Anxiety

You don't have to live with anxiety holding you back.

Expert, evidence-based anxiety therapy in Northern Ireland. We help you navigate worry, panic, and the physical symptoms of stress so you can reclaim the life anxiety has been keeping you from.

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Understanding the Many Faces of Anxiety

Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) & Chronic Worry

GAD is characterised by persistent and excessive worry about a number of different things. People with GAD may anticipate disaster and may be overly concerned about money, health, family, work, or other issues. Our therapeutic approach helps you dismantle the worry loops that keep your mind in a state of perpetual high alert.

Overcoming Panic Attacks & Panic Disorder

A panic attack is a sudden episode of intense fear that triggers severe physical reactions when there is no real danger or apparent cause. Through targeted therapy, we provide you with the psychological tools and cognitive framing to regain control over your body's alarm system.

Support in Northern Ireland

NI Counselling provides specialist anxiety therapy across Northern Ireland. Whether you prefer in-person sessions at our Belfast clinic or the convenience of secure online therapy from your own home, our local experts are here to help.

Our Service Areas:

Belfast City

Co. Antrim

Co. Down

Derry/L'Derry

Remote NI

UK-wide Online

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Expert Methodologies for Lasting Relief

We don't believe in a one-size-fits-all approach. We utilize the gold standard of evidence-based psychological interventions.

Cognitive Restructuring

Anxiety is driven by patterns of thinking that catastrophise, overestimate threat, and underestimate your ability to cope. Our therapists work with you using CBT techniques to identify and challenge those thought patterns at their root, replacing the anxiety cycle with a more balanced and accurate way of relating to uncertainty.

Exposure & Behavioural Techniques

Avoidance is anxiety's best friend. Our evidence-based approach includes carefully structured exposure techniques that help you gradually face feared situations, reducing their power over time. You will never be pushed faster than you are ready for -- the pace is always yours to control.

Nervous System Regulation

Anxiety lives in the body as much as the mind. We incorporate somatic and mindfulness-based techniques to help you recognise the physical signs of anxiety early and develop reliable tools for calming your nervous system, giving you a felt sense of safety that thinking alone cannot provide.

Meet our Team

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Our team is hand-selected not just for their clinical excellence, but for their empathetic, editorial approach to modern mental health.

Tory Stirling

Integrative Adult Counsellor

Tory is a BACP registered integrative counsellor with specialist experience in complex trauma, bereavement and neurodiversity, including over ten years working in the field of autism. Flexible, relational and neuroaffirming in approach, she supports adults across a wide range of emotional and psychological difficulties.

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Raymond McLean

Adult Counsellor

Raymond is a dually registered integrative counsellor with extensive experience across community and private mental health settings. Person-centred, warm and adaptable, he supports adults through anxiety, bereavement, trauma, low mood and workplace stress from his Antrim practice.

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Steven Montgomery

Adult Integrative Counsellor

Steven is a NCPS registered integrative counsellor offering a safe, non-judgmental space for adults navigating anxiety, low mood, grief, identity and relationship difficulties. Warm, accessible and person-centred at his core, he works collaboratively to build self-understanding and resilience.

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Orla McFadden

Adult Integrative Counsellor

Orla is a BACP registered integrative counsellor offering online and telephone sessions. Drawing on person-centred, CBT and psychodynamic approaches, she creates a safe, collaborative space for adults working through depression, anxiety, bereavement, low self-esteem and relationship difficulties.

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Sarah Etheridge

Adult Counsellor

Sarah is a BACP registered counsellor with specialist training in IFS, trauma and attachment. Working through a person-centred and psychodynamic lens, she offers a warm, trusting therapeutic relationship to support adults with anxiety, grief, trauma, PTSD and a wide range of personal difficulties.

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Orla Cogill

Adult Psychotherapist

Orla Cogill is a qualified Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist supporting adults with anxiety, depression, trauma, low mood and stress. Orla integrates CBT, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) and EMDR, tailoring sessions to individual sensory and processing needs. She offers a warm, evidence-based approach, helping clients build self-understanding, self-compassion and practical coping skills.

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Robyn Lough

Integrative Adult Counsellor

Robyn is a BACP registered integrative counsellor based in Banbridge. Warm, collaborative and solution-aware in her approach, she supports adults through anxiety, bereavement, trauma, neurodivergence and a wide range of life challenges, offering in-person, online and telephone sessions.

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Michelle Duffy

Adult Counsellor

Michelle Duffy is an MBACP Accredited Counsellor and Psychotherapist with over 11 years' clinical experience. Michelle works with adults, young people and children experiencing trauma, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem and relationship difficulties. She offers an integrative, creative approach, including EMDR, helping clients heal and move forward with confidence.

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