Beyond Survival: A Practical Guide to LGBTQI+ Anxiety - Paperback
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Beyond Survival: A Practical Guide to LGBTQI+ Anxiety offers a clear, evidence-based path to understanding and transforming that pattern-so you can stop bracing for the worst and start living with confidence, clarity, and ease.
Unlike generic anxiety books, this guide speaks directly to the lived experience of LGBTQI+ people. It explores how anxiety is shaped by what psychologists call minority stress-the ongoing pressure of managing how safe it is to be seen, accepted, or authentic in different environments.
At the centre of this experience is the visibility-safety paradox: the more you show up as yourself, the more your system scans for risk.
Over time, this can lead to: Constant overthinking and second-guessing, Hypervigilance and "what if" spirals, Social anxiety and fear of judgement or rejection, People-pleasing and difficulty setting boundaries, Internalised shame and self-doubt.
This book helps you understand why these patterns develop-and, more importantly, how to change them.
Drawing on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), clinical hypnotherapy, and HypnoCBT (an integrative, evidence-based approach), Beyond Survival goes deeper than surface-level coping strategies.
Because anxiety isn't just something you think-it's something your system has learned to feel automatically.
Inside, you'll learn how to:
- Identify the hidden patterns driving your anxiety
- Break cycles of overthinking and mental scanning
- Calm hypervigilance and reduce emotional reactivity
- Shift internalised stigma and self-critical beliefs
- Build genuine confidence and self-trust
- Feel safer being visible-on your own terms
- Know when self-help is enough, and when to seek the right support
Whether your anxiety shows up in relationships, work, social situations, or your sense of self, this book provides a clear roadmap to move forward.
This is not about "fixing" yourself. It's about understanding the intelligent adaptations you've developed-and learning how to update them so they support the life you actually want.
You deserve more than just coping. You can move beyond survival.
Germain Gulevic, MBA (Psychology), is a coach and HypnoCBT practitioner specialising in anxiety, stress, and burnout, with a particular focus on LGBTQI+ mental health. His work combines Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), clinical hypnotherapy and positive psychology coaching to help clients move beyond survival patterns.
Drawing on a background in psychology, professional coaching, and evidence-based wellbeing practice, Germain helps people understand the deeper roots of anxiety, including minority stress, hypervigilance, and internalised shame. Through his work at TheHolistic.Clinic, he supports LGBTQI+ clients in building confidence, emotional resilience, and a more grounded, authentic relationship with themselves.
Alongside his therapeutic work, Germain brings over a decade of experience in leadership, wellbeing, and people development. His approach is practical, compassionate, and results-focused: helping people not only understand why they feel stuck, but actually shift the patterns that keep them there.
Beyond Survival brings together the core of that work: an affirming, evidence-based approach to anxiety that speaks directly to the lived realities of LGBTQI+ people and offers a path toward greater freedom, self-trust, and ease.
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