Therapy for Anxiety in Northern California and Nevada

Working with Anxiety Towards a More Balanced Life

You’re mind doesn’t shut off— even when you’re exhausted. You’re lying in bed scrolling, overthinking, replaying conversations, or stressing about everything you need to do tomorrow. You tell yourself to just relax, but your brain won’t cooperate. Sleep feels inconsistent at best.

During the day, you push through. You keep yourself busy, distract when you can, or avoid what feels like too much. Maybe you’re relying on caffeine to function, or something else to take the edge off. From the outside, it might look like your holding it together, but inside it feels constant and overwhelming.

You might be juggling school, work, relationships and the pressure to figure out life— and your mind doesn’t slow down long enough to catch a break.

You’re tired of overthinking everything. Tired of feeling on edge. Tired of wishing your could just turn your brain off for a while.

At this point, you’ve been white-knuckling it on your own— and you’re ready for some relief.

How Therapy for Anxiety Works

Talking about what’s going on can be helpful, but you’re probably looking for more than just a place to vent. You want something that actually changes how you feel day to day.

When it comes to anxiety, insight alone isn’t enough. That’s why our work together focuses on helping you understand your thought patterns and learn how to challenge them when they start to spiral.

Using Cognitive Behavior Therapy, we’ll break down the cycle of your anxiety— what triggers it, what keeps it going and how it shows up in your thoughts, your body and your behaviors. From there, we’ll start interrupting those patterns in real time.

I also incorporate mindfulness-based techniques to help you slow down your mind, get out of the constant overthinking loop, and feel more grounded in your body.

Yes, you’ll learn coping tools— but we won’t stop there. You’ll build awareness and skills to respond differently to anxiety, so it doesn’t keep running the show.

FAQs

What is your approach to treating anxiety?

I draw from a variety of evidence based methods such as CBT, MBCT and other Somatic Therapies.

Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) is the gold standard for treating Anxiety Disorders. This type of therapy focuses on recognizing and changing unhelpful thinking patterns.

Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), combines mindfulness practices and CBT.

Somatic Therapies are methods that focus on the mind-body connection to regulate your nervous system. Different practices we get into are breathwork, movement, grounding and body awareness. 

Will there be homework?

While traditional CBT therapies are highly structured and assign “homework” such as thought diaries, behavioral experiments or exposure exercises, we will work together to determine the best course of action for in between sessions.

I encourage practicing the tools we discuss, I may send a video or article from time to time or recommend an app to check out, however I’m not one to put the pressure on, to add another “thing” on your plate. I meet you where you are. 

How Long Will This All Take?

Every individual that I work with comes with different challenges and needs and treatment length will vary.

With that said, the amount of time and effort will have an impact on your progress. I tell my clients though, progress isn’t always linear- sometimes there will be progression and sometimes we’ll experience a return of symptoms and they may be more intense than before.

We work together, every step of the way. I frequently check in with my clients to evaluate their treatment and discuss any areas we might need to tweak to really hit their goals.