Anxiety Therapy
Make more room than anxiety allows.
Anxiety can look like constant planning, avoidance, physical tension or a mind that keeps rehearsing what could go wrong.
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What To Expect
Understand the loop
Anxiety often grows through a cycle of threat predictions, body reactions and avoidance. The relief from avoiding something is real, but it can teach your mind that the situation was dangerous.
The cycle can begin long before the event you fear. Your mind may rehearse a presentation, conversation or social situation repeatedly. You may scan for signs that something will go wrong, feel tension build and then judge yourself for feeling anxious. Overplanning, withdrawing or canceling can bring short-term relief while making the next situation feel even larger.
We will map your version of that cycle without reducing you to a diagnosis.
How We Work
Practice a different response
CBT gives us practical ways to examine predictions and try new behavior in manageable steps. DBT skills can help you stay present when emotion rises.
In sessions, we may use a recent situation to catch the automatic thought, check the evidence around it and develop a more balanced response. We can notice what anxiety urges you to do and consider whether that action moves you toward or away from what matters. The purpose is not positive thinking. It is more accurate thinking and a wider range of choices.
The goal is not to eliminate every anxious feeling. It is to keep anxiety from making your decisions for you.
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If performance anxiety is affecting your work, we can focus on the moments before, during and after high-stakes situations.
How We Work
Start with one situation you know well
You do not have to explain every anxious pattern at once. We can begin with one meeting you dread, one conversation you avoid or one stretch of the day when worry tends to take over. Looking closely at a specific moment often makes the larger pattern easier to understand.
My approach is collaborative and direct. I will ask questions, help you distinguish facts from predictions and connect what we discuss to practice outside therapy. DBT skills can support you when physical tension or strong emotion makes it harder to stay present. Solution-focused work can help identify what already makes a difficult moment more manageable.
A free consultation is a chance to describe what anxiety is affecting and ask how we might work together. I provide secure telehealth therapy to adults located in Connecticut, New York or Massachusetts.
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Specific Kinds of Anxiety
Anxiety shows up differently depending on where it lands. These pages look closer.
Common Questions
Questions You May Be Asking
Will therapy make every anxious feeling go away?
That is not the goal I promise. Our work focuses on understanding the anxiety cycle, responding more deliberately and keeping anxious feelings from making important decisions for you.
Can we focus on social or performance anxiety?
Yes. We can examine the thoughts, physical reactions and avoidance that occur before, during and after social or high-stakes situations, then practice more balanced responses.
How do I begin?
Start with a free consultation. You can tell me where anxiety is getting in the way, and we can discuss whether my practical, skills-based approach fits what you need.
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When You’re Ready
Let’s talk about what would help.
Begin with a free consultation. We will discuss what brings you here and whether working together feels like a good fit.
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