Are you stuck in a constant loop of worries?
Do these worries get in the way of sleep or connecting with others?
Does your body feel tight and like you can't relax?
Does it feel like anxiety is taking control of your life?
Everyone deals with anxiety, sometimes.
If your anxiety is starting to take over your life and become too much,
We understand what you are going through.
When you are ready, we are here for you.
Do these anxiety symptoms sound like your experience?
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Feeling restless, wound-up, or on-edge
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Being easily fatigued
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Having difficulty concentrating; mind going blank
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Being irritable
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Having muscle tension
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Difficulty controlling feelings of worry
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Having sleep problems, such as difficulty falling or staying asleep, restlessness, or unsatisfying sleep
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Preoccupation with planning for the future
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Attempting to predict outcomes and answer what if questions
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Worries building on top of other worries
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Rapid heartbeat or palpitations
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Sweating excessively
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Shortness of breath or feeling breathless
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Trembling or shaking
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Feeling dizzy or lightheaded
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Nausea or stomach discomfort
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Feelings of impending doom or dread
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Avoidance of certain situations or places
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Feeling overwhelmed or on the verge of a panic attack
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Experiencing intrusive thoughts or images
If you answered yes,
you may be experiencing symptoms of anxiety
You're not alone - and honestly, you're probably in good company. In a world of constant notifications, work deadlines, and social media highlight reels, anxiety has become the unwelcome background soundtrack to many of our lives.
You Know Something's Different
While it's normal to have occasional worries, chronic and constant anxiety can become debilitating.
Maybe it started small - that knot in your stomach before work presentations, or lying awake at 3 AM replaying conversations from three years ago. But now? It feels like your brain has a browser with 47 tabs open, and they're all playing different anxiety soundtracks.
You might catch yourself holding your breath without realizing it, or notice your jaw is constantly clenched. Your friends say "just relax" and you want to scream because if you could just relax, don't you think you would have done that by now?
The thing about anxiety is it's sneaky. It convinces you that checking your phone one more time will make you feel better. It tells you that if you just plan for every possible scenario, you'll finally feel safe. It whispers that everyone else has it figured out while you're over here Googling "Am I having a heart attack?" at 2 AM.
You're not dramatic. You're not weak. Your anxiety is real, and it's exhausting.
What Are Panic Attacks, Really?
Maybe you call them panic attacks. Maybe you call them anxiety attacks. Honestly, it doesn't matter what you call them - they're the same terrifying experience. If you've had a panic attack, you know there's no mistaking it. It's like your body's fire alarm went off, but there's no fire. Your heart pounds like you just ran a marathon, you can't catch your breath, you are sweating, shaking, and your brain is screaming that something is very, very wrong.
The worst part? It can happen anywhere, anytime. In the grocery store checkout line, during a Zoom meeting, or while you're just sitting on your couch watching Netflix. Your body goes into full emergency mode over... nothing you can identify. You feel like you are losing control.
Panic attacks typically peak within a few minutes, but those minutes feel like hours. Afterward, you're left feeling like you got hit by a truck, probably embarrassed, and definitely worried it's going to happen again.
Here's what you need to know: panic attacks feel life-threatening, but they're not. They're your anxiety system misfiring, not a sign that you're "losing it" or going crazy. It's also important to note that not all anxiety leads to panic attacks, and not everyone with an anxiety disorder experiences panic attacks. Here's the thing - most panic attacks don't come out of nowhere. Usually, anxiety has been building up in the background, even if you didn't realize it
You've probably tried the whole toolkit by now: deep breathing apps, cutting caffeine, meditation (that you couldn't stick with because your brain won't shut up), maybe some retail therapy or stress eating. You've Googled "how to stop anxiety" approximately 847 times.
The problem isn't that you're not trying hard enough or that you're weak. The problem is anxiety is complicated, and most quick fixes are like putting a band-aid on a broken pipe.
