I meet with clients who describe a deep fear of social situations, not just shyness, but a pervasive sense of dread that others are watching, judging, or waiting for them to make a mistake. They may appear composed on the outside but feel an inner storm of anxiety,...
As an integrative mental health therapist, I’ve sat with many clients who describe the sudden, overwhelming feeling of terror that seems to come out of nowhere. They tell me, “My heart starts racing. I can’t breathe. I feel like I’m dying.” Often, these episodes have...
Health anxiety is a common struggle I often encounter in therapy with my clients. It’s more than worrying about health – it’s the persistent fear that something is wrong with the body, despite medical reassurance. It often shows up as relentless symptom...
I am trained in a lot of different approaches to help with anxiety, but I find EMDR to be one of the most impactful and long lasting. One of the ways I describe EMDR is it can go places in therapy where talk therapy can not. Another way I describe how EMDR is to my...
It’s normal to feel anxious in challenging situations. Whether it’s on the job, at home, or driving in traffic, life presents you with daily trials. As anxiety is no respecter of geography, it can find you anywhere. Most likely you’ve faced anxiety before now, but it...
Living with anxiety isn’t easy by any means. When anxious feelings increase to new levels, you may unwittingly do things that fuel them. You may get so carried away hyper-focusing on “what-if” future scenarios that you can’t think straight. Perhaps, you have tried to...
