Generalized Anxiety Disorder involves chronic, excessive worry about everyday situations like work, relationships, health, or finances. The worry often feels difficult to control and may persist even when there’s no immediate threat.

Common Symptoms: Restlessness, irritability, fatigue, muscle tension, difficulty concentrating, and sleep disturbances.

How We Help: At Heart Space Counseling Center, we use evidence-based approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), mindfulness practices, and somatic regulation techniques to reduce anxious thought loops, teach grounding skills, and help you feel more centered in daily life.

Panic Disorder is characterized by sudden and intense episodes of fear known as panic attacks. These episodes often feel overwhelming and may come on without warning, leaving you fearful of when the next one might occur. Common Symptoms: Rapid heartbeat, chest tightness, dizziness, difficulty breathing, sweating, and a fear of dying or losing control. How We Help: Our therapists focus on reducing panic through breathwork, nervous system regulation, and exposure techniques. We help you build tolerance to the sensations of panic and reduce the fear that often surrounds them.

Social Anxiety Disorder causes intense fear of judgment, embarrassment, or rejection in social or performance-based situations. It often leads to avoidance behaviors that can disrupt school, work, or relationships.

Common Symptoms: Blushing, sweating, nausea, racing heart, self-consciousness, and fear of being watched or criticized.

How We Help: Therapy focuses on building self-confidence, challenging limiting beliefs, and gradually increasing comfort in social settings. We help you reframe how you view yourself in relationships and ease social fears using CBT and exposure-based strategies.

Health Anxiety involves persistent worry about having or developing a serious illness, even after receiving medical reassurance. It often becomes a cycle of checking symptoms, Googling, and seeking frequent reassurance from others. Common Symptoms: Hypervigilance about bodily sensations, frequent doctor visits, obsessive researching, and avoidance of health-related triggers. How We Help: At Heart Space, we work to break the reassurance cycle, increase your sense of bodily safety, and address the underlying fears driving health anxiety. We integrate CBT, mindfulness, and nervous system regulation to help you feel more in control.

Specific Phobias are intense and irrational fears of particular objects, situations, or activities—such as heights, flying, spiders, or medical procedures. The fear is often out of proportion to the actual danger and leads to significant avoidance.

Common Symptoms: Panic-like responses when exposed to the phobia, sweating, shortness of breath, shaking, or feelings of dread.

How We Help: We use gentle, step-by-step exposure techniques and emotional regulation strategies to help you gradually reduce your fear response and regain freedom in your daily life.

OCD involves unwanted intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors or mental rituals (compulsions) aimed at reducing distress. These cycles can interfere with daily functioning and lead to shame or isolation.

Common Symptoms: Repetitive checking, cleaning, arranging, intrusive fears (e.g., harm, contamination), and mental rituals.

How We Help: Our therapists are trained in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), the gold standard treatment for OCD. We help you reduce compulsive behaviors, tolerate uncertainty, and regain control over your life.

Separation Anxiety isn't just for children—it can also affect teens and adults who experience overwhelming fear when separated from loved ones or places that feel safe.

Common Symptoms: Fear that something bad will happen to loved ones, difficulty being alone, clinginess, and physical distress during separations.

How We Help: We work with clients to process attachment wounds, reduce anxious thought patterns, and increase emotional security. Therapy focuses on building confidence in yourself and your relationships.

High-Functioning Anxiety is often hidden behind achievement, people-pleasing, and perfectionism. On the outside, everything looks fine—but inside, you're constantly battling restlessness, overwhelm, and a fear of failure.

Common Symptoms: Racing thoughts, difficulty relaxing, irritability, insomnia, overcommitting, and burnout.

How We Help: Therapy offers a space to slow down, set healthy boundaries, and address the inner pressure that drives anxious productivity. We help clients reframe their relationship with success and reconnect with peace and purpose.

Performance Anxiety causes distress in situations where you're being observed or evaluated—like public speaking, interviews, auditions, or athletic events. It can hold you back from sharing your talents and being seen. Common Symptoms: Nausea, trembling, dry mouth, mental blocks, or avoidance of performance situations altogether. How We Help: Our therapists help you develop grounding techniques, improve self-talk, and face performance fears through gentle, structured exposure work and cognitive restructuring.

Postpartum Anxiety affects many new parents and is often overlooked. It involves excessive worry, fear, or intrusive thoughts about your baby’s safety or your ability to parent.

Common Symptoms: Racing thoughts, sleep disturbances (even when baby is sleeping), irritability, and obsessive checking behaviors.

How We Help: We provide a safe, nonjudgmental space to process identity changes, manage intrusive thoughts, and restore a sense of competence and calm. Therapy is tailored to support the mental health of new mothers and birthing parents during this tender transition.