Everyone feels anxious sometimes. When worry, dread or panic starts to shape your days — what you avoid, how you sleep, how you work — therapy can help you understand what is driving it and change how you respond.
Anxiety disorders are the most common group of mental health conditions in Australia: 17.2% of people aged 16–85 experienced one in the previous 12 months, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing 2020–22.
Therapy for anxiety is well researched. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) helps you notice the thinking patterns and habits that keep anxiety going and practise different responses; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) builds the capacity to make room for anxious feelings without being ruled by them; schema and trauma-focused approaches help where anxiety has deeper roots. Your practitioner will talk through what fits your situation.
Practitioners choose the approach that fits you — see each profile for the approaches they use, or read the plain-language guide to types of therapy. Further reading: Beyond Blue — anxiety.
No. You can book directly with any practitioner. A GP referral and Mental Health Treatment Plan are only needed if you want to claim Medicare rebates.
It varies with the person and the approach. Many people notice change within the first handful of sessions; your practitioner will discuss a plan with you and review it as you go.
Yes. All practitioners at OneBodyMind offer video or phone sessions as well as face-to-face appointments in Rose Park.
If you or someone you know is in crisis, call Lifeline on 13 11 14, or 000 in an emergency. OneBodyMind is not a crisis service. Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636.