How I Work with Anxiety: A Rooted, Relational Approach

Anxiety is one of the most common reasons people seek therapy — and for good reason. It can feel like a constant hum in the background of your life, or a full-body alarm that hijacks your ability to think, rest, or connect. For some, it shows up as racing thoughts or difficulty making decisions. For others, it’s avoidance, irritability, or a deep sense of overwhelm.

But here's the truth: anxiety isn’t the enemy. It’s a messenger — one that’s often misunderstood and rarely given space to fully speak.

How I Approach Anxiety in Therapy

My work with anxiety is gentle, somatic, and relational. I don’t come in with a one-size-fits-all toolkit. I get curious with you — about how anxiety lives in your body, what it’s protecting you from, and what it might need in order to soften.

I draw from:

• Buddhist Psychology, which invites us to meet our inner experiences with mindfulness, compassion, and insight.

• Somatic Therapy, to help your body slowly unwind its patterns of hypervigilance or collapse.

• Attachment-Based Approaches, because anxiety often makes us feel like we’re alone in our pain — and healing happens in safe, attuned relationship.

This is not about controlling your anxiety. It’s about changing your relationship to it. So that over time, the grip loosens. You gain capacity. You find breath.

We Slow Down, Not Power Through

In our sessions, we won't just talk about your anxiety — we’ll track it together. What happens in your chest when your boss emails you? What’s the story your nervous system tells when your partner doesn’t text back? What happens in the moment before your heart races?

We build awareness. We bring in regulation tools. And we develop a new internal system of safety, so your anxiety doesn’t have to do all the heavy lifting.

My Clients with Anxiety Are…

• High-achieving but exhausted

• Thoughtful, sensitive, often empathic

• Sometimes spiritually inclined, and sometimes just craving stillness

• Burnt out by over-functioning or stuck in self-doubt

• Often brilliant at caring for others, but unsure how to soften toward themselves

If that sounds like you — or someone you love — know that you don’t have to muscle through this alone.

Ready to Begin?

I work with adults 18+ in Colorado, North Carolina, and South Carolina for therapy. Whether you’re struggling with generalized anxiety, panic, performance anxiety, or just a sense of always being "on," you are welcome here. I offer free 30-50 min consults. You can book one directly here.