Maybe your family means well, but they don't get it. "What do you have to be anxious about?" they ask, as if anxiety runs on logic. If anxiety made sense, none of us would have it.
You might be here because you're tired of living life on anxiety's terms - saying no to things you want to do, avoiding situations that might trigger you, or just feeling like you're constantly braced for impact.
Why Everything You've Tried Hasn't Worked
Therapy Can Help you Cope with Anxiety
Here's What Therapy Actually Looks Like
Forget the movie version where you lie on a couch talking about your mother. Anxiety is challenging to address on your own, or even from people you reach out to for support. Real anxiety therapy is more like having a really good conversation with someone who gets it and has actual tools that work.
We meet you where you are. Some days you might come in feeling like everything is falling apart. Other days, you might just be tired of feeling tired. Both are totally valid starting points.
We figure out what your anxiety looks like and feels like. Social situations? Work stress? Health worries? The "what if" spiral that keeps you up at night? Everyone's anxiety is different, so we tailor everything to how YOUR brain works.
We give you actual tools. Not just "think positive thoughts" (ugh) but real, strategies for when your brain starts spiraling or your chest gets tight.
You're in control. Worried we'll push you to do things that make you more anxious? That's not how this works. We go at your pace, and you decide what you're ready to tackle.
Look, we're not going to promise you'll never feel anxious again - that's not realistic. But we can help you get to a place where anxiety isn't calling all the shots in your life anymore.
You deserve to make plans without immediately thinking of everything that could go wrong. You deserve to sleep through the night without your brain replaying every conversation from the day.
You've been dealing with this alone long enough. Let us help you take your life back from anxiety.
How will Therapy for Anxiety help?
You have tried, perhaps for what seems like forever, to make the thoughts stop. You have ignored, avoided, downplayed, laughed, drank, smoked, journaled, and probably attempted just about anything to make the thoughts stop and to get rid of the tension in your body. By holding your thoughts and feelings inside and not communicating your experiences, your anxiety symptoms are frequently made worse. You are probably feeling even more anxious, overwhelmed, distressed, and tense.
We understand that living with anxiety can be overwhelming and all encompassing. Fortunately, anxiety is one of the most responsive of all mental health challenges to therapy.
We're not just saying that to make you feel better - it's actually true. Anxiety isn't a character flaw - it's a very treatable condition that millions of people get help for.
Unlike depression, which can make everything feel impossible, anxiety gives us something concrete to work with. Those racing thoughts? We can slow them down. That tight chest? We can teach your body to relax. Those "what if" spirals? We can break the cycle.
You'll learn why your brain does this stuff (spoiler: it's trying to protect you, it's just really bad at its job) and how to work with it instead of against it.
The goal isn't to never feel anxious again - that's not realistic or even healthy. The goal is to stop letting anxiety make all your decisions for you.
What Will Actually Change?
You'll probably notice the physical stuff first - sleeping better, less tension in your shoulders, not feeling like you're constantly holding your breath.
Then the mental stuff starts shifting. You'll catch those "what if" thoughts before they turn into full-blown catastrophizing sessions. You'll start saying yes to things you've been avoiding. You'll stop checking your phone every three minutes because you're not constantly expecting bad news.
Here's the big one: you'll start trusting yourself again. Right now, anxiety has you convinced you can't handle whatever might happen. Through therapy, you'll remember that you're actually pretty capable, and you've handled difficult things before.
That is not where it stops, our approach to anxiety counseling goes beyond symptom reduction; it's about empowering you to flourish.
By engaging in counseling, you'll increase problem solving skills, identify, develop, and utilize your strengths, and identify the roadblocks that are stopping you from overcoming your anxiety.
You will notice increased engagement in your life - with your friends and family, your career, education, and yourself. You will be able to live the life you have been hoping for.
Beyond Coping: Thriving Through Anxiety Counseling
You Don't Have to Live Like This
Right now, anxiety might feel like it's running your life. You make decisions based on what won't trigger your anxiety rather than what you actually want to do. You're tired of being tired, anxious about being anxious, and probably frustrated that something "so simple" feels so impossible.
