Panic Attacks are caused by anxiety, but they can also be the cause of anxiety when we fear experiencing the misery of a panic attack again. Often, we face panic attacks before we know we have anxiety because our body can be aware of anxiety before our emotions. Use the questions below as a self-reflective guide. Do you… feel suddenly and inexplicably sweaty? feel nausea, gastrointestinal dysfunction, or stomach pain? experience heart palpitations, your heart racing, or skipping beats? feels shortness of breath or like you are being smothered? have chest pain or tension? feel dizzy? feel an overwhelming fear that you are dying or going crazy? feel numbness?

With each stage of parenting, we are faced with new and different challenges. Oftentimes, we have questions but feel like we should know what to do and alone in our difficulties. Use the questions below as a self-reflective guide. Have you… often have questions or feel lost in your current stage of parenting? experience confusion about what your child/ children need from you? have conflict with the child/ children’s co-parent about what is the best way to parent? feel as if you “should” know how to parent but often feel clueless?

Personality Disorders can disrupt relationships with others and our view of ourselves. They can affect the way we see the world and leave us feeling confused, afraid, or distressed about our perspective in life. Use the questions below as a self-reflective guide. Do you… find the way you see yourself and the world differs from those around you? experience emotional responses that are unique to how others respond? have difficulty in maintaining stable relationships with other people? have impulses that are uncontrollable? find social, occupational, or daily life stressful because of the above mentioned circumstances?

Phobias can be related to past experiences or can seem totally random. They are rooted in anxiety and can be quite troubling, inconvenient, and controlling over our daily lives. Use the questions below as a self-reflective guide. Do you… have persistent fear about a specific experience or object? go to great lengths to avoid the feared thing? experience people telling you your fear is “irrational”? feel distress that interferes with how you would choose to function?