Anxiety and Panic Attacks

Anxiety often isn't just worry. It's the constant checking: are you doing this right, are you too much, are you not enough. That kind of self-monitoring is exhausting, and it can leave you feeling permanently on edge, even when nothing is visibly wrong.

If that sounds familiar, you're not alone, and you don't have to keep carrying it by yourself.

Inume Pass, Kai Province, Hokusai

In therapy we might explore

  • Persistent worry that you can't switch off
  • Panic attacks — the sudden surge of fear, the racing heart, the feeling that something terrible is about to happen, and dreading when the next one will hit
  • Physical symptoms like breathlessness, chest tightness and dizziness that feel frightening and hard to explain
  • Avoiding situations that feel overwhelming or unsafe
  • The exhaustion of always bracing for something to go wrong
  • Low self-worth and the inner critic that keeps you small

Therapy won't make life's difficulties disappear. But it can help you understand what your anxiety is telling you, respond to it differently, and feel less at its mercy.

Contact me