Anxiety Therapy

Is constant worry Interfering with your abilty to enjoy your life?

Do you worry that if you aren't perfect, your incompetence will be Discovered by others?

Do you worry that if you aren't perfect, your incompetence will be Discovered by others?

Do you worry that if you aren't perfect, your incompetence will be Discovered by others?

Do you worry that if you aren't perfect, your incompetence will be Discovered by others?

Do you worry that if you aren't perfect, your incompetence will be Discovered by others?

If you are a teen or adult with Anxiety, I can work with you in the following ways:

Improvement and Understanding of Your:

Triggers and Safety Behaviors
Ability to cope with stress
Interpersonal relationships

Depending on your specific needs, we may use:

Proven cognitive-behavioral strategies (CBT, Schema Therapy, and more)
Assessment and goal setting
Social skills training
Mindfulness training
Exercises and behavioral experiments
Techniques to challenge maladaptive automatic thoughts/beliefs
Exposure and response prevention (ERP) optional
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) optional

Facts about anxiety

Did you know that anxiety serves a purpose?

Anxiety helps protect us, without anxiety our species would not have survived.
Anxiety keeps us safe – we don’t touch hot stoves, walk in dark alleyways or get hit by mac trucks.
Anxiety helps us focus on what is important – we study for a test; athletes and actors perform better with anxiety,

When anxiety is overactive, it can qualify as a disorder;

Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Social Anxiety
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Panic Disorder
Agoraphobia and Specific Phobias
Selective Mutism
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Many people with an anxiety disorder also have a co-occurring disorder or physical illness;

Stress
Bipolar Disorder
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Eating Disorders
Fibromyalgia
Headaches
Sleep Disorders
Substance Abuse
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Adult ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)