Anxiety Therapy

Anxiety isn’t just something you think—it’s something you feel in your body. Tight shoulders, shallow breathing, restlessness, a racing mind that won’t slow down. You may look calm on the outside while feeling overwhelmed or on edge inside, unsure how to truly relax.

If your nervous system feels stuck in overdrive, you’re not alone. Reaching out for support takes courage, and the fact that you’re here tells me part of you is ready for something to feel different.

Anxiety and chronic stress can be exhausting. They often intensify during life transitions—moving, starting a new job, managing finances, or navigating relationships—but they can also linger quietly beneath the surface of everyday life. Over time, anxiety can leave you feeling disconnected from your body, caught in overthinking, and unsure how to trust yourself.

You may find yourself worrying about the future or your purpose, replaying conversations, or trying to anticipate others’ needs. You might struggle with setting boundaries, fear upsetting people, or feel responsible for others’ emotions.

Social situations can feel draining, and confrontation may feel especially difficult—even when you know something needs to change.

Many people I work with also experience imposter syndrome—persistent self-doubt, minimizing achievements, or a fear of being “found out.” Even when things are going well, there may be an underlying belief that you’re not enough.

How Therapy Can Help

In therapy, we don’t just talk about anxiety—we gently work with it on both a mental and nervous-system level. I offer a holistic, integrative approach that recognizes anxiety as something shaped by your experiences, your relationships, and how your body has learned to protect you.

Our work may include:

• Trauma-informed yoga and gentle somatic practices to help you feel safer in your body, improve nervous system regulation, and build awareness of how anxiety shows up physically

• Brainspotting, a brain-body therapy that uses your visual field for  processing unresolved stress, trauma, and emotional overwhelm that often fuel anxiety beneath conscious awareness

• Parts work, which helps you understand and relate compassionately to different parts of yourself—such as the anxious part, inner child, inner critic, or people-pleasing part—rather than feeling controlled by them

• Mindfulness and grounding tools to help calm racing thoughts and create more choice in how you respond to stress

• Boundary-building and self-trust work to support you in expressing your needs, tolerating discomfort, and showing up more authentically in relationship

Sessions are collaborative, paced, and tailored to you.

Practices are always offered as invitations—not expectations—and you remain in control of what we explore.

Over time, therapy can help you:

• Feel more grounded and regulated

• Understand your anxiety instead of fighting it

• Reduce chronic worry and self-doubt

• Strengthen boundaries and confidence

• Feel more at home in your body and your life

You don’t have to navigate anxiety alone. With the right support, it’s possible to feel steadier, more connected, and more at ease—both within yourself and in the world around you.

Do I Have to Do Yoga?

No. Yoga is never required in therapy.

While I offer trauma-informed yoga and gentle somatic practices as optional tools, therapy is always tailored to your comfort level, preferences, and needs. Yoga practices are offered as invitations—not expectations—and many sessions involve no movement at all.

When yoga is included, it looks very different from a typical yoga class. It may be just a few minutes at the start of the session, a short flow in the middle or for a few minutes to close out a session.

Remember the goal of yoga in therapy is to help with your nervous system regulation and help with mindfulness skills.  It is not fitness based and you don’t have to “be flexible” or “be in shape.”  

Practices are subtle, can include slow, mindful movement and are offered in an accessible way, often through chair yoga.

Practices may involve simple grounding movements, breath awareness, meditation or noticing sensations while seated in a chair.

You are always in control. We go at your pace, and you are welcome to say yes, no, or “not today” at any point. Talk therapy, Brainspotting, and parts work can be used on their own or integrated thoughtfully—based on what feels most supportive for you.

The goal is to help you feel safer, more grounded, and more connected to yourself over time.