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Breathing Exercise to Reduce Stress and Anxiety

by Claire Gaskin | Jan 27, 2020 | Anxiety, Case Studies, Fears, Other, Panic Attacks, Phobias, Sleep, Stress

A quick and easy breathing exercise technique to reduce stress and anxiety What is it? Heart breathing. Heart-focused breathing relates to the practice of imagining that you are breathing from the heart area, a practice steeped in meditation and mindulness. How...

5 Top Tips to Beat Social Anxiety This Christmas

by Webmaster | Dec 1, 2019 | Anxiety, Case Studies, Fears, Other, Panic Attacks, Phobias, Stress, Therapist's Couch

5 Top Tips to Beat Social Anxiety this Christmas With Christmas just around the corner, lots of people are looking forward to joining family, friends and colleagues to celebrate in restaurants, pubs, clubs and homes, throughout the country. But, if you are one of...

5 Top Tips to Beat Stress

by Webmaster | Nov 6, 2019 | Anxiety, Case Studies, Fears, Other, Panic Attacks, Phobias, Stress, Therapist's Couch

5 Top Tips to Beat Stress 1. Write a list Grab a pen and paper and write down all the things you are worried about. Include everything. Next, write down how you will deal with each thing and, once you’ve finished, place your list in a drawer or pocket with easy...

“Help, I Hate Fireworks !” – Agony Aunt Claire gives her advice

by Claire Gaskin | Nov 4, 2019 | Anxiety, Case Studies, Fears, Other, Phobias, Stress

Dear Claire, Everyone seems to love this time of you – and good for them – but I simply don’t. I dread it in fact. I am a grown woman but I literally get so scared of fireworks. On Fireworks night I literally barricade myself in my house and try to just drown out the...

Halloween: Why do we love to be scared?

by Claire Gaskin | Oct 31, 2019 | Anxiety, Case Studies, Fears, Other, Phobias, Therapist's Couch

Hallowe’en is a time of year which divides people into two camps: those who love, or loathe, to be scared. I once shared an apartment with a friend who refused to come out of her room for an entire Saturday evening because the rest of us were watching the horror film...

Help for Generalised Anxiety Disorder

by Claire Gaskin | May 23, 2019 | Anxiety, Case Studies, Fears, Other, Panic Attacks, Phobias, Stress

Gender: Male Age: 25-30 Presenting problem: Generalised Anxiety Disorder Treatment modality: BWRT Number of sessions: 5 G is suffering with panic attacks so severe that he believes he will die from a heart attack. He tells me that his first panic attack happened a few...

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Claire Louise Gaskin is a qualified Youth Worker, a Clinical Hypnotherapist and Psychotherapist, a founder member of the British BrainWorking Research Society (BBRS), a member of the Association for Professional Hypnosis and Psychotherapy (APHP), and a member of the College of Medicine.