Anxiety is the most common mental health issue humans experience! Whether you contend with discomfort and feelings of being overwhelmed by a generalized anxiety, social anxiety or panic symptoms there are important skills and strategies to learn in psychotherapy that can significantly reduce or resolve the symptoms. Avoidant strategies become a common method one discovers/implements in attempts to reduce the discomfort. Yet this perfectly normal and adaptive avoidance complicates the anxiety. There are many skills and strategies to reduce or resolve your symptoms. Lets work on this together!
I believe everyone has the potential to meet and overcome life's obstacles. I am direct and empathetic, providing a safe and compasssionate place to work with you through life's challenges and to regain stability in your life. Call or email today to begin making your life more manageable.
While I work with adults and couples, I specialize in treating children and teenagers. I treat children and teenagers who are dealing with depression, who are suicidal, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, cutting, bipolar to name a few issues. I also work with high conflict divorces.
Anxiety or fears have a way of creeping up on us and then taking over our thoughts and feelings. Learning what our "go to" fears are and then learning how to "rewire" our brains so that we don't continuously repeat these thoughts over and over again can bring relief and a new focus for life.
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, MFT #123769, CPT
Anxiety can be crippling, leaving you feeling alone and different. Shifting thought patterns and understanding the root cause of the anxiety is critical to making lasting change and feeling more satisfied with your life.
Anxiety causes a lot of suffering, which is often misunderstood. Friends and family tell you to do yoga, to stop going to Starbucks...But there are reasons for your anxiety that are not related to lifestyle. We are often anxious because of what goes on in our heads, in our psyche. Not knowing or understanding these things keeps us feeling vulnerable and hopeless. I can teach you methods to help you relax while also helping you uncover what keeps you stuck in anxiety and suffering.
Anxiety is the most common challenge that brings people into therapy. Although it feels horrible, it is treatable and people are able to develop skills and insights to help manage anxiety and improve quality of life.
As your therapist, I will offer you exercises/tools, somatic perspectives and grounding to help you regulate your nervous system. I will hold space with you and I will approach your anxiety with compassion and curiosity, honoring the defenses that keep us going.