Dr. Chinwe Madu (she/her)

If you feel stuck in anxiety, overthinking, burnout, self-criticism, or a difficult life transition, ACT can help us work with your thoughts and emotions in a different way. I regularly use ACT to help clients build psychological flexibility, clarify their values, and take meaningful steps forward. Together, we will notice unhelpful patterns and build practical, compassionate ways of responding that feel realistic and sustainable.

If your emotions feel intense, stress feels hard to manage, or you find yourself reacting in ways you later regret, DBT offers practical tools we can use together. I often draw from DBT to help clients strengthen emotion regulation, distress tolerance, mindfulness, and communication. Together, we will build skills you can use in everyday life so you feel more grounded, more steady, and better able to respond with intention.

If you get caught in worry, repetitive thoughts, mood shifts, or cycles of stress, MBCT offers practical tools we can use together. I often draw from MBCT to help clients slow things down, notice patterns earlier, and respond with more awareness and self-compassion. I also draw on somatic and polyvagal approaches, so together we pay attention to your thoughts, body cues, and nervous system responses to help you feel calmer, think more clearly, and move through stress with more ease.

If your mind is always on, your body feels tense, or worry is hard to turn off, we can work together to better understand what anxiety looks like for you. Together, we will look at how it shows up in your thoughts, body, and nervous system so it feels less overwhelming and more manageable. Using mindfulness-based, somatic-informed, and practical coping tools, we will work toward helping you feel calmer, steadier, and more supported in daily life.

Anxiety can show up even when you look like you are holding it together on the outside. It may feel like chronic worry, overthinking, tension in your body, trouble relaxing, difficulty sleeping, or always feeling a little on edge. You may be carrying a lot and pushing through while feeling increasingly overwhelmed inside. In therapy, we slow things down and help you understand how anxiety is showing up in your thoughts, body, and nervous system so it feels less overwhelming and more manageable.

Low self-esteem often shows up as self-doubt, perfectionism, people-pleasing, harsh self-criticism, or feeling like you are never quite enough. Over time, those patterns can affect confidence, boundaries, relationships, and the ability to trust yourself. In therapy, we work to understand where those beliefs come from and build a more grounded, compassionate, and steady relationship with yourself.

Women’s issues often include burnout, caregiving stress, relationship strain, body image concerns, and hormonal or midlife changes that affect mood, energy, confidence, and daily life. Many women are used to carrying a great deal while losing touch with their own needs in the process. In therapy, we make space to understand those pressures and work toward greater clarity, steadiness, and self-trust.