Anxiety is your body’s natural response to stress. It’s a normal human response to stress, but when it becomes persistent or overwhelming, support can help.
It can feel like:
In Your Mind
In Your Body
In Your Sleep
These symptoms are your body’s way of saying: “I need care.”
Ignoring stress doesn’t make you stronger, it makes you sicker.
You may be dealing with an anxiety disorder if:
The good news: Anxiety Disorders are treatable with
We take a comprehensive approach, combining clinical interviews, developmental history, observer input, and validated questionnaires, such as the DIVA-5. This ensures we capture experiences across both childhood and adulthood.
Maya grew up as a “what-if” kid. At school, she triple-checked every answer and worried that a forgotten PE kit meant the teacher would be angry forever.
In group projects, her heart raced when it was her turn to speak. As an adult, the what-ifs got louder: what if she’d offended a colleague, what if an unread email hid a disaster? Sleep slipped away to rehearsed conversations and imagined problems.
After an assessment confirmed an anxiety disorder, she started CBT, learned to catch spirals, and practised breathing and grounding in meetings.
She told her manager she needed clear deadlines and used short, scheduled worry periods. On tough days, she added medication with her clinician’s support. Within months, the dread dulled. She still cared deeply, but now her care was a strength, not a storm.
