Condition
Anxiety
Persistent worry, racing thoughts, or a body that won't settle.
A racing heart before a meeting that hasn't even started yet. A text replayed in your head for hours. A knot in your stomach that won't loosen, even when nothing is technically wrong. If this sounds familiar, you're not overreacting, and you're not 'just stressed' — you're dealing with anxiety, and it responds well to the right kind of help. At Chaitanya Raj in Vashi & Belapur, Navi Mumbai, we work with anxiety in its many forms, led by Lt. Col. Rajesh Sharma (Retd), with over 25 years of experience in hypnotherapy and cognitive behavioural approaches.
Common signs
How it works
Anxiety counselling starts with understanding your specific pattern — what triggers it, how it shows up in your body, and what you've already tried. Your first session is a conversation: what's going on, how long it's been happening, and what a realistic path forward looks like. From there, we build a plan using cognitive behavioural techniques and, where useful, hypnotherapy, to help you interrupt the anxiety cycle.
Panic Attack Therapy
A racing heart. Tight chest. Sudden dizziness. A feeling that something is seriously wrong, even when a doctor has confirmed nothing is. Panic attack therapy focuses on two things at once: giving you tools to calm your body in the moment, and working on the underlying anxiety so attacks become less frequent and less intense over time.
Social Anxiety Therapy
Dreading a meeting because you'll have to speak. Rehearsing a simple hello before a party. Social anxiety isn't shyness — it's a persistent fear of being judged that can quietly shape where you go, what you say, and what opportunities you turn down. Therapy focuses on the specific situations that trigger you and builds confidence gradually, rather than asking you to 'just relax.'
Stress and Anxiety Therapy
Most people don't experience stress and anxiety as two separate things — they blur into each other. Work pressure turns into constant worry; constant worry turns into trouble sleeping. This track looks at the whole picture: what's driving the stress, how it's turned into anxiety, and how to break the cycle before it becomes chronic.
Our approach
Our approach combines Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and clinical hypnotherapy, tailored to how your anxiety actually shows up — not a fixed programme applied to everyone.
Frequently asked questions
Stress usually has a clear cause and eases once that cause is resolved. Anxiety tends to persist, or shows up even when there's no obvious trigger, and often comes with physical symptoms like a racing heart or trouble sleeping. If it's been going on for weeks or is affecting your daily life, it's worth having it assessed.
It varies by individual, but many clients see meaningful improvement within 6 to 10 sessions. Panic attacks and specific phobias can sometimes respond faster; long-standing generalised anxiety may take longer. We'll give you a realistic estimate after the first session.
Yes. Hypnotherapy can help calm the nervous system's response and reduce the frequency and intensity of panic attacks, particularly when combined with CBT techniques that address the underlying anxiety.
Yes, every session is completely confidential. What you share stays between you and your therapist.