Anxiety and fear counseling provides a supportive environment to explore and address overwhelming feelings of anxiety, panic, and specific fears. Therapeutic approaches aim to identify triggers, challenge irrational thoughts, and develop personalized techniques for relaxation and resilience-building to regain control and improve overall well-being.
Recovering perfectionist here. I can empathize deeply and guide clients with compassion. My specialty is empowering people to transform their relationship with anxiety. By addressing root causes like trauma, distorted thinking and habitual avoidance, you can break free from anxiety and perfectionism. Our work together builds self-efficacy, coping tools and acceptance using science-based techniques that focus on understanding your triggers and practicing the courage to be imperfect.
Certified in HeartMath Biofeedback
I frequently work with individuals who struggle with life's worries, both short-term and long-term. I aim to create a safe space to process these worries.
Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
I work with people through a better understanding of what their anxiety and fears are communicating. We can work through presence with the body, using somatic guidance and inquiry.
As a psychologist specializing in anxiety treatment, I integrate Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) with Internal Family Systems (IFS) to create a comprehensive structure of support and healing. I draw upon principles of Interpersonal Neurobiology to understand how anxiety activates our nervous systems, and how our situation, relationships, internal conflicts, and past experiences all work together to help and hinder our ability to manage. In our work together, you can expect a high level of collaboration, deeply compassionate understanding, and an abundance of metaphors as we tailor the therapy process to your needs, strengths, and situation.
If you're stuck in constant comparison mode or feeling like things need to be perfect all the time...then you might procrastinate out of fear something won't be good enough or even overwork yourself until things are just perfect. Either way, these sort of patterns may contribute to anxiety. Let's work together to get you out of this cycle!
My approach is based on the belief that it is healthy to feel anxiety about life's ultimate concerns- a sign that people care about their existence. Seen as a partner, anxiety can become as if a buoy guiding you and marking important aspects of the your life in need of examining.
Anxiety is a condition that is based on avoidance. With me you will learn how to approach these situations, learn what successful practice will look like, and learn skills to talk to yourself differently (more accurately)about your fears. Before you know it, you will be seeing a braver you!