Anxiety & Depression Therapy in Wimbledon, Queens Park & Online
Always on edge and bracing for the worst?
Moving through days that feel heavy and flat?
Functioning on the surface while you drift inside?
Anxiety & Depression: when steadiness feels out of reach
Anxiety and depression can pull you in opposite directions. One keeps you keyed up and overthinking; the other shuts you down until even simple tasks feel steep. Many people live in the tug of both, trying to keep life moving while something deeper needs attention. Anxiety often overlaps with burnout and can strain how safe we feel in relationships.
At The Village Clinic, we don’t read this as weakness or lack of willpower. We see it as a clear, embodied signal that something needs care. If you’re wondering what to expect before starting, see our Fees and learn how to begin with our Getting Started guide.
In plain terms:
Anxiety is the body’s alarm turned up too high. Depression is what happens when that system, overwhelmed, starts to shut down. You might notice a constant edge of worry, or a fog that steals energy and pleasure, even from things you used to love.
Typical signs include:
- Persistent worry, dread, or racing thoughts
- Low mood, hopelessness, or loss of interest
- Broken sleep, early waking, or sleeping to escape the day
- Trouble concentrating, indecision, or memory lapses
- Withdrawing from people or feeling disconnected in company
- Physical alarms: tight chest, racing heart, stomach upset, fatigue
Questions first? See our FAQs
Our integrative relational work is guided by Veronika Kloucek, Clinical Director and UKCP & BACP Senior Accredited Psychotherapist, ensuring therapy is grounded in clinical experience and authentic human care.
Anxiety & Depression Treatment That Goes Deeper
Living with anxiety or depression can make you feel like you’ve lost your footing. Therapy offers a steady relationship where you can understand what’s happening and begin to shift the patterns that keep you stuck. Guidance from national bodies recognises talking therapies as first-line treatments for both conditions (NICE, NHS).
Some people also find it helpful to pair therapy with supportive routines in daily life — movement, rest, creativity, time in nature. Our work can help you discover which supports genuinely restore you, rather than becoming another demand.
Therapy Provides Space To:
- Steady the nervous system so your body isn’t always in overdrive or shutdown
- Loosen the cycles of worry, avoidance, and withdrawal that keep symptoms looping
- Understand where patterns began in relationships, family history, or past experiences
- Build small, sustainable shifts that fit real life, not a perfect plan
- Reconnect with meaning and people, moving from survival back toward aliveness
Our approach
Our approach isn’t one-size-fits-all. It’s relational and flexible, shaped with you. When anxiety or depression is the focus, this often means:
- Co-creating strategies that feel doable in daily life, not another checklist
- Slowing down enough that your body, not just your thoughts, can be heard
- Tracing how old beliefs (“I must cope alone,” “If I slow down, everything fails”) still steer today
- Noticing what happens between us in the room, using it as live material for change
What therapy can look like in weeks 1–4
Early sessions focus on stabilising and giving you a clearer map of what’s happening. While every journey is individual, here’s a sense of what the first month might involve:
- Weeks 1–2: space to share your story, map symptoms, and identify immediate supports.
- Weeks 3–4: introduce grounding strategies, track triggers, and begin exploring the patterns behind anxiety or low mood.
Progress is paced with you, steady enough to build safety, flexible enough to adapt as your needs shift.
Your Questions, Answered
Yes. Long-standing depression can still shift with consistent, supportive therapy and realistic goals.
Some people notice relief in the first few sessions; deeper change takes longer. We’ll review together and pace the work.
Absolutely. Therapy often starts with sensations, images, fragments – what’s present now – to build from there.
Many people improve with therapy alone. If you’re considering medication, your GP can advise on options and timing.
Family history can increase vulnerability, but it isn’t destiny. Therapy helps interrupt inherited cycles.
Evidence and Further Reading
- NICE: Depression in adults — treatment and management
- NICE: Generalised anxiety disorder and panic disorder in adults — stepped care and principles
- NHS: Overview pages for anxiety and depression
- Read our article on anxiety and resilience
- Read our article on living with depression
- Download: The Pause — a two-minute reset
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Learn what a first session looks like and how we can help you.
