Anxiety doesn’t always look like panic attacks. Sometimes it’s lying awake with racing thoughts. Overanalyzing everything you said. Feeling tense and irritable for no clear reason. Or walking through your day with a constant sense of unease.

It can show up in big and small moments when you're faced with uncertainty, feel pressure to perform, or are trying to keep up with your daily responsibilities.

Living with anxiety can feel exhausting, but it doesn’t have to stay this way.

Anxiety therapy offers support to help you heal, make changes, and find relief. 

Care That Helps You Thrive, Not Just Survive

We’ll work on more than just coping tools. Here you’ll have a safe, supportive place where you can better understand what your anxiety is trying to tell you and how to quiet it down.

I combine warmth and practicality to help you:

• Get out of looping thoughts and reduce mental clutter

• Develop self-trust so you can make decisions with more confidence

• Learn how to calm your nervous system (yes, that racing heart has a reason)

• Set boundaries and manage people-pleasing

• Stop avoiding the things that matter to you

We know from neuroscience that anxiety activates your body’s threat system to help you survive and keep you safe. However, when your brain starts perceiving everything as a threat (your inbox, a messy house, a crying baby, driving, social situations), it keeps you constantly on edge.

Anxiety therapy helps reset that system. By working with your thoughts, emotions, and nervous system, we can bring your anxiety down to a manageable level, so you can feel more grounded, at ease, and more like yourself again.

Stress, fear, or ongoing overwhelm can feel incredibly isolating and lonely, but know that many people deal with anxiety at some point in their lives. Individuals often come to therapy for help with: 

• Big life changes or upcoming decisions

• Racing thoughts or difficulty concentrating

• Chronic worrying or overthinking

• Social anxiety or fear of judgment

• Trouble sleeping or relaxing

• Physical symptoms like nausea, chest tightness, tension, or restlessness

• Perfectionism and fear of failure

• Feeling on edge, irritable, or easily overwhelmed

• Relationship issues

If your anxiety is interfering with your life, compassionate support is available.

In anxiety therapy, I’ll help you build insight and tools you can apply to your daily life. Together, we’ll explore and learn how to:

• Identify anxiety triggers and interrupt unhelpful patterns

• Regulate your nervous system through mindfulness and body-based tools

• Shift out of self-criticism and into self-compassion

• Build emotional resilience

I integrate attachment and psychodynamic theories with CBT and mindfulness practices, and tailor therapy to your needs, lived experience, and goals.

Your 20s and 30s are full of big life changes and often a lot of pressure. You might feel like you’re supposed to know who you are, what you want, and how to make it all happen. But instead, you feel anxious, unsure, or stuck.

Anxiety can show up as:

• Overthinking every decision or interaction

• Fear of failure, rejection, or disappointing others

• Struggling with identity, purpose, or direction

• Feeling disconnected from yourself or your relationships

You don’t need to have it all figured out. In therapy, we’ll explore your anxiety in the context of who you are and where you are in life. Together, we’ll work on building self-trust, navigating uncertainty, and feeling more grounded in your path forward.

Support for New Moms and Parents 

Becoming a parent changes everything—your body, your identity, your relationships, and your routines. It’s normal to feel anxious. But if that worry or stress is constant, intrusive, or keeping you from enjoying your life, consider reaching out for support.

Parents often come to therapy due to: 

• Being stuck in loops of “what if” thinking

• Feeling guilty, worried, or like you’re not doing enough

• Overwhelmed by responsibility or struggling to rest

• Missing your sense of self

• Postpartum anxiety

You deserve care, too. Anxiety therapy is a place to bring all of it—the fear, frustration, exhaustion, and grief that sometimes come with parenthood. We’ll work together to help you manage the anxiety and feel more connected to yourself and your child.

You Deserve Personalized Support

Everyone’s experience of anxiety is different. Whether you’re navigating big life transitions, adjusting to parenthood, or managing constant stress that others don’t see, you deserve support that fits your life. If you’re interested in therapy or have questions, please schedule a free 15-minute consultation. This gives us the opportunity to discuss your needs and answer your questions about my practice. I’d love to connect!

Anxiety therapy is available in Chicago and throughout Illinois and PSYPACT states.