Managing Anxiety Group Program · Adults 18+

Anxiety Group Therapy in Sydney

An eight-week cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) group for adults experiencing anxiety, excessive worry and avoidance in Macquarie Park, Sydney.

Understand anxiety. Face what you’ve been avoiding. Get more of your life back.

Next group starts

8 October 2026

Thursdays · 10:30am–12:30pm
Eight weekly sessions

You won’t be asked to share your life story.

These sessions are about learning skills and practising them. Personal disclosure is minimal.

When anxiety starts making life smaller.

Does this sound familiar?

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    You worry a great deal and find it hard to switch off.
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    You notice a racing heart, tension or poor sleep.
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    You avoid situations or rely on safety behaviours.
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    You expect the worst; reassurance helps only briefly.
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    Anxiety narrows your work, study, relationships or daily life.

Learn practical CBT skills for responding differently.

You don’t need a formal anxiety diagnosis to register. A brief, free suitability screening helps us work out whether this group is right for you.

What this program is, and what it isn’t.

 

What it is

A structured CBT skills group for adults experiencing anxiety, excessive worry and avoidance. Sessions combine teaching, discussion and practice, with tasks to apply between sessions.

Clinical Psychologist Sarah Jacob leads the program throughout the eight weeks, with the same small cohort each week.

What it isn’t

The program does not include individual therapy, crisis or after-hours contact.

You can continue seeing your existing psychologist alongside the group.

THE EIGHT-WEEK PROGRAM

Your eight-week CBT anxiety group program.

Each week introduces a practical part of managing anxiety, with opportunities to learn, discuss and practise—and tasks to try between sessions.

01

Understanding anxiety

The anxiety cycle, fight, flight and freeze, and your individual formulation.

02

Thoughts and anxiety

Recognise anxious predictions and cognitive distortions.

03

Working with anxious thinking

Explore cognitive restructuring, probability and cost thinking.

04

Avoidance and safety behaviours

Identify how avoidance and safety behaviours maintain anxiety.

06

Facing fears

The anxiety cycle, fight, flight and freeze, and your individual formulation.

07

Worry and uncertainty

Worry postponement, problem solving and intolerance of uncertainty.

08

Managing the body

Breathing, grounding, mindfulness, sleep and lifestyle factors.

09

Staying well

Relapse prevention and your individual anxiety management plan.

HOW SKILLS BECOME PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE

Learning is only the beginning.

01

Learn

Explore a practical CBT strategy with your psychologist.

02

Understand

Connect the strategy with your own anxiety patterns.

03

Practise

Try exercises in a supportive, structured setting.

04

Apply

Use between-session tasks to build on what you learn.

Close to transport. Space to learn.

Logic Lounge Psychology
Suite 1.01/32 Delhi Road
Macquarie Park NSW 2113

A five-minute walk from North Ryde Metro. Plan your visit to the Macquarie Park group.

Skills-focused group therapy

You won’t be expected to sit in a group and share your life story.

Sessions are structured around teaching, discussion and practice, not personal disclosure.

Skills-focused group therapy

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