Linda Pogo (she/her)

My entire career has been focused on treating some form of anxiety. I started in the VA system treating Vietnam era veterans with addiction and PTSD issues. In a different hospital, I facilitated an intensive skills building program for treating people with anxiety, panic, PTSD, career and relationship stress, and anxious attachment disorders, among other issues. During COVID, I helped school teachers and hospital workers adjust and adapt to changes in their work environment.

My entire career has been focused on treating some form of anxiety. I started in the VA system treating Vietnam era veterans with addiction and PTSD issues. In a different hospital, I facilitated an intensive skills building program for treating people with anxiety, panic, PTSD, career and relationship stress, and anxious attachment disorders, among other issues. During COVID, I helped school teachers and hospital workers adjust and adapt to changes in their work environment.

The heart-centered anxiety that I experienced in a relationship lead me on a journey to better understand relationship issues that result in a type of self-abandonment. I have a passion for helping you meet your heartache with compassion, care and self-love. Anxious attachments, unmet childhood needs, narcissistic abuse, co-dependency, relationship addiction, and poor boundaries are some of the challenges that are difficult to overcome without professional help. I can help.

My entire career has been focused on treating some form of anxiety. I started in the VA system treating Vietnam era veterans with addiction and PTSD issues. In a different hospital, I facilitated an intensive skills building program for treating people with anxiety, panic, PTSD, career and relationship stress, and anxious attachment disorders, among other issues. During COVID, I helped school teachers and hospital workers adjust and adapt to changes in their work environment.

My entire career has been focused on treating some form of anxiety. I started in the VA system treating Vietnam era veterans with addiction and PTSD issues. In a different hospital, I facilitated an intensive skills building program for treating people with anxiety, panic, PTSD, career and relationship stress, and anxious attachment disorders, among other issues. During COVID, I helped school teachers and hospital workers adjust and adapt to changes in their work environment.

The heart-centered anxiety that I experienced in a relationship lead me on a journey to better understand relationship issues that result in a type of self-abandonment. I have a passion for helping you meet your heartache with compassion, care and self-love. Anxious attachments, unmet childhood needs, narcissistic abuse, co-dependency, relationship addiction, and poor boundaries are some of the challenges that are difficult to overcome without professional help. I can help.

The heart-centered anxiety that I experienced in a relationship lead me on a journey to better understand relationship issues that result in a type of self-abandonment. I have a passion for helping you meet your heartache with compassion, care and self-love. Anxious attachments, unmet childhood needs, narcissistic abuse, co-dependency, relationship addiction, and poor boundaries are some of the challenges that are difficult to overcome without professional help. I can help.

The heart-centered anxiety that I experienced in relationship lead me on a journey to better understand relationship trauma and the self-abandonment that can ensue. Anxious attachments, unmet childhood needs, narcissistic abuse, co-dependency, relationship addiction, and poor boundaries are some of the challenges that are difficult to overcome without professional help. I have a passion for helping you meet your anxiety and heartache with compassion, care and self-love. I can help.

The heart-centered anxiety that I experienced in a relationship lead me on a journey to better understand relationship issues that result in a type of self-abandonment. I have a passion for helping you meet your heartache with compassion, care and self-love. Anxious attachments, unmet childhood needs, narcissistic abuse, co-dependency, relationship addiction, and poor boundaries are some of the challenges that are difficult to overcome without professional help. I can help.

The heart-centered anxiety that I experienced in a relationship lead me on a journey to better understand relationship issues that result in a type of self-abandonment. I have a passion for helping you meet your heartache with compassion, care and self-love. Anxious attachments, unmet childhood needs, narcissistic abuse, co-dependency, relationship addiction, and poor boundaries are some of the challenges that are difficult to overcome without professional help. I can help.

My entire career has been focused on treating some form of anxiety. I started in the VA system treating Vietnam era veterans with addiction and PTSD issues. In another hospital, I facilitated an intensive skills building program for treating people with anxiety, panic, PTSD, career stress, relationship pain, and anxious attachment disorders, among other issues. During COVID, I helped school teachers and hospital workers adjust and adapt to changes in their work and home environments.

My entire career has been focused on treating some form of anxiety. I started in the VA system treating Vietnam era veterans with addiction and PTSD issues. In a different hospital, I facilitated an intensive skills building program for treating people with anxiety, panic, PTSD, career and relationship stress, and anxious attachment disorders, among other issues. During COVID, I helped school teachers and hospital workers adjust and adapt to changes in their work environment.

I will often ask you to attend to the sensations in the body. Body sensations are an anchor to the present moment reality of your experience. Heartache is often experienced as pain, an emptiness or a void in the chest. Anxiety and fear often reside in the belly. As you learn to recognize your physical sensations, then allow, accept and attend to them, you will become more adept at knowing what your body/mind is asking of you. You will grow greater self-care and the ability to manage anxiety.

Automatic thoughts and beliefs about yourself, others and the world will either exacerbate anxiety and panic or calm and soothe your nervous system. Paying attention to your inner dialogue reveals a mind running on auto-pilot. Catching these thoughts, and learning to create an updated, helpful, and more realistic dialogue will help you to have more calm. For 14 years, I facilitated an intensive CBT skills building group. It was highly regarded in community as a resource for therapists.

Mindfulness is simply paying attention to the current moment. It contributes to self-awareness. Awareness is necessary for choice and the ability to respond to your anxiety and pain symptoms. In therapy, I may ask you to pause, and pay attention to your body sensations, your thoughts, your emotions, your breath or energy flow. I have 25 years of committed meditation practice and buddhist psychology education. My experience can help guide your mindfulness practice questions.