Anxiety therapy for people who look like they have it all together
From the outside, you're prepared, dependable and on top of it. On the inside, your mind is running worst-case scenarios on a loop, and it rarely takes a day off.
Anxiety doesn't always look like panic.
A lot of the time it looks like being really, really good at your job.
- You rehearse conversations before they happen and replay them for days after.
- You answer emails at 11pm so you won't lie awake thinking about them. You lie awake anyway.
- You're early to everything, over-prepared for everything, and still sure you missed something.
- A text that just says "can we talk?" can take out your whole afternoon.
- Even in a good moment, part of you is bracing for what could go wrong.
- Your body is in on it too: a racing heart before meetings, a tight chest, a stomach that seems to know before you do.
- Everyone tells you to just relax. If you knew how, you'd have done it by now.
None of this means something is wrong with you.
It means your mind got really good at scanning for danger, and nobody ever told it that it's allowed to take a break.
FREE CHECK-IN · ABOUT 3 MINUTES
Your nervous system may be trying to warn you.
If rest hasn't been fixing the tired, it may be worth a closer look. The free check-in takes about 3 minutes, and at the end you'll get a guide with practical ways to help your body settle.
Educational, not a diagnosis. Your answers are never saved.
Your anxiety has been trying to help
Anxiety gets a bad reputation, and I think it deserves a little credit. For a lot of people it's part of what made them conscientious, prepared and good at catching what everyone else misses. In its own way, it's been trying to keep you safe.
The problem is that it doesn't know when to stop. Your nervous system can treat a presentation, an unread message, or a quiet evening with nothing to do as something to guard against. And you can't argue it out of that. You've probably tried. Knowing a fear doesn't make sense doesn't slow your heart down.
That's why logic alone rarely fixes it. Anxiety lives in the body as much as the mind, so that's where we work too.
Maybe the goal isn't to silence your anxiety. Maybe it's to stop letting it drive.
Insight is a great start.
You've probably already figured out a lot about your anxiety. That insight just tends to run out right when your heart starts pounding. So we work on a few levels at once.
Calm the alarm.
We'll learn what anxiety feels like in your body before it turns into a spiral, and practice ways to bring your system back down in the moment. Not a breathing exercise you try once and forget. Skills you build until they're there when you actually need them.
Work through what fuels it.
A lot of anxiety has roots: a time when staying on guard made sense, or a moment that taught your body it wasn't safe to relax. When it fits, I use EMDR to help process those experiences so today doesn't keep getting filtered through them.
Change the patterns.
Overthinking, over-preparing, avoiding, people-pleasing. Most anxious habits started out as solutions. We'll look at which ones still help, which ones keep the cycle going, and what you might try instead.
I'll push you when you need it, while also creating space where you can just be messy & human. You can keep your standards. You just don't have to keep the constant alarm.
The last ones anyone would guess.
The people who come to me for anxiety are usually the last ones anyone would guess are anxious.
This work goes best when you're willing to try something different, even when it feels uncomfortable at first. Not perfectly, and not all at once. I meet effort with effort, and we figure out the pace together.
What getting started looks like
Free 15-minute consult
A call to talk about what's going on and whether we're a good fit. No pressure either way.
First sessions
We get specific about how anxiety shows up for you: what sets it off, what it's been costing you, and what you want to be different.
The work
In person at my Southlake office or online anywhere in Texas.
Questions about cost? See Fees & insurance
Questions about anxiety therapy
What is high-functioning anxiety?
It isn't a formal diagnosis. It's a common way of describing anxiety that hides behind achievement: you keep performing, often really well, while worry, overthinking and tension run in the background. It can overlap with generalized anxiety disorder, and sorting out what's going on for you is part of what we do early on.
Can therapy help with panic attacks?
Yes. Panic attacks are frightening, and they're also very treatable. We'll work on understanding what's happening in your body during one, build skills to ride it out, and look at what tends to set them off. If you haven't already, it's worth checking in with your doctor too, to rule out anything physical.
Do I need medication for anxiety?
That's a decision for you and a medical provider. I don't prescribe. Plenty of people make real progress with therapy alone, and some find that medication and therapy work well together. If you're taking medication or thinking about it, I'm glad to coordinate with your prescriber with your permission.
Is EMDR used for anxiety?
EMDR is best known for trauma, and it can also help with anxiety that's tied to past experiences, like a panic attack you can't stop thinking about or an old memory that still sets off the alarm. It isn't the right fit for everyone, and we'll decide together whether it makes sense for you.
How long does anxiety therapy take?
There isn't a set timeline. It depends on how long anxiety has been running the show and what's underneath it. We'll check in regularly on what's changing and whether the work is still useful.
Do you offer online sessions?
Yes. I see clients in person in Southlake and online anywhere in Texas.
Do you take insurance?
I'm in network with Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna, Cigna and Curative, and private pay is always an option. The Investment page has fees and details.
You don't have to keep bracing for the worst.
If you're tired of living one step ahead of everything that could go wrong, let's talk. A free 15-minute consult is a low-stakes way to see if this feels like a fit.
Let's work together
Let's Work Together
Let's Work Together
In person or online
1422 Main Street, Suite 213
Southlake, TX 76092
Online sessions anywhere in Texas
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