Anxiety

Anxiety comes in many forms.

You might experience it as “I worry all the time,” “I can’t stop thinking about this,” “My body is on red alert and can’t calm down,” “I’m always preparing for the other shoe to drop,” or “I know people are judging me.” Some of us are lucky enough to have a mixture of a few or all of these.

I bring a nuanced view to working with anxiety. As a basic emotion, anxiety is not evil – in fact, it tells us what we care about, helps us to prepare for stressful situations, and reminds us that we are not robots. It also protects us from real threat. No doubt, our anxiety and fears also make us want to hide from and avoid situations, can feel too distressing to tolerate, or can paralyze us from action. I don’t want you to end up missing out on the good stuff in life. I’m interested in helping people understand their specific experience of anxiety and kick it out of the driver’s seat of their lives.