{"id":49,"date":"2020-11-19T19:27:25","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T19:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.hiddenoak.co.uk\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2026-01-16T08:26:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T08:26:31","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.hiddenoak.co.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.hiddenoak.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/sea-scaled-e1611091824829-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"beach sea and sky picture\" class=\"wp-image-310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.hiddenoak.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/sea-scaled-e1611091824829-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.hiddenoak.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/sea-scaled-e1611091824829-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.hiddenoak.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/sea-scaled-e1611091824829-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev.hiddenoak.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/sea-scaled-e1611091824829-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dev.hiddenoak.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/sea-scaled-e1611091824829-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#79afb7;font-size:18px\">Many of us grow up with the idea that anxious feelings are negative and to be avoided at all costs. But what if it is the struggle with our thoughts and feelings that actually causes our suffering in the first place? I am an experienced counsellor using Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) and somatic awareness to help people live beyond their anxiety and OCD. I have over a decade of experience in private practice, during which I have developed a powerful, effective approach to anxiety and OCD that is rooted in research and continues to evolve as our knowledge of these conditions increases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of us grow up with the idea that anxious feelings are negative and to be avoided at all costs. But what if it is the struggle with our thoughts and feelings that actually causes our suffering in the first<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-49","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.hiddenoak.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.hiddenoak.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.hiddenoak.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.hiddenoak.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.hiddenoak.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/dev.hiddenoak.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1559,"href":"https:\/\/dev.hiddenoak.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions\/1559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.hiddenoak.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}