Anxiety Therapy in Oklahoma and California
Does your mind race even when nothing is technically wrong? Do you feel keyed up, restless, or braced for something bad to happen, without always being able to point to why? Anxiety therapy can help you find your way back to a calmer baseline.
What This Helps With
- Generalized worry that never quite turns off
- Panic attacks, or a racing heart and shortness of breath that comes out of nowhere
- Anxiety tied to a specific situation, like work, health, or social settings
- Trouble sleeping because your mind won't stop
- Anxiety you've managed through sheer willpower, but that keeps coming back
- Anxiety connected to something that happened in the past
If This Feels Like Something You Should Be Able to Handle Alone
A lot of people put off getting help for anxiety because it doesn't feel like it "counts", there's no crisis, nothing dramatic happened, so it can seem like you should just be able to push through it. If you've always been the dependable one, the person everyone else leans on, asking for help with this can feel unfamiliar or even uncomfortable. And if you grew up in a family that didn't take mental health seriously, or where anxiety was treated as something you just get over, that can make it even harder to take your own experience seriously. None of that means the anxiety isn't real, or that it's not worth addressing.
Why Anxiety Gets Stuck
Anxiety is your body's alarm system trying to protect you, but sometimes that alarm gets stuck in the "on" position, going off even when there's no real threat in front of you. The more you try to avoid or suppress the feeling, the more power it tends to gain, because avoidance teaches your brain the threat was real. CBT, which has one of the strongest and most consistent evidence bases of any therapy for anxiety, works by helping you notice and interrupt that cycle, so your nervous system can gradually learn a different response. I combine this with holistic tools like meditation and visualization to help calm the body, not just the thoughts.
My Approach
I use a combination of CBT and holistic methods, including meditation and visualization techniques, to help calm your nervous system, not just manage symptoms on the surface. When anxiety is connected to a specific memory or past experience, I may also bring in EMDR. The goal isn't to eliminate anxiety completely – it's to help your body learn it doesn't need to stay on high alert all the time.
What to Expect
We'll start by understanding your specific patterns: what triggers the anxiety, how it shows up in your body, and what's already helped or hasn't. From there we build a toolkit that's actually yours, not a generic list of coping tips.
What Becomes Possible
Over time, the alarm stops going off as often, and when it does, it doesn't take over the way it used to. You start trusting yourself to handle uncertainty instead of needing everything figured out in advance. People often describe feeling like they have more room to breathe, literally and otherwise, and like anxiety has gone from running the show to being something they notice and manage.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is anxiety therapy the same as trauma therapy?
Not always, but they often overlap. If your anxiety is connected to something that happened to you, we may draw on the same trauma-focused tools.
Do you treat panic attacks specifically?
Yes, panic is one of the most common reasons people come in for anxiety-focused work.
How is EMDR used for anxiety, if it wasn't designed for that?
EMDR helps process the specific memories or beliefs often driving anxious patterns, even when there's no single traumatic event behind it.
How long before I notice a difference?
Many people notice some relief within the first several sessions, though lasting change in how your nervous system responds takes longer. We'll check in regularly on how it's going.
What does anxiety therapy cost?
Individual sessions are $175. I also offer a free 15-minute phone consultation if you'd like to talk through your situation before booking a first session. Full rate and insurance details are on the Contact & Rates page.
Is what I share in session confidential?
Yes. What you share in session stays confidential, with the standard legal exceptions around safety that apply to any licensed therapist.