Worry and overthinking
A mind that will not switch off, chewing over decisions, conversations and what ifs long after everyone else has moved on.
Anxiety Counselling Gold Coast
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Soul Counselling · Anxiety Support · Gold Coast
Anxiety counselling on the Gold Coast, for when your mind will not slow down
If the worry, overthinking and quiet panic follow you from Southport to Surfers Paradise, Broadbeach to Burleigh Heads, you are not weak and you are not broken. Christina is a Gold Coast based counsellor who meets you online and by phone, so support fits around your days without another carpark or waiting room.
Book a free 15-minute assessment → Ask a question firstPrefer to talk first? Call 0479 144 561
Anxiety is the most common mental health condition in Australia, touching around one in six adults, close to 17.2 percent of the population. Here in Queensland the picture is even closer to home, with roughly 23.7 percent of people aged 16 to 85 living with a mental disorder in any given year, so if your nerves feel frayed, you are in very ordinary company.
Source: ABS National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing, 2020 to 2022.
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People keep saying the same thing.
One conversation in, most clients say they’ve finally been understood.
“I truly felt heard for the first time in all my life and deeply understood.”
“When I came to Christina I was drowning in darkness… now I’m finally thriving again.”
“Due to her mediumship I was able to see core issues that I wasn’t able to recognise before.”
How anxiety might be showing up for you
- A mind that runs three conversations ahead, rehearsing every outcome before the day has even started.
- A chest that tightens, a heart that gallops, hands that tingle, that sudden wave that feels like your body has hit an alarm no one else can hear.
- Quietly steering around the things that spike you, the phone call, the party, the drive down the M1, until your world starts to shrink.
- The exhaustion of looking easygoing and sun kissed on the outside while everything inside is sprinting.
- A hunch that this is not really about the emails or the traffic, that something older and deeper is asking to be heard.
There is a particular ache in feeling anxious while living somewhere that everyone calls paradise, as though the postcard should have fixed it by now.
How Christina works
How Christina works with anxiety
This is not about white knuckling your way to calm or talking yourself out of what you feel. Christina helps you understand why your nervous system keeps bracing for danger, so the response makes sense instead of shaming you. From there you build a felt sense of safety, gently and at your pace, rather than forcing yourself to relax on command.
Understand the pattern
Together you map what sets the alarm off and what your anxiety has been trying to protect you from, so it stops feeling random and frightening.
Settle the body
You learn practical, grounding ways to steady a racing system in the moment, tools you can actually use at home, at work or mid panic.
Tend the root
When there is a deeper story underneath, Christina holds space for it with both clinical care and intuitive insight, so healing reaches past the surface.
Go deeper
Want to understand your anxiety more deeply first
Sometimes it helps to read before you reach out. Christina has written about what anxiety really is, why the nervous system reacts the way it does, and what genuine relief can look like. It is honest, calming and free of quick fixes.
Read the anxiety counselling blogA gentle place to start, no booking needed.
What we can work through
Common anxiety themes people bring
Anxiety wears many faces, and these are some of the most common ones that turn up in sessions.
Panic and physical symptoms
Sudden surges of fear with a pounding heart, tight chest or dizziness that can feel frightening and out of nowhere.
Social and performance anxiety
Dreading being watched or judged at work, at gatherings or online, and the exhausting effort of appearing fine.
Health and future worry
Circling fears about your body, money, housing or what comes next, especially when so much feels uncertain.
About Christina
The counsellor behind Soul Counselling.
Christina Feyes founded Soul Counselling in 2016 and has more than ten years supporting people through anxiety and overwhelm. She is a counsellor with training across psychology, social work and human services, and while she is based on the Gold Coast at Southport, she works with clients right across Australia by video and phone.
What people notice is the blend she brings. There is real clinical understanding of how anxiety and the nervous system work, there is warm and down to earth counselling, and there is an intuitive attunement that senses what sits beneath the words. You get practical tools for the everyday and space for the deeper layers, without ever being reduced to a diagnosis.
Common questions
Before you book.
If your question is not here, the free 15-minute assessment is the easiest way to ask it.
Is anxiety counselling expensive?
There is no fee to find out whether this is right for you. Christina offers a free 15-minute assessment with no card required and no obligation, so you genuinely have nothing to lose by reaching out. It is simply a calm, low pressure conversation where you can share what is going on, ask anything you like, and get a feel for how she works before you decide on anything further. Many people find that first chat already eases some of the pressure of not knowing where to turn.
