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Anxiety can be debilitating

If you live with anxiety, you know what it's like to be afraid when life seems out of your control. You might feel overwhelmed, alone, or like the world is too scary to navigate on your own. Maybe you had early childhood experiences that left you feeling unsafe, and now anxiety is a constant companion in your day to day life. Sometimes, trying to control your surroundings is the only way you can feel secure, and when that control starts to slip you are left with a sense of panic or dread

Whatever its source, anxiety is a sign of an inner struggle. Its your mind and body asking you for help. 

How anxiety might be showing up in your life

Anxiety can impact your life in subtle and not-so-subtle ways. Common symptoms include

• Panic attacks

• Difficulty breathing or holding your breath without realizing it

• Constriction in your body and muscles (feeling tense)

• Hypervigilence or feeling constantly on edge

• Digestive issues or constipation

• Insomnia or difficulty falling/staying asleep

• Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs)

When anxiety shows up in your life, it's a chance to look inward - to gain a deeper understanding of yourself and to build safety, stability, and ease in your life. 

How anxiety therapy helps

Therapy for anxiety provides a safe, supportive space for your fears to be heard. With the help of a compassionate therapist, you can begin to understand what your anxiety is trying to tell you, and to learn how to respond to and tend to your anxiety in new, more helpful ways.

In our work together, we’ll begin by addressing the most urgent symptoms of anxiety using practical tools and strategies. These tools may include:

• Breathing exercises and nervous system regulation

• CBT (Cognitive behavioral therapy) tools and worksheets

• Mindfulness and meditation

• Somatic (body-based) exercises

Once you feel more grounded and resourced, there will be more space to explore more about what your anxiety might be trying to tell you. Often, anxiety stems from maladaptive coping mechanisms that developed in early childhood. If you experienced unsafe or unpredictable relationships or environments in your early life, your nervous system can be primed to respond with fear when encountering new or unexpected situations in life. While these protective responses may have served you then, now as an adult they can become burdensome and unhelpful.

Together, we’ll explore these old patterns with curiosity and compassion. Through depth-oriented therapy we will work to re-wire the neural pathways that fuel your fear responses, helping you build a more secure inner world and a greater capacity to feel safe in your life today. 

Reach out today 

If you are ready to begin working through your anxiety, or you're curious about whether therapy for anxiety might help, reach out to me today. I offer free phone consultations where we can talk together about what you're going through and decide whether we’re a good fit to work together.