Agoraphobia involves fear of situations where escape feels difficult, such as crowds, public transportation, or leaving home.
Therapy helps reduce avoidance and increase freedom through gradual, supported exposure.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder involves persistent worry about everyday concerns such as health, finances, relationships, school, or work. Individuals often feel stuck in ongoing dread or anticipation of disaster.
Common features include chronic worry, difficulty controlling anxious thoughts, muscle tension, fatigue, and sleep problems. Therapy focuses on reducing worry and restoring a sense of safety and control.
OCD is characterized by intrusive, unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors or mental rituals (compulsions) performed to reduce anxiety.
Common OCD themes include contamination, morality or religion, doubt and uncertainty, intrusive aggressive or sexual thoughts, symmetry, checking, and reassurance seeking.
Intrusive thoughts do not reflect intent or character. Specialized OCD therapy—particularly ERP—can significantly reduce symptoms and distress.
Panic attacks involve sudden surges of intense fear that may include shortness of breath, chest pain, dizziness, or fear of dying or losing control.
Panic Disorder includes ongoing fear of additional attacks and avoidance of triggers. Therapy helps break the fear–panic cycle and restore confidence and independence.
PTSD can develop after exposure to trauma and may persist long after the event. Symptoms can be triggered by reminders such as sounds, smells, places, or interpersonal situations.
Trauma-informed therapy helps individuals process experiences safely and regain emotional stability.
Selective Mutism is a childhood anxiety disorder in which a child who is capable of speech is unable to speak in certain settings, such as school.
Treatment focuses on reducing anxiety and supporting gradual, confidence-based communication.
Separation Anxiety Disorder involves excessive distress when separated from loved ones or familiar environments. It can affect children, adolescents, and adults.
Therapy focuses on emotional security, independence, and age-appropriate coping skills.
Social anxiety involves fear of being judged, embarrassed, or rejected in social situations. Individuals may avoid interactions or replay them repeatedly afterward.
Therapy helps reduce avoidance, self-criticism, and excessive self-monitoring.
Only a qualified mental health professional can diagnose an anxiety disorder. Therapy can still be effective even without a formal diagnosis.
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