Anxiety doesn’t get to call the shots.

I approach anxiety treatment primarily with cognitive behavioral therapy. Anxiety often compels us to avoid certain people, places, things, or ideas, or engage in behaviors to relieve anxiety. In this treatment, we work to figure out the ways your pattern of avoidance may be helping in the short term, but making your anxiety worse in the long term. Treatment includes gradually facing uncomfortable situations through “exposures,” which allows us to test out the fears you have about what will happen if you no longer avoid these situations. If the idea of this sounds very scary, that’s okay — and completely expected! It takes real courage to engage in this process. This treatment is highly effective in helping people break free from being controlled by anxiety. This time-limited, evidence-based approach often allows people to meet their goals in 12 to 20 sessions.

Over time, most clients learn:

1.     The predictions we make are less likely to happen than we think.

2.     Anxiety does not last forever and gets better the more we approach our fears.

3.     We can tolerate our anxiety more than we expect.

4.     Even when our feared predictions come true, they aren’t as bad as we build them up to be.

This process will look different for each person. Importantly, every piece of the process is completely your choice, and we’ll work together to find a pace that is right for you.

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.