Finding calm when anxiety feels overwhelming.
Therapy for anxiety in Seattle and WA State
Are you ready to quiet your self-judgment and perfectionism?
You have high expectations for yourself, and when you don’t meet your standards, the inner critic is unleashed. Then you’re caught in a loop of overthinking, sleepless nights, and comparing yourself to others. You get stuck in the messages you’ve absorbed about how you should be, and what it takes to be happy and successful. Sometimes your mind won’t slow down, your heart races, and your body feels stressed out. Other times you’re paralyzed by indecision and self-doubt, you feel frozen and shut down.
You feel stuck, out of control, exhausted.
Together, we’ll work to address your anxiety so that you can feel more in control, express your authentic self, sleep more peacefully, and move through life with greater ease and confidence.
Quiet the inner critic and live the life you were meant to live.
How therapy works
You can learn to manage your stress and overwhelm.
We’ll begin by exploring the current stressors and challenges you're facing, along with clarifying your goals for therapy. Together, we'll identify patterns of thoughts, emotions, and reactions that may be affecting your day-to-day functioning. We’ll look at your current coping strategies and work on new regulating strategies using Polyvagal therapy, CBT, and mindfulness techniques.
We’ll also explore your childhood and early life experiences to better understand how they’ve shaped your sense of self and your view of the world. These past experiences often continue to influence how you respond in the present. Depending on your needs, we may incorporate approaches like EMDR or IFS/parts work to help you identify, understand, and work with past experiences so that you can feel relief, clarity, and connection.
Therapy for anxiety can help you…
Choose effective coping strategies to manage your stress and overwhelm
Clarify your values and priorities, so that your decisions feel aligned and true to yourself
Quiet the noise of perfectionism and self-judgment
Set healthier boundaries
Feel more grounded, confident, and in control of your life
Frequently asked questions about anxiety therapy
FAQs
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We’ll begin with an initial assessment and take time to get to know each other. I want to understand your symptoms and challenges, and also your strengths, values, and what has helped you cope so far.
From there, we’ll work together to set therapy goals that feel meaningful and achievable for you.
Throughout therapy, we’ll build tools to help you manage anxiety in everyday life. This might include learning coping strategies to help you stay grounded during difficult moments, and exploring the internalized beliefs or messages that fuel anxious thoughts, so that you can begin to respond with more clarity, confidence, and choice.
Depending on your needs, our work may include:
EMDR to help process and reduce the impact of negative beliefs, emotions, and body sensations.
Polyvagal-informed tools to support nervous system regulation and a felt sense of safety.
IFS/Parts Work to gently connect with the different parts of you — especially those that carry pain, try to protect you, or hold deep wisdom
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Anxiety shows up in many forms. For some, it comes as sudden, intense panic; for others, it’s a persistent undercurrent of worry. You might find yourself replaying moments over and over in your mind, struggling with self-doubt, or lying awake at night caught in a loop of ruminating thoughts.
Anxiety isn’t just in your mind — it often shows up in your body, too. You might notice muscle tension, shallow breathing, digestive issues, or a feeling like your whole body is buzzing. Learn more.
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We’ll start with a consultation call where we’ll talk about your current challenges and your goals. I’ll also tell you more about how I work so we can determine if we’re a good fit. I look forward to talking with you!