You can learn to quiet the noisey thoughts and feel more like yourself again

Anxiety Therapy—When Anxiety Is Running the Show

Anxiety can quietly take over your life. You may feel overwhelmed, exhausted, and trapped in loops of overthinking, worry, or panic—spending most your energy just trying to hold it together. You might feel isolated or on edge, unsure how to calm your body or stop the spiral of anxious thoughts.

Anxiety often limits what you do, how you connect with others, and your capacity to experience joy. It can strain relationships, interrupt sleep, and trigger physical symptoms that make daily life feel like too much. If this sounds familiar, you're not alone—and you don’t have to keep pushing through on your own.

Understanding Anxiety—It’s More Than Overthinking

Anxiety isn’t a character flaw

Anxiety isn’t a failing; it often arises from many factors, including:

  • A sensitive or highly attuned nervous system

  • Family patterns of worry, control, or chaos

  • Early life experiences of stress, trauma, or inconsistency

  • The pressure to keep it together for everyone else

You may be smart, capable, and resourceful—and still feel overtaken by anxiety. In fact, high anxiety is a smart person problem. Many of my clients are high-functioning adults who’ve relied on intellect and willpower to manage life, only to discover these tools fall short when the nervous system is finally overwhelmed and your sense of well-being has been chipped away over time.

  • Panic attacks or physical discomfort such as tightness, nausea, or rapid heart rate

  • A tendency to "push through" while feeling like you're falling apart inside

  • Racing thoughts or constant worrying

  • Difficulty relaxing or sleeping

  • Fear of failure, judgment, or losing control

  • Increased irritability and reactivity

What you might be feeling at times

How I work with anxiety and panic

As a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and depth-oriented therapist, I don’t offer quick fixes—but I do offer real tools for lasting change. It took years, sometimes decades for your anxious patterns to get your attention; it will take some time to resolve. My work goes beyond symptom management to help you:

  • Learn about the formation of anxiety and why it makes perfect sense you’re anxious now

  • Understand how anxiety functions in your body and mind

  • Learn to track, regulate, and eventually unwind anxious states of being

  • Release old survival responses stored in the nervous system

  • Discover how building and maintaining solid, appropriate boundaries significantly reduces anxiety

  • Build new patterns of self-support, emotional awareness, and inner safety

Somatic therapy brings the body into the healing process—not just as a source of distress, but as your partner in recovery. Through gentle awareness, movement, breath, and conversation, we help your system shift out of chronic threat mode and toward resilience and greater ease.

You’re not broken—you’re wired to survive—and to heal

Anxiety is often a response to overwhelm that once made sense. It was birthed by brilliant coping strategies that no longer serve you. With the right support, those patterns can shift. You can feel more grounded, connected, and confident. You can quiet the panic, calm your thoughts, and reconnect with what matters to you most.

Ready to take the first step?

I offer online therapy to adults throughout California, with a focus on anxiety, trauma, and nervous system healing. If you’re tired of feeling stuck in cycles of constant worry or fear, let’s talk. We can work through this together. Now is a perfect time to start.

Contact me or call 714.914.5565 to schedule a free 15-minute consultation.

"MAY YOU BE WELL.
MAY YOU BE HAPPY.
MAY YOU BE FREE OF SUFFERING."
~TIBETAN HEART MEDITATION