many shapes and forms

Anxiety can take many forms

You might feel edge, unable to rest or slow down. Perhaps you experience sudden panic, dread, or fear that seems to come from nowhere. For some, anxiety is tied to a specific concern — work, health, relationships. For others, it’s more vague — a background hum that never fully fades.

Anxiety disorders are often described in diagnostic terms — generalised anxiety, social anxiety, panic disorder, PTSD. But for many people, these labels don’t capture the complexity of what’s going on.

You may feel like your mind and body are in conflict, or that something is wrong, but you don’t know what. You may have tried to manage it through breathing techniques, positive thinking, or medication — but something deeper still feels unsettled.

In psychoanalytic therapy, we take the symptom seriously, and not just at surface value. Anxiety may be pointing to something unresolved, unspoken, or unacknowledged. We are curious about what your anxiety means for you.