Anxiety

In our world, it is easy to feel overwhelmed and unseen. Together, you and I will quickly get to the root of the issue and develop ways to not just cope, but learn how to move through when anxiety strikes.

Coping with excessive worry, nervousness, or stress; intense discomfort in social settings (social anxiety); sudden and intense feelings of panic (panic disorder).

Does this sound familiar? You want to feel calm and peaceful, but instead you are: constantly worrying, burdened by a sense of impending doom, or even debilitated by anxiety. It has been hard for you to manage this level of fear and anxiety on your own. Life doesn’t have to go on this way. It is my mission to provide scientifically informed psychotherapy without sacrificing compassion and genuine concern.

- Experienced with CBT -lead group "CBT for anxiety" - have successfully treated anxiety over my last 7 years in practice

Often times the combination of Existentialism and Mindulness CBT can help control anxiety symptoms and get to the root cause of what is creating anxiety,

Anxiety is a very draining and stressful issue to deal with. It can overwhelm relationships, your self-esteem, your work life, and / or other areas of your life. I can help by listening and providing strategies or by helping by just allowing a safe space for you to have the validation and confidentiality you need to get things off your plate! It is time for anxiety to become less overwhelming because our society expects so much from us.

While anxiety is such a common experience these days, it's also a major source of stress. When working with anxiety, I typically have two goals: providing skills and exercises to relieve some of the immediate distress and learning to "listen" to anxiety - to discover what it may be telling us about our lives and selves.

Feeling anxious can be overwhelming and all consuming. It doesn’t have to be. We humans have a natural stress response that causes us to feel anxious we need to learn to work with that natural response to get anxiety under control. I can support you in understanding, working with and managing the mental physical and emotional responses to anxiety.I engage somatic regulation skills and integrate methods to help you create new patterns of responses to stress.

Anxiety impacts all of us. For many, there’s a general sense of dread or feeling of being unsafe. For some, social anxiety is significant barrier to connection with others. Anxiety shows up in our thoughts and bodies, preventing us from living the life we want. When it comes to anxiety, most of our fearful thoughts are false. Your brain sends a compelling signal that signal that you’re in mortal danger; it's our job to remember that most times the stakes just aren’t that high.

If you’ve recently experienced a loss, life transition, or upset in your daily routine, it’s possible that you feel uncertain about the future. Abrupt changes in life may have led to exacerbated fear and worry as you attempt to navigate strange and unfamiliar territory. Anxiety is a natural response to life. And in therapeutic treatment, you can begin to understand the source and function of your anxiety so that it’s no longer creating unmanageable problems in your world.

The exact causes of Anxiety are unique to each person because everyone has their own genetic predisposition, environmental experiences, history, and personality. Anxiety most often starts when we don't know effectively how to adapt, cope, or flow with perceived stress (real or imagined). Many times anxiety seems to be only related to events that have unfolded in a person’s life. Interestingly, individuals who have been through the same exact experiences may deal with them in different ways–some people may develop an anxiety disorder, while others may not. Ongoing clinical research provides clinical psychologists more insight into anxiety, the harmful mind-body reactions to stress, and uncovering the most effective treatment options. TREATMENT FOR ANXIETY AND STRESS When it comes to treating anxiety and stress, there are many scientifically proven therapies and options at our disposal. I use a variety of methods including psychotherapy, coaching, relaxation training, and stress management techniques to help alleviate the pain and suffering caused by the Family of Anxiety Disorders. Often the people I treat for anxiety also have other areas of their life that they would like to improve as well, so there are many factors that influence which therapy methods are used.

With high anxiety every day can be draining, and you wonder, “What’s wrong with me?” You’re ready for peace in your life (and probably ready for a good night's sleep). I’m here to tell you that it’s okay to need help and that you can have a life that makes you excited! I use a Cognitive Behavioral approach to help reshape thoughts with the goal of easing symptoms.

Anxiety comes in many forms and often times causes day to day stress and controls potential explorative opportunities. Together we can work with anxiety and not against it by seeing it in a different light. Learning tips and tricks to help reduce the intensity while processing root causes of anxiety.

I am an existential/humanistic psychotherapist- meaning I am of the orientation that most anxiety is caused by concern or worry that is rooted in how we do or don't make sense of our own humanity- and our disconnect from our meaning and purpose in this world. When treating people with anxiety I support them in exploring their experiences and seeking ways to define their meaning from these experiences. Additionally I utilize behavioral therapies to support brief relief in the short term.

Anxiety is a mysterious affect with myriad sources. It can be the body's way of asserting that something in the external world needs changing. It can be a hypervigilance to certain behaviors or events. It can even be the body's way of masking other difficult emotions. Regardless of why it has arrived, anxiety is incredibly painful, and often debilitating. I work with clients to make sense of their experiences of anxiety and reduce feelings of pervasive discomfort and unease.

Anxiety is a helpful coping tool for short periods of time; unfortunately for many it lingers too long and takes over too much of life. I seek to change that and together we find what works for you.

Anxiety is a signal from within that nudges us to pay attention to aspects of ourselves or our environment that need attention. At times, we can be with this feeling without being overwhelmed, and at others, we feel completely consumed by it. My approach is rooted in compassion and insight, providing a safe space where we can explore the root with curiosity rather than fear. Together, we'll unravel the threads of the patterns and beliefs that may be contributing to the unease.

Anxiety affects billions of people across the world, but yet, everyone experiences anxiety differently. I help clients identify root causes of their anxiety so that they can learn how to engage in internal self-soothing mechanisms. When appropriate, we also discuss environmental triggers and how best to take control of anxiety rather than let it control you.