Anxiety
When your mind won't switch off
Maybe you're always thinking three steps ahead. You replay conversations, worry about what could go wrong, or find yourself preparing for problems that haven't happened yet. Perhaps anxiety shows up physically—a racing heart, tense muscles, difficulty sleeping, nausea, or a feeling that you just can't settle.
Or maybe you wouldn't even describe yourself as "anxious." You just know that you spend a lot of energy trying to keep everything under control.
Anxiety can be exhausting. And you don't have to wait until it becomes unbearable to ask for help.
At Inner Garden Psychology, we provide warm, evidence-based therapy to help you better understand anxiety, change the patterns that keep it going, and build greater confidence in your ability to handle uncertainty and discomfort.
You may recognize yourself in some of these experiences
You might be:
Constantly worrying or overthinking
Replaying conversations and wondering whether you said the wrong thing
Feeling nervous in social situations or worrying about being judged
Avoiding places, activities or situations because they make you anxious
Experiencing panic attacks or sudden surges of fear
Seeking reassurance but finding that the relief never lasts
Struggling with perfectionism or fear of making mistakes
Feeling anxious about your health or physical sensations
Having difficulty sleeping because your brain won't slow down
Feeling tense, restless, irritable or constantly "on edge"
How therapy can help
Anxiety often encourages us to avoid discomfort, seek certainty, overprepare, check, worry, or try to control situations. These strategies can make sense in the moment—and sometimes provide temporary relief—but they can also unintentionally keep anxiety going.
Therapy can help you learn to recognize these cycles and gradually respond differently.
Depending on your needs, therapy may help you develop skills for managing worry, approach situations you've been avoiding, become less frightened of anxious sensations, challenge unhelpful beliefs, tolerate uncertainty, and respond to yourself with greater compassion.
Our clinicians draw from evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindfulness-based approaches, and other therapies tailored to the individual.
Anxiety concerns we work with
We can help with concerns including:
Generalized anxiety and chronic worry • Panic attacks • Panic disorder • Social anxiety • Specific fears and phobias • Health anxiety • Perfectionism • Overthinking • Performance anxiety • Anxiety related to work or school • Stress-related anxiety
You do not need to know which category your anxiety fits into before contacting us.
“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”