Anxiety can be exhausting. It can show up a lot of different ways, such as generalized anxiety (GAD), social anxiety, performance anxiety, school anxiety, separation anxiety, and chronic overthinking, anxiety-driven avoidance, reassurance-seeking, and perfectionism.
For some people, anxiety looks like nonstop worry about health, family, money, or performance. For others, it shows up as physical tension, trouble sleeping, irritability, or feeling “on edge” even when life is objectively fine.
Anxiety can feel like it pulls you away from the life you want to live.
What anxiety can look like
Anxiety symptoms vary, but commonly include:
Restlessness or feeling keyed up or on edge
Being easily fatigued
Difficulty concentrating or mind going blank
Irritability
Muscle tension
Sleep disturbance (difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep, or restless sleep)
Why anxiety sticks around
Anxiety tends to become self-reinforcing through a predictable loop:
Trigger → anxious thoughts + physical sensations → avoidance or reassurance → short-term relief → long-term anxiety
Avoidance makes sense in the moment. Reassurance feels helpful. But over time, both teach the brain that anxiety is dangerous — and that you can’t handle it without protecting yourself from discomfort. Anxiety therapy helps interrupt that pattern so your brain relearns safety and confidence through real experience.
Treatment that actually works
My focus is on providing evidence-based anxiety therapy to help you get closer to living your values and building the life you want, not just the life anxiety wants.
Depending on what’s maintaining the anxiety, treatment may include:
Reducing avoidance and safety behaviors
Building tolerance for uncertainty and uncomfortable sensations
Practicing real-life exposures (gradual, strategic, and effective)
Learning how to respond differently to anxious thoughts instead of wrestling with them all day
We’ll work together to define clear goals, track progress, and move efficiently toward meaningful change.