Anxiety and Loss of Confidence

Prior to starting my therapy, I was being impacted by a sense of deep anxiety and constant fear triggered by the economic crisis combined with a change in my professional role following merger related integration. I was extremely concerned as this was affecting my self-confidence, my work and also, the quality of my interactions with my family. At one point I felt that that it made more sense for me to quit my job than go through the stress that I was facing. Other than this, I was also experiencing physical symptoms in form low energy, back pain, head ache and improper sleep.

The therapy was helpful as it allowed me to introspect under the guidance of Marla on some of the issues that I was experiencing, and come to a realisation that these were self created-I recognised that I was being too hard on myself and was exaggerating the possible consequences of the unstable economic and work environment on myself.

Marla was helpful in deconstructing my issues and drafting simple action points, which I followed up diligently in between our sessions (despite some of them being outside my area of comfort). Marla was supportive, committed, patient and good listener- she was well prepared prior to our sessions, which ensured that our meetings were focused and result oriented.

One of her advice which really helped me, was to keep on carrying with my actions (even if they felt mechanical, rather than quit) without worrying about what others might think or how I felt about them.

I supplemented my therapy with regular regimen of exercise and proper diet, and involving support from my family and friends (to whom I had been completely open about my situation).

Within three months, we achieved considerable progress- my anxiety had diminished considerably, physical symptoms (as outlined above) had subsided and quality of my interactions with people had improved substantially, and we agreed mutually that I would no more need therapy and was prepared to “go on my own”.

RS from The City