Breaking the cycle: How anxiety counselling in Geelong can help you thrive

The Christmas and New Year break provides us with an opportunity to regroup, reflect, and propel us into a New Year feeling recharged and ready for success. However, it is also common during this time for existing and new anxieties to be triggered and unresolved for individuals and couples. Anxiety counselling in Geelong offered by Helen Handsjuk Psychology, can provide you the reassurance to know you are not alone and will help guide you through this unsettling phase.

Common symptoms associated with anxiety?

Some uncomfortable symptoms you may encounter include:

• Sleep disturbance
• Changes in appetite
• Changes in mood such as irritation, and feeling flat
• Reduced cognitive function such as concentration, and productivity
• Changes to sexual libido
• Introduction or reemergence of unhealthy habits
• Interpersonal conflict that includes arguments with others
• Emergence of social anxiety

Why should you seek professional help?

Increasingly, with technology tools such as ChatGPT, and wellbeing apps readily available to assist individuals with symptoms of anxiety, many might question, why should I seek professional help from a trained Psychologist?

Although, there is merit in many technology tools on the market, there are 3 key distinguishing features offered by all Psychologists, including those offered by Helen Handsjuk Psychology that cannot be commonly offered by these platforms. Common ones include:

• Professional relationship. The Psychologist is trained to listen, interpret and assess your situation.
• Duty of care. This is embedded under the Code of Conduct within the Australian Psychological Society (APS). All Psychologists must abide by this professional standard.
• Objective clinical assessment.

How Anxiety Counselling in Geelong can help set you on the right path for 2026?

As a trained psychologist with over 40 years’ experience, Helen Handsjuk will listen with care and trained objectivity to help you navigate your anxiety with evidence-based approaches that are known to help. Contact Helen today to start your journey towards a calmer, more fulfilling life.