Anxiety and low mood often show up together, even though they can feel very different day to day — one keyed up, the other flat. Both tend to respond well to a structured, practical approach that looks at what’s keeping the pattern going.
We offer CBT for anxiety and depression in East Kilbride, across Glasgow, and online anywhere in Scotland. No diagnosis or GP referral is needed to start.
Worry follows you into daily tasks that used to feel simple.
You feel flat, low, or disconnected from things you used to enjoy.
Getting started on ordinary tasks feels harder than it should.
You’re tired in a way that sleep doesn’t seem to fix.
Anxiety isn’t sustained by the original worry. It’s sustained by what you do about it — avoiding, checking, over-preparing, seeking reassurance. Each of those works briefly and teaches your system that the fear was justified, so it never updates.
Low mood works similarly. Withdrawal makes sense in the moment and deepens the low mood, which makes withdrawal more likely.
CBT works on both parts: examining the predictions driving the pattern, and testing them in reality at a pace you set. The aim isn’t to talk you out of how you feel. It’s to give those predictions a chance to be updated by evidence.
Sessions run for fifty minutes. Anxiety in particular is one of the more responsive presentations — many people see meaningful change within eight to twelve sessions, though this varies.
We’ll agree a starting plan after your first session and review it as we go.
Sessions run from The Greenbank Rooms in East Kilbride, with appointments also arranged across Glasgow, or online anywhere in Scotland.
Many people get in touch when anxiety has begun narrowing what they do — avoiding certain situations, overthinking decisions, or finding that worry has spread into ordinary parts of the day. You don’t need to be at crisis point, and you don’t need a diagnosis.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapist · Member of BACP
Stephen is a member of BACP and trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
Anxiety tends to show up as worry, tension or a sense of dread about what might happen. Depression anl low mood tend to show up as flatness, low energy or losing interest in things. Many people experience a mix of both you don’t need to have it neatly labelled before getting in touch.
Yes – it’s one of the most widely used approaches for both, individually or together, and is recommended by NICE as a first-line psychological treatment.
No. Plenty of people start without one.
Yes. You don’t need to be in crisis to benefit from support.
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