Anxiety Therapy

Are you constantly tired or overwhelmed with fear or dread? Do racing, looping and often self-critical thoughts lead you to believe that everything is one step away from falling apart? Does fear and anxiety limit you from making wise choices? Are you unable to achieve success in areas of your life, like work or parenting, due to the anxiety that takes over? Perhaps you’re always on the go, under heavy pressure to perform well and your chaotic routine negatively affects your relationships and your capacity to feel grounded, present and calm. Perhaps your need to manage every detail of your life and the inability to so 100 percent of the time leaves you feeling out-of-control.

Living with anxiety can be an isolating, confusing and even frightening experience. Struggling day after day with deep dissatisfaction or fearing about the circumstances of your life can become overwhelming and impact everything from work performance and relationships to self-esteem and feelings of self-worth. Being in a state of persistent, heightened stress can fuel negative thoughts, emotions, behaviors and choices. It can also lead to uncomfortable physical symptoms, such as sweating, shaking, increased heart rate, bowel and digestion issues, muscle tension and chronic pain. Once anxious feelings and patterns set in, they can be difficult to shake. Not understanding the source of racing thoughts, challenging emotions and uncomfortable sensations nor having the tools to soften them can cause them to multiply, triggering an ongoing cycle that keeps you feeling stuck, withdrawn or on edge. You may feel exhausted by distress and desperately crave a path to relief.

We all have moments of worry, fear and doubt. Anxiety, though, is fear that persists. It takes root in our lives and severely limits our ability for peace and happiness. If you’re struggling with anxiety, you are not alone. In fact, roughly 40 million Americans seek help for anxiety each year and those rates are increasing. Many more suffer from anxiety silently. It’s not uncommon to get stuck in unhelpful patterns of beliefs, thoughts, feelings, behaviors, work habits and relationships, even if a part of you knows that pattern ultimately contributes to your unhappiness. This dynamic happens because we tend to operate using the coping mechanisms we have learned in response to stressors and trauma. So, while you may truly desire less stress and more peace, you may be habitually resorting to old, familiar and ineffective routines and coping mechanisms. This cycle can leave you feeling dissatisfied, frustrated and disconnected from the world, your relationships, and yourself.

It is often difficult to make authentic connections with others in this disconnected era we live in, and feelings of isolation often exasperate anxiety. Anytime we suffer, it is 100 times worse if we have to suffer alone. The good news is there is help and hope for relieving anxiety. A holistic approach to anxiety treatment can help you navigate distressing thoughts, emotions and beliefs, allowing you to focus on what matters most.

With the right approach, you can experience both immediate reduction of anxiety and lasting relief. Because so many symptoms of anxiety are experienced in the body (shortness of breath, pounding heart, stomach pain, etc.), body-based skills are important to learn to enable you to experience immediate reduction of your symptoms. These tools become the building blocks that support you as we work through the deeper roots of your anxiety.

Once you have some tools to reduce intrusive physical symptoms of anxiety, we will begin to explore the roots of your fears and worries. In a safe and compassionate environment, we will work collaboratively to identify both current triggers and past experiences that have led to heightened feelings of stress and anxiety. You can be helped to process trauma and relinquish any related beliefs and patterns that keep your anxiety entrenched. We can also help you identify, balance and integrate all the important areas of your life—including feelings, desires, thoughts, relationships, physical health and spirituality—so that you can create a higher level of self-awareness and begin to focus on what truly brings you peace and joy. Only when you bring awareness and care to every aspect of your life can you settle anxiety and effectively pursue your innermost wants and needs.

Everyone has specific needs, goals and their own experience with anxiety, which is why we tailor our approaches to best support your unique journey. All of our providers specialize in anxiety treatment and each of us have had to do the work to address our own anxiety. This means that we intimately understand the debilitating and painful effects of anxiety. It also means that we know the pathway to overcoming anxiety. Integrating healing through the body, psyche and spirit, as well as mastering practical stress-reduction skills, can create balance and peace that allows you to experience profound, lasting satisfaction, fulfillment and relief.

Each member of our team is trained and uses Internal Family Systems as the main model of therapy and coaching. Our team consists of experienced holistic psychotherapists, trauma counselors, anxiety therapists, life coaches, embodiment educators and nature guides to assist in your healing journey. However, coming from a more spiritual approach, we have an orientation that each person carries within them an innate wisdom. Trauma and anxiety, however, can cloud or bury your innate beauty and purpose. It is never our goal to change your core Self, because your core Self is not damaged nor unwell. Instead, we seek to help you release trauma, fear and limiting beliefs that keep you from accessing your best, authentic self.

If you are suffering from anxiety, you are invited to contact us to schedule a free phone consultation to find out how integrated holistic counseling can help you overcome anxiety.