Anxiety Therapy

You start the day with a sense of dread. Your heart is racing, your body is tense, your chest feels tight, and the pit in your stomach seems permanently lodged there. You don’t want to face the day and you’re exhausted before it even begins.

You push yourself when you can. You tell yourself, “If I can just power through and get one more thing off my to-do list, I’ll be okay.” When you can’t, you wait for the other shoe to drop. You wake up in the middle of the night worrying about what might go wrong tomorrow, or the next day, and how it will somehow be your fault.

Some days you’re able to distract yourself from the anxious voice in your head, but it always finds its way back. Lately, it’s been getting worse. The worries pile up, and the emotional labor of managing your responsibilities takes a toll. You pride yourself on doing things the “right” way. You value productivity. You may even see yourself as an overachiever.

But now, perfectionism won’t let you rest. It’s hard to trust yourself or your own perspective. It’s difficult to imagine a day when you can feel safe in your body and truly believe that you are enough.

Anxiety is miserable. It can feel like an avalanche rushing toward you, growing larger, faster, and more impossible to escape. You’re desperate for relief from the relentless pressure of trying to outrun failure, stuck on a hamster wheel that never slows down.

The good news is that help is available.

Clients often tell me that therapy with me feels like taking a deep exhale—or like “popping a balloon” in their brain and finally releasing built-up tension. I use humor, education, storytelling, and collaborative feedback to help you stop spiraling and reconnect with the helpful beliefs, emotions, and body sensations (like calm and relaxation) that already exist within you.

Through weekly therapy, occasional between-session practices, and close tracking of your progress, relief from the weight of anxiety is within reach. I use a blend of traditional and cutting-edge, evidence-based approaches, always tailored to you.

Clients say that our work helps them clearly understand how anxiety perpetuates itself—and how to stop it in its tracks. Over time, they move from feeling overwhelmed and on edge to feeling clear, calm, and capable. They learn to trust their own healthy inner voice and recognize anxiety’s tricks for what they are.

You don’t have to live braced for impact. Therapy can help you feel grounded, confident, and at home in yourself again.

You’ve worked hard to manage anxiety on your own—now it may be time for support that actually helps. Therapy can give you the tools to step off the hamster wheel and trust yourself again. Schedule a consultation to get started.

Call me for your free 20 minute consultation at 415.356.9897.