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ANXIETY THERAPY FOR ADULTS

Anxiety does not have to keep making your decisions for you.

Anxiety does not have to keep making your decisions for you.

Anxiety does not have to keep making your decisions for you.

Colonel Light Gardens, Adelaide · Online across Australia

Strategic Psychotherapy and Clinical Hypnotherapy for adults who are tired of overthinking, predicting, second-guessing and repeatedly trying to feel certain.

No GP referral needed

No GP referral needed

No long waiting list

No long waiting list

In-clinic and telehealth

In-clinic and telehealth

Secure Cliniko booking

Secure Cliniko booking

Beck Elliott, Clinical Hypnotherapist and Strategic Psychotherapist in Adelaide.
Beck Elliott, Clinical Hypnotherapist and Strategic Psychotherapist in Adelaide.
Beck Elliott, Clinical Hypnotherapist and Strategic Psychotherapist in Adelaide.

Capable on the outside. Consumed by overthinking on the inside.

You may replay conversations, second-guess decisions, anticipate what could go wrong or wait for certainty before taking action. You already know anxiety is affecting you. The more useful question is: how does it keep happening?

You may replay conversations, second-guess decisions, anticipate what could go wrong or wait for certainty before taking action. The more useful question is: how does it keep happening?

Beck Elliott, Clinical Hypnotherapist and Strategic Psychotherapist in Adelaide.
Beck Elliott, Clinical Hypnotherapist and Strategic Psychotherapist in Adelaide.

MEET BECK ELLIOTT

Strategic, practical and focused on meaningful change.

Beck Elliott is a Strategic Psychotherapist and Clinical Hypnotherapist offering in-person appointments in Colonel Light Gardens, Adelaide, and online across Australia.

Nationally accredited IAP training · ISPA member · College of Gordian Therapists · Professionally insured

Professional recognition

ISPA Accredited Practitioner · College of Gordian Therapists · CBHS recognised provider · Professionally insured

ISPA Accredited Practitioner, Adelaide Strategic Therapy
Strategic Psychotherapists professional credential, Adelaide Strategic Therapy

THE APPROACH

Anxiety can keep going because of what happens next.

When uncertainty appears, you may overthink, check, avoid, seek reassurance or wait for certainty. These responses can feel helpful in the moment, but they may keep the anxiety cycle going. Strategic Psychotherapy helps identify how the problem is being maintained. Clinical Hypnotherapy and NLP techniques support more useful automatic responses.

01

Recognise

See how the pattern operates.

01

Recognise

See how the pattern operates.

02

Interrupt

Create space before the familiar response.

02

Interrupt

Create space before the familiar response.

03

Respond differently

Build flexibility and self-trust.

WHAT WE CAN WORK ON

Focused support for the patterns that keep repeating.

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THE PATTERN UNDER THE PROBLEM

Different problems. Familiar patterns underneath.

The surface issue may differ, but the work looks for what keeps the problem going: what the mind is trying to solve, what brings short-term relief and what then reinforces the pattern.

The goal is not certainty. It is self-trust.

The goal is not certainty. It is self-trust.

The aim is not to eliminate every uncomfortable thought. It is to stop every uncomfortable thought from controlling what happens next.

The aim is not to eliminate every uncomfortable thought. It is to stop every uncomfortable thought from controlling what happens next.

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INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS

Clear direction. Practical change.

For anxiety-focused work, a structured six-session framework is generally recommended, with pace and focus guided by your goals and circumstances.

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INSIGHTS FOR THE MOMENTS IN BETWEEN

Understand your mind without becoming more consumed by it.

Practical perspectives on anxiety, overthinking and responding differently to uncertainty.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

A few things you may be wondering.

Choose the appointment that is right for you.

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20 minutes · Online · Free

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