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Anxiety Therapy

Quiet the inner chatter & trust yourself

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You know you’re an over-thinker — you’re always wondering if the worst thing might happen or if people know you don’t actually have it all together. You can’t get rid of that chest tightness gnawing at you when you wake up and even though you’re doing all the “right” things, you feel restless. You’ve started to avoid doing things that make you feel anxious — maybe it’s making new friends, leaving your job, going to a new place — so your life has started to feel smaller. Or maybe you don’t avoid these things at all but you’re crawling out of your skin while you’re there and spiral over everything you said after you leave.

You’re tired of feeling like you can’t get out of your head.

Imagine if you could…

  • Engage in a conversation without planning what you’ll say next

  • Take risks without perfectionism holding you back

  • Be comfortable with free time, rest, and quiet

  • Sleep more soundly because racing thoughts aren’t keeping you up

  • Leave a social gathering without obsessing about how it went

Here’s what we’d do:

  • Understand how your anxiety shows up so you can recognize and tolerate it

  • Challenge limiting beliefs that help you stuck ("I can’t leave my job because I’m terrible at interviews”)

  • Build your toolkit of coping skills so you feel confident that you can manage anxiety

  • Incorporate mindfulness tools so you can stay in the present moment

  • Re-integrate things that scare (and excite) you

FAQs

  • Here are some ways anxiety might show up in your life — over-thinking, analyzing situations endlessly to figure out if you did anything wrong, difficulty sleeping, busy mind, tightness in your chest, panic attacks, jumping to the worst case scenario. or having perfectionistic standards.

  • I use a combination of therapy modalities including CBT, ACT and Exposure Therapy (learn more about them here). We work on identifying triggers, recognizing how anxiety feels in your body, and learning many ways to tolerate it when it comes. You’ll slowly work towards incorporating things back into your life that you might be avoiding because they make you anxious.

  • I might recommend that you meet with a psychiatrist or psychiatric nurse practitioner to evaluate if medications are the right fit. I think about medication as one tool in the toolbox, and medications can help people access other coping skills more effectively.

  • You can contact me here to schedule a free consult. We’ll chat for about 15 minutes about your therapy needs and ensure we’re a good fit before scheduling. Item description