Anxiety therapy in-person in Southington, CT and online across CT & MA.
Stop overthinking.
Start Living Peacefully.
Anxiety has too much power in your life.
You wake up feeling exhausted-even after a full night sleep. Your mind is either racing or completely blank-and somehow always at the wrong time. The slightest change or mistake can bring you to tears.
You say to yourself ‘Be more organized, get off your phone, just be better’. But then another sleepless night hits, and the cycle starts all over again.
Anxiety and stress have become the backdrop to everything in your life- it almost starts to feel like you can’t function without it. Your mind won’t slow down, your body is tense, and relationships? Forget it. You’re so irritable you don’t even want to be around yourself, let alone anyone else.
Maybe you:
Feel muscle tension in your shoulders, jaw, or hips
Think things like ‘I can’t do anything right,’ ‘I don’t belong here’
Replay the last conversation you had in your head searching for what you did wrong
Haven’t made a new friend or gone on a date because you are worried you’ll be rejected
Have stopped doing the things you want to do because you’re worried you’ll get anxious or have a panic attack
You’re tired of feeling overwhelmed,
and even more tired of pretending you’re okay.
Anxiety doesn’t get to run your life.
Let’s take back control.
How Therapy can Help
Anxiety doesn’t just live in your mind- it shows up in your body too. It drains your energy, makes you doubt yourself, and convinces you of things that simply aren’t true. Over time, it chips away at your trust in yourself and others.
To honor this, we will practice deep breathing, grounding, body scans, and mindfulness that help your nervous system settle. These techniques help you navigate through stressful moments to feel calmer, steadier, and more at ease in your body.
The goal isn’t to erase anxiety complete. We actually need some level of stress to alert use when something is going on. But anxiety doesn’t have to take over your life. In therapy, we’ll learn ways to talk to anxiety to understand what it is trying to tell you-and where those messages came from in the first place.
How We’ll Work Together
Using strategies from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Solution Focused Therapy (SFT), we’ll work on changing you relationship with anxious thoughts and rewriting the ones that no longer serve you. Other time, you’ll feel more grounded, more in control, and more confident in choosing which thoughts to listen to- and which to let go.
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You already have so many strengths-sometimes anxiety makes them harder to see. In SFT, we’ll identify what’s already working and build on it to help you reach your goals. Think of it like dropping a pebble in a lake: small shifts create ripples of meaningful change in your life.
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An anxiety brain is often stuck-playing the same worries and what ifs on repeat. CBT helps you notice those patterns, understand what keeps them stuck, and challenge the thoughts that hold you back. Together, we’ll practice doing the things anxiety has been telling you not to do.
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When anxiety shows up, it often brings self-judgement with it. ACT helps you make space for your emotions instead of fighting them. You’ll learn to notice anxious thoughts without getting pulled in- and take meaningful steps toward living in line with your values, even when anxiety is still along for the ride.
Therapy for anxiety can help you:
Get a clearer sense of how anxiety is showing up in your life
Build trust in yourself to handle anxious moments with ease
Improve your confidence to try new things and be more social
Get out of your head to feel more focused, clear, and present
Spend less time overthinking and more time being with your loved ones
Feel more relaxed in your body
Frequently asked questions about therapy for anxiety
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It’s true, everyone has a stress response system that should be activated when things aren’t right or get scary. Most of us know this as our fight-flight-freeze response.
It can also feel like anxiety is normal or justified these days. But you don’t have to deal with it alone.
Therapy is helpful if anxiety is getting in the way of living the life you want. Some symptoms you may be noticing are:
fast paced thoughts about what ifs, worries, and mistakes
not being able to fall asleep or waking up in the middle of the night
body feeling tense and/or restless
difficulty focusing
irritable mood-everything bothers you and you don’t know why
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Mindfulness practice can mean a lot of different things- coloring, moving slower, yoga, touching grass, journaling, and many more. It doesn’t necessarily mean sitting on a cushion cross-legged for an hour (unless you want it to!). Together, we will explore different ways to slow down and be present that feel good for you.
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By the time you reach out for therapy, you’re usually ready for something to change. That’s why from our very first session, we’ll start identifying small realistic steps that can make a difference right away. I use solution focused techniques to help you notice what’s already working and build on the strengths you have (because I know you’ve been trying to fix this long before you got to therapy).
Every person’s therapy experience is different, and many clients start to feel relief within the first few sessions.