Do you have anxiety?

Yes, you do.

Thanks to evolution, we all have some degree of anxiety.

In fact, some anxiety is healthy. Too much anxiety, however, may be a clinical issue to be addressed in therapy.

Does it seem like the people around you approach life with ease while you experience worry and doubt? Do you get that sinking feeling that something’s wrong or something bad will happen?

Maybe you dread the sound of your phone ringing or your boss requesting a meeting.

Are you skilled at imagining worst-case scenarios?

Can you be your biggest critic?

Sometimes anxiety can have us create a world in our minds where only the worst things happen. And when good things happen, we wonder when the other shoe will drop. 

When our anxiety is too high, we can live in an inner world of distress that may not reflect reality. We feel it in our minds. We feel it in our bodies. Our colleagues can sometimes tell, our friends and family may be able to tell, our significant others can definitely tell.

We sometimes put our anxious energy into the world and onto others. Or we may hide and isolate ourselves, avoiding meaningful experiences because we feel too anxious to show up fully in our lives.

There is nothing “wrong” with you for having anxiety, but it doesn’t have to control you anymore.

Often, my clients have lost years of what could have been full and fun lives to worry, stress, and anxiety. 

It didn’t need to be that way. 

Through our work together, my clients have found new ways of being without fear holding them back. They’ve processed through the parts that have kept them in the worry/rumination cycle and got the answers and tools they need to approach life calmly, clearly, and confidently.

You may be wondering:

What if therapy doesn’t help?

This type of thought is what we’re talking about when we talk about anxiety. That’s the voice that keeps us stuck. We stay stuck when we believe that voice. We can ask,“What if I fail?” So we don’t try, and nothing changes.

Try this:

Experiment

If you’re worried therapy may not help, you may have imagined going through therapy without having made satisfactory changes. You may be picturing a scenario where you’re just as anxious as before and feeling like a lost cause.

Your anxiety may have just written a script that is far different than reality.

Now imagine this: 

Getting a message from your boss or partner saying, “We need to talk.”  

You don’t jump straight to the worst-case scenario. Rather, you remain calm and confident knowing that whatever it is, you’ll handle it. You’ll know you have the skills and resources to handle life as well as anyone else.

What would your life look like without so much anxiety? 

What might that feel like?

We can get you there. 

You’re not alone.

• Anxiety disorders affect 19.1% of the adult population in the United States. That’s an estimated 48 million people. (National Alliance on Mental Illness, NAMI)

• Although anxiety is highly treatable, yet only 36.9% of those suffering from anxiety disorders receive treatment.

• Anxiety and depression often go hand in hand. Nearly half of the population of individuals diagnosed with depression also have an anxiety disorder. Sometimes anxiety exacerbates depression.

Therapy for anxiety can help with:

What could you accomplish if you weren’t held back by worry?

Let’s find out..