Our Approach
My approach of how I started helping people overcome anxiety is a little bit of an unusual journey.
I never knew I was even on this path, until I had unusual and consistent feedback of massive transformations from my clients, who were also suffering from anxiety. "It's GONE!!!"
Let me explain; around 2006, I was working in my clinic which was a Wellness and Personal Transformation Clinic working with stress and the nervous system. People mainly came for problems physical in nature; like sore backs, headaches, and also life challenges - like being stuck, not able to make change, self sabotage. All sorts really.
The people who gained the best results came in two categories:
1) Those who valued personal growth and development. They loved how the work we did helped them make breakthroughs at a faster pace, and loved how regular care made them feel. I was getting peak performers of all sorts, and just people who loved personal development (which was great because that is what got me excited about this work in the first place). Just like these clients - this is why I loved care.
2) The people who were in pain, stuck, unhappy, anxious, depressed, stressed. They were just wanting to try anything that could make a difference - often referred from other clients. They saw change in their friends and hoped it could help them too.
But then something started happening. Clients who started care to treat their back pain would not only tell me that their pain had gone, but also now their Anxiety had vanished.
At first, I did not think this was a big deal. To me, it was obvious. Of course, I would say “we have simply taken the tension that is stored in your nervous system that was causing you to be stuck in survival mode". It’s just a nervous system approach.
People would tell me, "You don’t understand - I have tried EVERYTHING and nothing worked!"
The more I thought about it, and the more I would help others from referrals, the more I saw patterns. Patterns of how to help people more effectively with anxiety.
But also, it becomes so obvious to me that most people would try all the same things. Like talk therapy and breath work, medication... and these simply all missed the most important ingredient. The nervous system! And if you don’t address this, at best, you’re going to get short-terms changes.
I saw a massive gap, and felt so much sadness for so many people who I was coming across who simply, no matter what they had tried, could not make a change. They often felt like they were broken because no matter what they tried, they just could not overcome their anxiety. But it was the help they were getting that was missing the key point!
So, I decided to simply focus on helping more people with anxiety.
This lead to uncovering more patterns and creating tools to help speed up the process. I got really good and was able to help people in a 6 month program, and they were so amazed after being stuck for decades.
I decided to consolidate these ideas into a helpful manual which became a book, and then created an online course to help those who could not get to see me in person and needed to work with the mindset side of anxiety. But this had a massive positive shift that surprised me.
I decided to integrate this into my approach and we ended up being able to get similar results in 12 weeks that used to take us 6 months.
I have seen so many people who are at the end of the line due to the pain that anxiety has caused them. It honestly can ruin lives. I've seen people who feel sad, frustrated, scared, weak, ashamed... turn it around to go beyond what they thought was possible.
Because I never let go of the Wellness and Personal Transformation element, this is integrated into the work and makes it so powerful - because as your brain is not being held back by stress, amazing things happen and often by its own as we unlock something great from within us.
I would say that after working with thousands of people, I can honestly tell you that I believe I am one of the best (if not, the very best) clinics to go to in New Zealand if you suffer from Anxiety.
I can also sadly tell you that, even though my approach will work for 99% of people, not everyone is ready to break free. This is because most people try to avoid the anxiety, manage it, ignore it or distract themselves, not realising the subtle and damaging accumulative effects. Therefore, most people only come see me when they are really hurting.
But no matter where you are on your journey, I am happy if you reach out for help. I can most likely help you - if you’re willing to put the work in. Little time and effort. It really does not take much effort to follow along with our process, and we have done the best we can to make it affordable.
I have even created care plans to make it available to everyone and even had people (who were committed to making the change) who were on the benefit, unable to work due to anxiety, afford care on one of our payment plans. Sadly, too many people look for excuses (and this is a symptom of the anxious brain), so don’t let $ be an excuse to stay stuck.
I just want to help as many people as I can to break free from the grips of anxiety. I see every day how much it negatively impacts someones life. To me, it seems like such a waste of our experience of life, to be suffering with a condition that, given the right strategies, can be overcame in such a short period of time - relative to the amount of time you can be stuck with it.
I offer my book, How To Break Free From Anxiety, as a free gift for those who live far from my clinic.
A little about me: A father, a friend, a healer.
I genuinely get so much joy and satisfaction from watching my clients make progress with the work we do.
Your growth lights me up! Your success makes me happy - this is what drives me.
One more thing to know about me - I really do care about my clients and feel very lucky that, over the 20 years of working with clients, I have met so many amazing people. The work we do helps them shine, and it's a privilege to be on this journey with them/you.
Even a little bit of growth and change can make the world of difference.
I understand that reaching out can be so difficult in the beginning, but we want to make this as easy as possible. All you have to do is WANT to break free!