Specialist Psychological Consultancy, Therapy and Coaching for High Striving Professionals with Anxiety, Burnout, Trauma, and Stress
Are you struggling to control your worries? Do they feel all consuming and get in the way of being truly present? Sometimes you may look like you have it all together, but inside you feel like an imposter and worry about being a failure. You often get stuck in over thinking and playing out worst case scenarios.
You may be worrying about the future, your finances, your health, career, or struggle with specific fears and phobias. You struggle to sleep well at night because of your anxiety and wake up feeling exhausted. You may even experience panic attacks due to your anxiety, which only make you feel even more out of control. You find it difficult to be truly in the moment, enjoying down time because your anxiety is always taking over. If this sounds like you, you're not alone.
Expert Diagnosis and Therapy, Grounded in Science
If you're tired of going round in circles trying to cope with your anxiety, you've come to the right place. Many high achieving, successful people have tried life coaches and hypnotherapists to manage anxiety. Perhaps you are now recognising this hasn't worked and that you need an expert who understands the brain science and psychology research to help you get unstuck from over thinking and catastrophising.
It's difficult for many people to admit they need outside professional help, but seeking out therapy should be as routine as going to the dentist or the GP. With a specialist, you can learn to break free of the paralysis of anxiety by dropping old coping strategies that make anxiety worse and learn to live life in the moment. Using evidence based psychological techniques that are precision based and tailored to you, you can learn to stop fearing the future and predicting catastrophes, and go from obsessing over your thoughts to being fully present, calmer, and more confident.
Work with a Consultant Psychologist
Welcome, I'm Dr. Aneesa Shariff. I've worked as a dual qualified consultant clinical and counselling psychologist in Canada and NHS, before moving into private practice. With 16 years of experience and a career spanning senior leadership roles in the NHS and international clinical practice, I provide Consultant-level psychological intervention. My practice is not a 'one size fits all' service; it is a bespoke consultancy designed for individuals whose high-striving nature has led to the heavy burden of imposter syndrome, burnout, and chronic over-thinking." I am also a clinical supervisor, published author, and media psychologist. I specialise in treatment of anxiety using a range of evidence based therapies, including CBT and other proven models. I also highly value working with people from ethnically diverse communities, which has led to several research publications and media work on acculturation, identity development, and culturally responsive therapies. My clients often describe me as being down to earth, easy to talk to, and warm because I am a person first, psychologist second!