You deserve to feel calm in your own skin. You deserve to make plans without immediately thinking of all the ways they could go wrong. You deserve to sleep through the night without your brain replaying every conversation from the day.
The tools that work for anxiety really do work - but you need the right tools for your specific brain, delivered by someone who understands how anxiety actually operates.
You've been fighting this alone long enough. Let us help you take your life back from anxiety.
Uncertain about starting therapy?
Uncertainty about starting therapy is a common concern people have when considering whether or not to treat anxiety. Of course attitudes toward therapy vary between people and cultures, but beyond fear there are many valid questions about the use and effectiveness of therapy in resolving anxiety.
Talking about my anxiety will make it worse.
We get this fear completely. Sometimes when you're barely keeping it together, the idea of stirring things up feels terrifying. But here's the thing - keeping anxiety bottled up is actually what makes it worse over time. It's like trying to hold a beach ball underwater; eventually, it's going to pop up.
The belief that talking won’t help, justifies the idea that therapy won’t be helpful and is better handled alone.
This could not be further from the truth.
It is common to feel a great sense of relief after the first session of therapy, having expressed your thoughts, feelings, and perspectives with a person who is listening, without judgment, and who is fully engaged in the conversation. Sharing is a powerful experience, especially when sharing significant mental and emotional challenges.
In therapy, we don't just dump all your fears on the table and leave you to deal with them. We give you tools first, then we explore. You're not going to leave sessions feeling more anxious than when you arrived.
Anxiety is rooted in childhood experiences, so therapy will be about my childhood. I don't want to talk about my childhood.
Good news: most anxiety therapy focuses on the here and now. We're more interested in helping you manage today's anxiety than psychoanalyzing your past. If childhood stuff comes up and it's relevant, we can explore it, but we're not going to force you to relive painful memories.
Therapy can help you develop news skills to manage your thoughts, emotions, and engage in new responses. While the style and personality of each individual therapist will shape the process of therapy, the most effective treatments for anxiety are behavioral therapies including CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) and ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), as well as mindfulness based strategies.
I have anxiety, so I should avoid stress.
This is where anxiety gets tricky - avoidance actually makes anxiety worse in the long run. It's like feeding a monster; the more you avoid the things that make you anxious, the bigger and scarier they become in your mind.
While we would ideally want to live a life free of stress, this belief is counterproductive to overcoming anxiety.
We're not going to throw you into the deep end, but part of anxiety recovery is gradually facing the things you've been avoiding - with support, tools, and at a pace that works for you.
I'm afraid of being judged or misunderstood in therapy.
Look, the idea of sitting in a room talking about your most anxious thoughts with a stranger? Yeah, that can feel terrifying. What if they think you're being dramatic? What if they don't get it? (oh no! Are we starting a what if spiral? - We can work on that later).
But - we are human too! And, we are pretty cool humans at that. We work really hard to be warm, supportive, non-judgmental, and direct (when we need to).
We show up to each session with our empathy pants on and our understanding ears turned way up. The therapeutic relationship is built on trust and respect. We are deeply committed to it.
I don't have the time or money for therapy.
Between work, family, and everything else, adding one more thing feels impossible. And therapy isn't cheap - we get that too. Therapy is an investment - of time - of money - of emotional energy and resources.
We want you to get out of therapy what you put into it.
But here's what we also know: anxiety is already costing you. It's costing you sleep, relationships, opportunities you don't take, and experiences you avoid. It's costing you the energy you spend worrying instead of living.
Most of our clients tell us that once they start feeling better, they wish they'd started sooner. Not because therapy is magic, but because getting your life back from anxiety? That's worth the investment.
We work with you to make it manageable. Many insurance plans cover therapy, we offer reduced fees when possible, and sessions can be scheduled around your life - evenings, weekends, even virtual sessions from your couch.
The question isn't whether you can afford therapy. The question is: can you afford to keep living like this?
