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Chronic Stress & Anxiety

Remember what peace feels like.

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What is chronic stress?

Chronic stress and anxiety are steady, long-term states of feeling pressured, anxious, worried, and overwhelmed. They emerge when the perceived demands of life surpass our perceived resources to meet those needs. Chronic stress is a driver of anxiety: When your body has been on high alert for so long, it’s forgotten what peace is. Chronic stress and anxiety can feel like:

  • Constant feelings of being on-edge, anxious, overwhelmed, and irritable

  • Difficulty sleeping, malaise, and an ever-present sense of fatigue

  • Trouble focusing or remembering things

  • Persistent states of worry, dread, avoidance, panic, procrastination, and spiraling thoughts

  • Stubborn muscle tightness, headaches, and digestive issues

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Therapy can help you:

  • Learn skills to calm your body and your mind

  • Disrupt spiraling thoughts and reduce chronic worry about the future

  • Restructure your life to reduce daily overwhelm

  • Identify and shift pervasive patterns of thoughts and emotions contributing to stress and anxiety

  • Uncover and resolve past events and hidden stressors that keep you stuck on high alert

  • Prioritize your peace and daily enjoyment without guilt or shame

  • Learn to stop “waiting for the other shoe to drop” and to feel good when things are going well

  • Rebuild your life from burnout and end behaviors that leave you feeling disconnected

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Healing happens one day at a time.

I work with clients who suffer from chronic anxiety and stress, many of whom have spent most of their lives stuck in endless cycles of fight or flight responses. I blend evidence-based modalities like CBT, ACT, IFS, stress management skills, mindfulness, and somatic therapies to help guide clients back to states of consistent calm and regulation.

I offer in-person and online support. Together, we’ll create a path to lasting peace and freedom from the patterns that keep you feeling stuck in overdrive.

You deserve peace.

If you’re tired of feeling anxious, chronically stressed, and overwhelmed, therapy can help you make sense of what’s going on and start shifting it—for good.

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