Therapy for ANXIETY AND PANIC attacks
Can you relate?
“I am constantly in fight or flight.” • “My muscles are always tense.” • “My anxiety feels out of control, no matter how hard I try to manage it.” • “Panic attacks or anxiety are preventing me from connecting with others or completing tasks at work.” •“My coping skills are no longer working, or I want new coping skills for managing my anxiety.” • “I’m living in fear.” • “I often don’t know what causes my feelings of anxiety.” • “I get caught in spiraling thoughts.” • “I sometimes feel like I cannot breathe.”
you are not alone.
What IS ANXIETY AND PANIC?
Anxiety is part of being human. It is one of the ways our minds and bodies try to protect us when something feels uncertain, overwhelming, or unsafe. Anxiety disorders are incredibly common, and persistent anxiety does not mean that you are weak, irrational, or somehow doing life incorrectly.
When our brains sense danger, the autonomic nervous system can quickly move into action—our hearts race, our breathing changes, our muscles tighten, and our attention begins scanning for what might go wrong. These responses are not signs that your body is failing you. They are part of an ancient protective system trying, sometimes very intensely, to keep you safe. But when the alarm stays on for too long, or begins sounding even when you cannot identify a clear danger, life can start to feel overwhelming. You may find yourself organizing your days around avoiding anxiety, bracing for the next panic attack, questioning your own reactions, or feeling exhausted by how much energy it takes simply to feel okay.
We can become curious together about what your anxiety has been trying to communicate—and helping your nervous system discover that you are capable of returning to feelings of capability and safety.
How I can help
Using a non-pathologizing and compassionate approach, I help clients develop a deeper relationship with their anxiety— asking “What is happening inside of me, and what might my anxiety be trying to communicate?” rather than “How do I make this stop?” Together, we can slow down and become curious about the patterns beneath your symptoms: the situations that activate your nervous system, the emotions that may be difficult to access, and the experiences that have shaped the ways your mind and body learned to respond to uncertainty or threat.
Because anxiety often speaks through the body, therapy may include body-based and somatic approaches that help you notice your internal experience, expand your capacity to feel core emotion, and build ways of regulating. Polyvagal-informed work can also help us understand your nervous system with greater compassion and learn what helps your body move toward a felt sense of safety, while EMDR may also address origins of anxiety that continue to echo into the present. By tending to what happened before, we can create more space for your nervous system to recognize what is true now.
Let’s face this together.
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If you are initially reaching out, you can expect to hear from me within two business days.