to Jane Hickson, who agreed to work with me flexibly around my work schedule. Although I didn't have many sessions, i can honestly say that attending counselling with Jane has changed my life considerably. She really helped me work things out. She was professional, yet kind the whole time. Also, the rooms and surroundings are very comfortable and calming.

Sophie Threlfall

Debra was very kind and understanding, she gave considerate and constructive advice, we cannot thank her enough for all that she did to help!

Anne-Louise Wells

Daniel was kind and helpful to my family member . Gave strategies to help with stress and anxiety that can use . Liked the practical exercises and has kept the list he made at his final sessions to remind him of all the positive things they talked about

Fran Bostyn

Great service, really easy to find a therapist to match your needs - spoke to Amanda who was super friendly and made the whole process really painless - thank you!

Sally Hurst

Liz was great, can't recommend Head Agenda enough! I went for 12 weeks in total and I feel like it has really got me back on track from the place that I was. Thank you!

Covers by Tom

Such a fantastic place. Super friendly and understanding team. Got an appointment really quickly. Such a calm and relaxing space. Thank you!

Megan Barnes

I just wanted to say a huge thank you to Debbie who I had many sessions with earlier this year. At first I was very hesitant but was by far was the best decision I have made and I am now in a place I could have only dreamt to be in a year ago. I could not recommend Debbie highly enough and genuinely want to thank her from the bottom of my heart.

Bradley Hood

I've just finished my last session with my therapist - Debbie, and I can't thank her enough for helping me through a difficult time in my life and seeing the light. I was very apprehensive at first, I've never had counselling before and I was in denial about my problem. But speaking to Debbie is one of the best things I've done, she is friendly, caring and it felt natural talking to her, and she gave me the tools I need to help get better. Very easy booking through Head Agenda, would highly recommend.

Cat I

I am glad I went to Head Agenda, great staff and Mark was really helpful and friendly. If you are unsure about going to see anyone then maybe just book an appointment and discuss it with them. Even if you think you are mentally strong there is always room for improvement. I feel like Mark has helped me find the right path to go forward in my life. I would recommend this company :)

The Anunnaki

This was my first experience with counselling. I was always reluctant to seek help for whatever reason. With recent health issues I felt that it was the 'icing on the cake' and I needed help. Then I met the wonderful Debbie at Head Agenda. She has guided me more than I ever thought possible. She has helped me see what's truly important and helped me breakdown understand what once felt like big mess in my head! She has taught me so much and I can finally say, today, that I am ready to use her kind words and advice and see how I get on alone. I know she is always there though if I need her one day. I now feel I am strong enough, all thanks to Debbie.

Thank you so much, Deb! You've been an angel x

Jo-Dee Brice

Excellent service. Really useful. Helped a lot. Thanks

Lyndon Ogden

I went to Head Agenda to try to tackle my severe anxiety. My therapist Jonathan was really helpful and kind and I now feel more equipped to manage my mental health. The space is calming and welcoming. I would recommend Head Agenda to anyone who is suffering and who needs professional support.

Lauren Piper

Interesting, insightful and has been no end of help for my self improvement. Can't thank these lot enough. I feel much more confident and optimistic going forward and it’s down to Mark and the Head Agenda team.

Rob Griffiths

First ever experience with counselling for myself, and it has helped my tenfold. Would recommend to anyone.

Liam Back

I've been seeing June for a while now. I have tried a number of therapies and therapists over the years, but have never really felt heard or understood. I am able to be my authentic self with June, without any fear of judgement or embarrassment. She has an amazing way of challenging my thoughts, in a gentle way, but enough so to allow me to start to reconsider my own thoughts and feelings. She has already had a big impact on my life, and I cannot recommend her highly enough!

The office is lovely and calming, the other staff are always helpful and polite.
100% recommend Head Agenda!

Charlotte Steele

Highly recommended! One of the best investments of my life. A very friendly, kind and professional team. The atmosphere of the place is also great: very calm and relaxing. I went to try CBT and after a few sessions, it worked! I am happier and know myself much better now. I will always be grateful! Thank you, Mandy.

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I've been seeing Mandy for a year now and she has transformed my life. I can't thank her enough. Having seen numerous therapists over the years I've never found anyone so effective. Mandy has a wealth of knowledge and I've found her very easy to open up to. Cannot recommend highly enough.

Siobhan Thew

Counselling will start this week but my initial contact with Head Agenda has been great. Lovely friendly reply to my initial email enquiry, followed by a phone call from Amanda who was very easy to talk and was very reassuring and helpful with all my questions and concerns.

Pen C.

About 4 months ago I decided to try therapy and was recommended Head Agenda by my girlfriend. After getting in contact with them I was assigned to Darren and over that period of time I found him very helpful, I would definitely recommend him and say it was a really positive experience

Barnsley Jack