Supporting adults through anxiety and overthinking.
Anxiety therapist in Boston and online across MA and NC.
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Anxiety can feel like your mind and body are on fire.
Maybe You:
often ruminate and overthink
feel that your mind creates stories that are not “real”, but feel real
have a hard time taking care of your own needs or saying “no”
hardly ever experience a quiet mind
have trouble with breathing exercises or meditation
experience shaking, sweating, pit in stomach, lump in throat or chest tightness
Anxiety is…
the body’s reaction to a real or perceived threat; including a distressing emotion, memory, futuristic event or fear of abandonment and rejection.
Anxiety limits how you engage with life.
You find it hard to say what you really feel. You have a challenge feeling safe and calm in your body. You’re often thinking the worst and getting upset when you can’t change how and what you’re thinking. Maybe you deal with a lot of tension in your body. You just want to feel at peace.
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You don’t have to lose the battle with anxiety.
You can learn to trust yourself. You can respond differently to anxiety and panic. There is a world where you will feel safe in your body and appreciate the quiet without the excess noise in your head. You can enjoy hopefulness and contentment.
Quick things to try when overwhelmed with anxiety:
Put on your favorite song and dance. Move your body in big motions and moves that may not even look like dancing. Follow wherever your body wants to go.
Take a walk, pick a color and notice & name everything in that color.
Give yourself a hug by crossing your arms, and providing pressure by squeezing.
As your therapist, I’ll listen to you.
You won’t be told to just “think happier thoughts”. Instead a warm and patient space exists for you to release tightness and tension, refocus your mind and regain grounding.
Anxiety therapy can help you:
Reduce anxiety and anxiety-led behavior
Process emotions and states that are connected to the anxiety, such as grief, panic and fear of abandonment & rejection
Improve self-trust and relational communication
Disconnect from harmful and ruminating thoughts
Realistically practice mindful-ness
We can put out the fire together.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Anxiety therapy is therapy that addresses your cognitive and somatic symptoms of unrest, rumination, overthinking and real and perceived threat response.
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Therapy is a layered experience and there is no typical amount of time that someone pursues therapy. Based on your goals, you and I will continuously assess your progress. During any point you can decide that the amount of progress that you made is sufficient and enough to pause or end therapy.
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Anxiety therapy is effective online. Whether or not you want to have therapy in-person or online is a matter of preference. At this time, I offer online only sessions.
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Anxiety therapy is not meant to “get rid” of anxiety. Anxiety is a normal and natural biological response that you need as a human as a part of your survival response. Our role in therapy is to reduce anxiety in the scenarios where it is overworking or too frequently present.
Sub - Specialties
Anxious Attachment (pattern where the body consistently senses threat within relationship)
Emotional Overwhelm (fear and suppression of emotion and emotional experiences)