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| Suffering from Brexit anxiety? You could get free counselling | Suffering from Brexit anxiety? You could get free counselling |
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| A group of psychotherapists have volunteered to offer free counselling for people with anxiety related to Brexit. | A group of psychotherapists have volunteered to offer free counselling for people with anxiety related to Brexit. |
| The organisers say the initiative is aimed at preventing people “being sucked into a vortex of gloom and doom” over the prospect of the UK leaving the EU. | The organisers say the initiative is aimed at preventing people “being sucked into a vortex of gloom and doom” over the prospect of the UK leaving the EU. |
| It came after a survey of 1,300 remain voters found many were still traumatised by the result of the referendum. | It came after a survey of 1,300 remain voters found many were still traumatised by the result of the referendum. |
| Asked to express their emotions about the vote the most common words used in the survey were “devastated”, “angry”, “depressed”, “betrayed” and “ashamed”. | Asked to express their emotions about the vote the most common words used in the survey were “devastated”, “angry”, “depressed”, “betrayed” and “ashamed”. |
| A team of five registered therapists and psychologists from north London’s Existential Academy have agreed to offer people up to 10 free sessions of therapy. | A team of five registered therapists and psychologists from north London’s Existential Academy have agreed to offer people up to 10 free sessions of therapy. |
| The initiative, known as Emotional Support Service for Europeans, is being led by Emmy van Deurzen, a professor of psychotherapy at Middlesex university and a passionate remainer. | The initiative, known as Emotional Support Service for Europeans, is being led by Emmy van Deurzen, a professor of psychotherapy at Middlesex university and a passionate remainer. |
| She said the survey revealed many people “feel their lives have been totally changed” by Brexit. In a blogpost for the British Psychological Society published on Friday, she wrote: “The vote has struck at the core of their identity and continues to dominate their everyday experience. Some are still in shock and can’t quite believe this is happening.” | She said the survey revealed many people “feel their lives have been totally changed” by Brexit. In a blogpost for the British Psychological Society published on Friday, she wrote: “The vote has struck at the core of their identity and continues to dominate their everyday experience. Some are still in shock and can’t quite believe this is happening.” |
| The scheme is likely to be dismissed as “snowflake nonsense” by those who back Brexit. But Van Deurzen claims some people are “tearing out hair in despair” . | The scheme is likely to be dismissed as “snowflake nonsense” by those who back Brexit. But Van Deurzen claims some people are “tearing out hair in despair” . |
| And she warned that those who don’t seek help risk their anxiety getting worse. “Being sucked into a vortex of gloom and doom is not good for any of us, and it is vital to remain positive, constructive and purposeful,” she said. | And she warned that those who don’t seek help risk their anxiety getting worse. “Being sucked into a vortex of gloom and doom is not good for any of us, and it is vital to remain positive, constructive and purposeful,” she said. |
| Van Deurzen said the vote had already had a profound effect on many of the estimated 3.5 million European citizens living in the UK. | Van Deurzen said the vote had already had a profound effect on many of the estimated 3.5 million European citizens living in the UK. |
| “We know that hundreds of thousand are so deeply hurt and upset that they have already left the UK or are planning to do after Brexit,” Van Deurzen wrote. | “We know that hundreds of thousand are so deeply hurt and upset that they have already left the UK or are planning to do after Brexit,” Van Deurzen wrote. |
| She adds: “Sometimes it almost seems as if we are on trial, as if a social experiment is being rolled out to test our personal resilience and sanity.” | She adds: “Sometimes it almost seems as if we are on trial, as if a social experiment is being rolled out to test our personal resilience and sanity.” |
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