Do I need a referral or a mental health plan to see you?
No, you do not need a referral from a GP or anyone else. Soul Counselling is a private counselling practice, so you can reach out directly and book your free 15-minute assessment whenever you feel ready. There is no gatekeeping, no paperwork to chase first and no diagnosis required to begin. If you would like your GP kept in the loop as part of your wider support, that is completely your choice, but nothing needs to be in place before you make contact.
Are sessions online or in person on the Gold Coast?
Christina is based on the Gold Coast at Southport, so she is genuinely local, but to be honest with you, sessions are held online by video and by phone rather than face to face. This is a deliberate choice. It means support fits around your roster and your days, there is no traffic or carpark to battle, and you can talk from a space where you already feel safe. Many people find they open up more easily from their own lounge room than in an unfamiliar office.
I do not really know where to start, is that okay?
That is completely okay, and it is one of the most common things people say at the beginning. You do not need to arrive with a tidy explanation or the right words. You can simply say that things feel off, or heavy, or too much, and Christina will help you make sense of it from there. Part of the work is gently untangling what has been building, so you are never expected to have it worked out in advance. Turning up unsure is a perfectly good place to begin.
How many sessions will I need?
There is no fixed number, because your journey with anxiety is your own. Some people come for a short season to steady a particular storm, while others value longer ongoing support as they work through deeper roots. Christina will never pressure you to keep booking, and you stay in control of the pace and the length of your time together. You can start with the free assessment, see how the first sessions feel, and decide from there what pace suits your life.
Can online counselling really help with anxiety and panic?
Yes, and for many people it helps precisely because it happens at home. When anxiety or panic tends to strike in your own space, learning to settle your nervous system in that same environment can make the tools more real and more transferable. Christina guides grounding and calming techniques you can practise live in session and then reach for on your own. Working by video or phone removes the added stress of travelling somewhere while already anxious, which for a lot of people makes reaching out far more doable.
Can I book around shift work and irregular hours?
Yes. Christina understands that hospitality, tourism and healthcare rosters on the coast rarely fit a standard week. Because sessions are online and by phone, they can be arranged to suit your changing schedule rather than forcing you to take a whole afternoon out. When you book your free 15-minute assessment you can talk through what timing tends to work for you, and find a rhythm that respects your work and your rest instead of adding one more thing to juggle.
What if I am in crisis right now?
Please know that counselling is not a crisis or emergency service, and Christina cannot offer immediate or after hours support. If you are in distress right now or worried about your safety, you deserve help straight away. Call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636, both available around the clock, or call 000 if you or someone else is in immediate danger. Once things are steadier, counselling can be a supportive next step, and you are always welcome to reach out then.
You do not have to keep carrying this alone
Book a free 15-minute assessment with Christina, with no card and no obligation, simply a calm conversation to see if this feels like the right fit for you.
Book your free 15-minute assessment →Prefer to talk first? Call 0479 144 561
Anxiety support across the Gold Coast
Anxiety in a fast changing coast that never quite slows down
The Gold Coast is one of the fastest growing regions in the country, and so many people arrive from interstate or overseas chasing the lifestyle only to feel strangely unsettled once they are here, far from their old support network. Add hospitality and shift work with uncertain income, rising rents and housing pressure, and the quiet guilt of struggling in a place built on sunshine, and anxiety has plenty of fuel. None of that means something is wrong with you.
- You moved up from Sydney, Melbourne or overseas for the lifestyle and feel oddly adrift and on edge.
- You work in hospitality, tourism or shift work and the income insecurity keeps your body braced.
- Cost of living, rent or a tight housing market has your mind running worst case scenarios.
- You live somewhere beautiful, from Palm Beach to Robina, yet feel ashamed that you are not okay.
Sessions are held online and by phone across the Gold Coast and all of Australia. You can also explore all Gold Coast counselling services.
A local counsellor, online
Support that bends around shift work and busy coast life
Life on the coast does not run nine to five. Between rostered shifts in Broadbeach, early starts, school runs in Coomera or Nerang and the long drive in from the Hinterland, finding time for yourself can feel impossible. Online and phone sessions are built for exactly this.
Christina is a qualified counsellor who meets you wherever you are, no commute and no waiting room. Sessions can be booked around your roster, and between them you carry practical nervous system tools you can lean on when anxiety spikes. The pace stays gentle and led by you, never rushed.