If worry, panic or avoidance is making life difficult, we can work on it together. I’m Dr Jonathan Haverkampf, and I offer psychotherapy and counselling for adults at Dame Street, Dublin 2, and by Zoom across Ireland. Our aim is to ease anxiety and help you feel more able to enjoy everyday life. You’re welcome to call me on +353 87 173 3187 for a chat before booking.
Finding an anxiety therapist or counsellor in Dublin
Before choosing a therapist, you may want to read about how I work, check the fees, and look at the practical information about Dublin and online appointments. If something is unclear, you are welcome to contact me with a brief practical question before deciding whether to book.
Therapy can give us space to understand your anxiety and find an approach that works for you. We can explore worry, panic, health or social anxiety, overthinking and the pressures that keep anxiety going.
When anxiety therapy may be worth considering
Many people consider anxiety counselling after trying to manage on their own for a long time. Therapy may be worth considering when anxiety keeps returning, affects sleep or work, strains relationships, leads to avoidance, brings frequent reassurance-seeking, or continues even after short-term coping strategies have helped for a while.
- Worry, rumination, or overthinking that keeps looping and is hard to quiet.
- Panic attacks, fear of another panic attack, or avoiding places because anxiety may rise there.
- Physical anxiety symptoms such as chest tightness, nausea, dizziness, trembling, or breathlessness, once medical red flags have been considered.
- Health anxiety, social anxiety, relationship anxiety, work stress, perfectionism, or fear of getting things wrong.
- Anxiety alongside depression, trauma, grief, OCD patterns, sleep problems, burnout, or low self-esteem.
How psychotherapy and counselling can help
Our aim is to help anxiety ease and make everyday life feel more manageable. We can work on repetitive worry, avoidance and reassurance seeking, while building confidence and understanding what matters to you.
The work may include making sense of triggers, body sensations, self-criticism, relationship patterns, past experiences, communication habits, and practical changes. Depending on what is useful for you, therapy may draw on psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), integrative approaches, and Communication-Focused Therapy.
What anxiety treatment looks like here, in Dublin 2 or by Zoom
In the first sessions, we look at what your anxiety is asking of you: the worries that loop, the body sensations you have learned to dread, and the things you now avoid, check or ask about to feel safe. Seeing the whole pattern in one place often makes it feel less like a fog and more like something you can work with.
From there, the work is practical, and we set the pace together. We might test the predictions anxiety makes, take small steps back towards places or people you have been avoiding, practise letting a worry pass without having to solve it, or learn to stay with panic sensations until they settle. We can also look at where the anxiety comes from and how it shows up in your relationships, because that is often part of what keeps it going.
By Zoom, some of these steps can be practised where they matter: at home, on the way to work, before a difficult phone call. If you have tried therapy for anxiety before and it did not help enough, it is worth saying so. What happened last time helps us choose a different route.
Therapy for panic attacks in Dublin
A panic attack can be frightening, and worrying about the next one can begin to shape where you go and what feels possible. I offer therapy for adults in Dublin who are dealing with panic attacks, fear of bodily sensations or avoidance. You do not need to arrive feeling calm or knowing exactly how to explain it.
In a first conversation, we can look at what happens during an episode, the situations you have begun to avoid, any medical assessment, and what you would like to feel able to do again. CBT can help with panic and avoidance; we can agree on gradual, supported steps and make room for the wider stresses or experiences affecting you. Sessions are available in Dublin 2, with online appointments where suitable.
For free information, read understanding panic attacks or the panic attack plan for a familiar, medically assessed pattern. New or unexplained symptoms need medical advice. Severe chest pain, fainting or serious breathing difficulty should not be assumed to be anxiety; call 112 or 999 in an emergency. The HSE panic-attack guide offers further information.
Dublin and online appointments
Appointments are available in Dublin and, where online work is suitable, by video. The main service page explains psychotherapy and counselling in Dublin and online, and the appointment page gives the practical route for booking.
What the first step can look like
You are welcome to choose an appointment time, call me or send me a message first. We can begin with what anxiety is affecting and what you would like to feel able to do again. You can also check the fees and reduced-fee arrangements.
Online anxiety therapy
We can meet by Zoom from anywhere in Ireland. Choose a private space with a steady connection, and we can talk about what you would like help with. You can read about online therapy or see Zoom appointment times.
Related anxiety resources
For public information and support choices, see anxiety resources in Ireland and free and low-cost counselling. If you are waiting for care, the waiting-for-support guide offers practical questions and next steps.
- Anxiety information hub
- Help with anxiety pathway
- Anxiety self-help
- Physical symptoms of anxiety and red flags
- Anxiety treatment in Ireland
- Panic attack plan
- Anxiety forum and mental health community
Urgent help and safety
If you may be in immediate danger, feel unable to keep yourself safe, may harm yourself or someone else, or symptoms may be a medical emergency, call 112 or 999 in Ireland, go to the nearest emergency department, or use local emergency services. HSE guidance on urgent help for a mental health crisis lists crisis routes. The Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123 in Ireland and the UK.
Questions people often ask
Do I need a diagnosis before therapy?
You can begin therapy because anxiety is affecting your life. We can explore what has been happening and what would help you move forward.
Do I need a GP referral for anxiety therapy?
You can contact me directly. If you have a GP, we can work alongside them with your agreement. New or unexplained physical symptoms are worth discussing with your GP.
Can I have therapy while taking medication for anxiety?
Yes. Many people do both, and therapy can sit well alongside medication. Decisions about starting, changing or stopping medication need to be discussed with a qualified prescriber; therapy sessions are a good place to prepare the questions you want to ask.
How many sessions will I need?
There is no fixed number. As a rough public guide, NICE describes structured CBT for generalised anxiety as usually 12 to 15 weekly sessions, and CBT for panic disorder as about 7 to 14 hours in total, with fewer if things improve sooner and more if needed. Some people find a shorter piece of work enough for a particular fear; others want longer to understand what keeps anxiety coming back. We review together how it is going, and you are free to stop or pause at any point. No particular result can be promised.
Is this the same as anxiety treatment in Ireland?
This page is about working with me, in Dublin or by Zoom. For a wider overview of treatment options in Ireland, including medication questions to take to a prescriber, the Anxiety Treatment in Ireland guide may help.
What if I am unsure whether it is anxiety or OCD?
You do not need to settle on a label before asking a practical question about therapy. In an appointment, you can describe what has been difficult, what keeps repeating and how it affects daily life. We can discuss your concerns and whether the service is suitable. The OCD therapy page explains CBT with ERP and the first appointment.
Service information checked 25 October 2026.
Can online therapy help with anxiety?
I offer anxiety therapy by Zoom across Ireland. We can talk about your circumstances and how to make online sessions useful for you.
Sources and review note. This page was first written in May 2026; the Dublin panic-therapy section and service wording were checked on 24 September 2026. It is educational, not a diagnosis or crisis service. The broader site review approach is described on how this mental health information is written and reviewed.