Therapy for Anxiety

You wake up feeling exhausted, despite a full night’s sleep, or you stay up late trying to finish one more task. You have projects, goals and things that need to get done, and people relying on you. You are organized, efficient, and goal-directed. It’s how you have managed to do so much for so long, and to achieve what you have. 

Despite this, you have daily self-doubt. Your internal critic pushes you to keep going, to do better, because it’s not enough. You feel overwhelmed, burnt out, or may be experiencing chronic health problems. 

Suddenly, your exterior polish no longer seems to be holding up. You are experiencing panic attacks, having trouble holding back tears, or keeping things together. 

You grew up focused on the next achievement. Perhaps you were praised for doing what was expected of you or earning good grades. You began to think your worth was in your achievements. Somehow, now, even accomplishments aren’t enough. 

It’s difficult to trust your own instincts. You worry about letting other down, and have trouble listening to your own internal voice. 

You may overthink social situations, or major life decisions. You have tension and stress in your body that doesn’t seem to go away, despite effort at relaxation and self-care. When others ask how you are doing, you focus on the positives, but deep down find difficulty enjoying and being in the present moment because of constant worry or fear. 

You are tired of feeling caught in this cycle:

• Feeling on edge, anxious in relationships or social situations
• Worried about making the right decisions for yourself or your family members
• Continuing to push yourself even when you are overwhelmed

Therapy for anxiety can provide you with tools to help calm your body’s stress response through nervous system regulation as well as identify and process negative beliefs that lead to feeling anxious. 

My goal for my clients is to move through life with confidence and ease, and leave behind needing to be in control. I help clients build emotional resilience and transform old beliefs, helping them to be in control of their reactions rather than reacting to everything around them.  
 

Together, we will identify how anxiety shows up in your life, including your thoughts, behaviors, and body sensations. Using a variety of approaches tailored to your unique needs, I will help provide grounding strategies, identify and shift negative thought and behavior patterns, and examine and shift beliefs that keep you feeling stuck and repeating the same patterns. 

At times, anxiety is rooted in past events and internalized beliefs from trauma. EMDR therapy has been proven highly effective in treating anxiety, panic attacks, and trauma.