Anxiety Therapy in Nevada & Utah
When your brain is really good at finding problems, even when there isn’t one to solve.
Anxiety can make it feel like your brain is constantly running scenarios, looking for what could go wrong, or trying to prevent something bad from happening.
Sometimes that looks like obvious worry or panic. Other times it looks like overthinking, avoiding things, needing reassurance, constantly preparing, or having a hard time relaxing even when everything is technically fine.
Anxiety isn’t always obvious
Anxiety doesn’t always look like panic
Sometimes anxiety is a racing heart, tight chest, or that unmistakable feeling of panic.
But sometimes it’s much quieter.
It can look like replaying conversations, researching something for hours, checking and rechecking, procrastinating because you’re afraid of getting something wrong, avoiding situations that make you uncomfortable, or needing to know exactly what’s going to happen before you can relax.
You might be very good at functioning while anxious, which unfortunately doesn’t make being anxious any less exhausting.
What anxiety can look like
Overthinking & Worry
Your brain keeps searching for certainty, answers, or the next potential problem.
Avoidance
Putting off, escaping, or avoiding situations that create anxiety, even when avoidance starts making life smaller.
Physical Anxiety
Racing heart, muscle tension, nausea, restlessness, difficulty sleeping, or feeling constantly keyed up.
Panic & Fear
Sudden surges of anxiety or intense fear about particular situations, sensations, or experiences.
Perfectionism & Fear of Getting it Wrong
Over-preparing, second-guessing yourself, or struggling to act unless you’re sure you’ll do it correctly
Reassurance & Checking
Repeatedly checking, researching, asking others, or trying to eliminate uncertainty before you can feel okay.
How I approach anxiety therapy
Trying to eliminate anxiety completely can accidentally give it even more control over your life.
Instead, we’ll look at what keeps your particular anxiety cycle going, your thoughts, physical reactions, avoidance patterns, checking, reassurance seeking, or the ways you’ve learned to protect yourself from uncertainty.
Therapy might include cognitive and behavioral strategies, gradual exposure, mindfulness, nervous system regulation, and EMDR when past experiences are contributing to current anxiety. We’ll work together on helping you respond differently when anxiety shows up, rather than organizing you life around making sure it never does.
You can feel anxious and still trust yourself to handle what happens next.
Tired of anxiety making so many decisions for you?
You don’t need to figure out exactly why you’re anxious before starting therapy. We can begin by looking at what’s happening, what you’ve already tried, and where anxiety is interfering with the life you actually want to live.
I offer online anxiety therapy for adults throughout Nevada and Utah.