Therapy for Separation Anxiety

Separation anxiety can affect children and adults. In adults it may show up as intense fear when someone important is away, unavailable, late to reply, or emotionally distant.

Moffat's counselling can help you understand what separation triggers in you and how to feel safer without needing constant reassurance.

How this can show up

• Panic when a partner, child, parent, or close person is away
• Needing frequent messages, calls, or reassurance
• Imagining worst-case scenarios when contact drops
• Difficulty sleeping, working, or relaxing until the person returns
• Feeling embarrassed by the intensity of the fear

What counselling with Moffat can focus on

Sessions can explore attachment history, past loss, trauma, trust, and the body response that comes with distance. Moffat can support steadier self-soothing, clearer communication, and healthier boundaries in close relationships.

Starting sessions

The aim is not to stop needing people. It is to build enough internal safety that distance does not feel like danger every time.