Quick answer. Anxiety therapy is psychotherapy or counselling focused on understanding and easing anxiety — whether that is generalised worry, panic, social anxiety, or health anxiety. Approaches such as cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and other psychotherapies can help people respond differently to anxious thoughts and gradually face what they have been avoiding. Sessions are available in Dublin and online across Ireland.
If you are finding that worry, panic, avoidance, overthinking, physical feelings of anxiety, or problems in your relationships are dominating your life, therapy or counselling for anxiety could be useful. I offer psychotherapy and counselling to adults in Dublin and, when it works for you, online. In these confidential sessions, we will look at what is going on and work out some realistic things you can do to move forward.
This page is for service orientation. It cannot diagnose anxiety or replace urgent care, medical assessment, or medication advice. If there is immediate danger, possible self-harm, risk to someone else, severe confusion, or a medical emergency, use local emergency services now.
Finding an anxiety therapist or counsellor in Dublin
People search in different ways: anxiety therapy Dublin, anxiety counselling Dublin, anxiety therapist Dublin, anxiety counselling near me, counselling for anxiety, online anxiety therapy, or therapist for anxiety. On this site, these phrases all point to one honest service route rather than separate doorway pages.
The practical question is whether the setting, professional fit, boundaries, privacy, location, online suitability and therapeutic approach feel appropriate for you. Therapy may help with worry, panic attacks, health anxiety, social anxiety, overthinking, avoidance, physical symptoms of anxiety, and the life situations that keep anxiety active.
If symptoms are new, severe, medically worrying, or medication-related, medical advice may also be needed. Medication decisions need to be discussed with a qualified prescriber.
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
Therapy does not promise to remove every anxious feeling. A more useful aim is often to understand how the anxiety works, reduce avoidance where possible, loosen repetitive worry or reassurance loops, and build responses that fit your life, relationships, and values.
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, CBT-informed work, integrative approaches, and Communication-Focused Therapy.
Medication questions, side effects, starting, stopping, or changing medication need to be discussed with a qualified prescriber. Therapy can sit alongside medical care where that is appropriate, but it should not replace medical review when symptoms are new, severe, unexplained, or physically worrying.
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.
Online therapy can be convenient, but it is not right for every situation. Crisis, immediate risk, severe instability, or a need for local emergency support should be handled through real-time local services, not through a website or routine appointment request.
What the first step can look like
- Read the fees and practical appointment information.
- Use Make an Appointment when you are ready to request a consultation.
- Use Contact if you have a practical question before booking.
- Bring a short note about what anxiety is affecting, what you have already tried, and whether there are any medical, medication, crisis, or safety concerns.
Online anxiety therapy
Online anxiety therapy may be a practical option where privacy, technology, safety and clinical fit are good enough. The broader online counselling and online therapy Ireland page explains how online appointments work and when another route may be safer.
Related anxiety resources
- 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?
No. Many people begin counselling or psychotherapy because anxiety is affecting daily life, even without a formal diagnosis. Diagnosis, medication, medical tests, and specialist referral questions should be discussed with the relevant qualified professional.
Is this the same as anxiety treatment in Ireland?
This page is specifically about psychotherapy and counselling with Jonathan Haverkampf in Dublin and online. For a broader overview of anxiety treatment options in Ireland, including medical and prescriber-related questions, see the Anxiety Treatment in Ireland guide.
Can online therapy help with anxiety?
Online therapy can help some people when privacy, safety, technology, and clinical suitability are in place. It is not suitable for immediate crisis care, medical emergencies, or situations where local urgent support is needed.
Sources and review note. This page was written and checked in May 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.