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Anxiety therapy for women
AGES 13 AND UP
Anxiety shouldn’t be in the driver’s seat.
Let’s be real, anxiety sucks. It’s uncomfortable and unwelcomed. It can cause us to be constantly on the move due to the internal dialogue telling yourself you’re not enough if you’re not productive. You sit down at the end of the day only to realize your mind isn’t showing any signs of stopping and the anxious feelings aren’t slowing down.
You then may begin to notice body sensations. Ya know, that pesky heart racing, fast breathing, tight chest, tingling - and before you know it you’re unable to reel yourself back in. You might grab a glass of wine, start online shopping, or look to social media as an escape from the discomfort. Or maybe even look to self-harm. Your noticing more and more that you appear “chill” on the outside but on the inside you feel like a chaotic hot mess.
Maybe you’re also noticing:
Low self-esteem
Body image
People pleasing
Personal friendships and relationships
Perfectionism
Procrastination
Trusting others
Identifying your needs
Creating boundaries with others
Financial stress
Job transition
Procrastination and time management
Anxiety can actually begin to make sense once you learn to work through it, not against it.
HOW ANXIETY THERAPY WORKS
Listen, anxiety therapy can be HARD. You will be asked to sit in your discomfort and expose yourself to things that feel scary. With gentle support beside you, you will learn to slowly let go of control using skills learned in therapy to get you through it. Your body will learn that the scary things don’t need to feel as scary.
Mindfulness and grounding helps you to notice sensations, thoughts and feelings with curiosity and non-judgement. You will learn to incorporate effective and unique skills to YOU (it’s not only just breathing and yoga!) to help the body chill the eff out.
Therapy can help you manage common symptoms:
Excessive worry
Feeling scared, panicked, or tense
Irritability
Difficulty concentrating
Difficulty sleeping
Change in appetite or eating habits
Not wanting to go out in public or be around people
Tightness in chest or shortness of breath
Feelings hot or cold
Feeling restless or jittery
Feelings nauseous or having butterflies in stomach
You can look at your anxiety with curiosity and develop tools to find relief.
YOU ARE CAPABLE OF DOING HARD THINGS. I CAN GUIDE AND SUPPORT YOU THROUGH THEM.
FAQS
Common questions about anxiety therapy
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Description Mindfulness
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Self-Compassion
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
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Trauma or other big life events
A build up of smaller stressors
Grief and loss including the death of loved one, job loss, divorce or end of a relationship, loss of a pet, or illness
Genetics and family dynamics including adverse childhood experiences
The development and history of negative thinking patterns
Overarching systems that may be adding to loss sense of control
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For most folks, once a week for about 3-4 months has found to be the most successful but you can often times also notice some relief of symptoms within 1-2 sessions.
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Your body is smart. It lets you know know when it needs nurturing - and it’s loud about it. Panic attacks are scary. You may feel like you’re dying, having a heart attack, in a total other dimension, and in a complete loss of control. Your body tingles, you become hot, you can’t breathe, your mind spins, you might get sweaty and begin to shake. You have no idea what’s going on and you’re on your way to check yourself into the nearest emergency room.
What you are experiencing is an overwhelming physical body reaction to worry or fear. Your body responding to all of our stressors and worrying thoughts because it being triggered into survival mode. If you aren’t going to sit and listen, it is going to yell and scream at you until you do.