Anxiety
Anxiety Therapy
If you’re facing situational or chronic anxiety, you may find yourself struggling with persistent fears and excessive worries that can be difficult to control. Or you feel like these intrusive thoughts won’t go away. These feelings might crop up unexpectedly—before a big presentation while thinking about the future, or even in the comfort of your own home. Fear and worry aren’t just passing emotions; they form the very foundation of anxiety disorders, shaping how you think, behave, and physically respond to the world around you. This intense emotional backdrop can lead to restlessness, trouble focusing, irritability, and physical discomfort. Recognizing that fear and worry play such a central role in your anxiety is the first step toward understanding what you’re going through and finding effective strategies to help ease the pressure they create.

Anxiety Can Take Many Forms
It’s important to remember that anxiety comes in various forms, and while these conditions can be distressing, they are also highly treatable. Different types of anxiety disorders have unique features but share a common thread: persistent feelings of fear and unease that interfere with daily life. Below are several recognized anxiety-related conditions, along with a brief look at what it might feel like to experience them:
Trauma and Anxiety

Trauma can be understood as an experience—or series of experiences—that overwhelms a person’s ability to cope, leaving them feeling unsafe, threatened, or deeply distressed. It can stem from anything that pushes an individual’s nervous system beyond its capacity to process events in a healthy way. Because everyone’s resilience, background, and support systems differ, what is traumatic for one person might not affect someone else in the same way. There is no universal yardstick for trauma; it’s defined not only by the nature of the event but also by how the individual’s mind and body respond.
When trauma occurs, the nervous system often shifts into a state of survival mode—flooding the body with stress hormones and sharpening the senses to detect even the slightest hint of danger. While this response is adaptive in the moment, it can become stuck, leaving the nervous system in a persistent state of alertness. This heightened vigilance primes the individual to respond to life as if threats are still looming, even long after the original danger has passed. As a result, anxiety can become a byproduct of trauma, where the individual may feel constantly on edge, struggling with intrusive thoughts, restlessness, or overwhelming worry.
Common factors that contribute to this relationship between trauma and anxiety include the intensity of the event for the specific individual, feelings of helplessness or loss of control, and the lack of supportive resources during and after the event. For example, a sudden car accident might leave someone feeling physically and emotionally unmoored, afraid that similar danger lurks around every corner. Without proper intervention, the nervous system remains “stuck” in threat detection mode, perpetually scanning for risks and fueling anxiety. Over time, this cycle can entrench patterns of avoidance, negative beliefs, and heightened sensitivity to internal and external cues—all of which keep anxiety well-fed.
Understanding trauma’s impact on the nervous system sheds light on why anxiety conditions are so common in its aftermath. Recognizing that one’s intense worry, fear, or panic may be rooted in a past event can help individuals become more compassionate with themselves. It also illuminates the importance of targeted interventions—therapeutic approaches, support groups, and self-care strategies—that help the nervous system learn to feel safe again, ultimately paving the way toward healing and growth.
Our Approach to Finding Relief
You’re not alone if your life has been disrupted by the unsettling grip of panic, unrelenting worry (GAD), fear of judgment in social situations, concerns over your health, or the sense of being trapped and unsafe outside your comfort zone. I know this struggle intimately, not just as a trained professional, but as someone who has personally confronted the same challenges. My own experiences—including the trauma that led to panic disorder, generalized anxiety, social anxiety, health anxiety, and agoraphobia—have shaped both my understanding and my approach. I invite you to read my anxiety and recovery story on this website, so you can see firsthand what it meant to endure these difficulties and ultimately overcome them. No theoretical explanation could ever compare to the empathy and insight gained through lived experience.
Yet personal history alone isn’t enough. To give you the most effective support possible, I’ve paired my own journey with rigorous academic study, earning a master’s degree in clinical psychology. This combination of personal and professional backgrounds is truly unprecedented and unparalleled. It allows me to serve as a guide who not only grasps what it’s like to feel trapped in your own mind, but who also understands how to translate complex clinical knowledge into tangible, practical steps for recovery.
What to Expect in Therapy

Our work together will be guided by clear goals: helping you find peace in your thoughts, restore balance in your behaviors, and achieve harmony in your career and relationships. We’ll use psychoeducation to deepen your understanding of how anxiety arises and what keeps it going. In addition, we’ll explore and address personal traits that may serve as hidden risk factors—like perfectionism, high expectations, and a tendency toward excessive agreeableness. By understanding these traits, we can reshape them into healthier patterns. We’ll also look at the roots of anxiety, such as a strong need for control and an intolerance of uncertainty, developing strategies to gently loosen their grip over your life.
With carefully tailored techniques and strategies—ranging from mindfulness practices to evidence-based interventions—we’ll gradually calm your nervous system and reverse the ingrained patterns of hyperarousal that anxiety thrives upon. This hands-on, holistic approach aims to restore your emotional equilibrium and physical well-being, building an unshakable foundation upon which you can reclaim your life. Together, we’ll turn knowledge and empathy into empowerment, shining a light along the path to a calmer, more confident future.
While working with a therapist who experienced your presenting issue first isn’t a must, research has found that Empathy is a core component of successful therapy. Working with a therapist who experienced your condition and returned to health has many upsides:
- Unparalleled empathy.
- Know the specific challenges and stuck points.
- Spent more time than any other therapist thinking about this condition.
- Embodied the knowledge and the roadmap for his own recovery.
- Sitting with a person who was able to triumph instill a great deal of hope every time you meet them.
- A continuous reassurance that crossing to the other side is possible.
Our Approach is Empathy-Enriched Evidence Model. The best combination ever in a therapist:
- Master’s degree in clinical psychology and evidence-based treatments.
- Clinical experience with varieties of client.
- Firsthand experience of issues.
I don’t underestimate the amount and the function of hope generated in my client when they have me in the room who overcame these conditions.
The therapist will create a roadmap for your return to health journey, taking his recovery journey as a guide. While we understand that each person is unique in their experiences, we also know the challenges and the steps necessary to recover.