Anxiety

Compassion Fatigue, new in the field, stress management, anxiety related to the profession, fears, self care and generalized anxiety and overwhelm

Significant training for anxiety in graduate school. Significant lived experience with undergoing inpatient, IOP, and outpatient treatment for anxiety for 10+ years. Well-versed in variety of treatment interventions for anxiety. Extensive experience treating anxiety disorders in private practice in teens and adults.

When I think of anxiety, I think of it as a voice in our head that lies to us. It asks us "what if" something bad happens. It makes us think we aren't good enough, or that we're failing. These thoughts make our body react as though a very real danger is happening. But anxiety doesn't have to be this way. We can work through this to get you to a point where you feel free, actually relaxed, and satisfied.

Therapy to treat anxiety and life transitions is specifically structured to help you navigate the fear or worry you are experiencing. Together, we will confront the invasive negative thought patterns, and find clarity about what is next in life. You can learn to control the negative thought patterns and find the peace that you deserve.

We will work on building skills to identify and challenge unhelpful thinking, ways to calm the nervous system and learn ways to bring themselves back to baseline. We'll also explore the patterns and triggers that contribute to overwhelming symptoms.

When treating anxiety, I use a holistic, client-centered approach tailored to your unique experiences. We’ll explore the roots of your anxiety, identifying triggers and underlying patterns. I incorporate techniques from cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) to help you challenge negative thoughts and develop coping strategies. Mindfulness practices can also be integrated to promote grounding and relaxation.

I have had experience throughout my career working with clients struggling with various forms of anxiety, from generalized anxiety disorder, to panic disorders, to social anxiety. I have received the education, as well as the supervision, to provide appropriate interventions to help decrease anxiety. I used mindfulness-based tools, as well as person-centered techniques, to help increase coping skills that help clients feel more in control and more relaxed in daily life.

My goal is that you learn to trust that you have always been good enough and to embrace your whole awesome and imperfect self. I can support your efforts to quiet down that relentless inner critic while also cultivating a kinder inner voice to support your growth. We will work to abandon narratives that are not true or no longer helpful to your essence. We will collaborate in rewriting your story and find ways for you to feel calm and empowered.

I use different modalities including CBT, Mindfulness, lifestyle changes, and holistic approaches to treating anxiety.

I have suffered with anxiety myself, so I understand how debilitating it can be. Feeling constantly on edge, exhausted and overwhelmed with no identifiable trigger is such a frustrating experience. I work with anxiety by helping you release the pent up energy inside your system and exploring the recurring patterns in your life that have led to you developing anxiety as a way of survival. We will calm your nervous system and develop new coping mechanisms.

I have additional training in anxiety, trauma, and PTSD including a certification as a Clinical Trauma Professional. I have seen people with anxiety, trauma, and PTSD on a weekly basis for many years and have a lot of exposure to the various forms these conditions can take.

Feeling anxiety in the body is exhausting. That tightness in the chest, the inability to turn off our thoughts, stomach problems, feeling weak but unable to rest ..sound familiar? I can show you ways to resource your own body with breathing, singing, rhythm and to develop a deep faith in yourself to cope with whatever comes your way.

You can't stop thinking about the future. It's hard to stay in the present. It affects your eating, your sleeping, your work, your relationships, and everything else. The good news is I've got a TON of coping skills for you to try, from breathing to journaling to throwing ice cube at the side of an empty parking garage. While we try different skills week-to-week, I'll also help you look into where the anxiety truly comes from, and if there's a way to change your expectations for yourself.

Let’s face it: it’s a stressful world to be living in. We can, however, find ways to experience more ease. I help with both the internal experience of anxiety (worry thoughts, overwhelm, indecision) and external expressions (avoidance, excessive re-assurance seeking, over-control). I also work with clients with OCD, panic, and social anxiety. ADHD and anxiety also often go together. The more we worry, the harder it may be to focus, and as we avoid the stress builds. Let’s break the loop!

Anxiety is often an "iceberg emotion"—a thing we feel easily on the surface, but underneath, it can hide deeper emotions like fear, sadness, or unmet needs. Together, we'll explore what’s beneath that anxiety and build tools to help you manage it, while uncovering those hidden emotions. You don’t have to navigate it alone—we’ll work to bring more clarity, calm, and balance to your life.

Anxiety presents so different in everyone. Some people cannot be in public and some people have constant worry thoughts. I approach this mental health issues with education and also teaching of coping skills so that the person can begin to gain insights and the ability to push themselves and get to a place in their life where they can fully function and enjoy what they are given.

Anxiety is about exploring our deep-seated needs for control, and digging deep into our sources of fear. We'll dig into these sources and come up with coping skills that will reduce these fears and "spirals" that we often find ourselves in. We'll work on increasing self-esteem and validating feelings, so that you aren't feeling as lost and alone in your thoughts.

We start where you are, here and now. We begin looking to our relationships, beliefs, feelings, dreams, as well as other, sometimes unknown parts of our psyche to better understand where our anxiety is coming from. Processing in this way can help us find ways to reduce the negative effects anxiety has on our lives.