Anxiety
Anxiety is a natural response to a perceived threat. It helps us detect and respond to danger. However, our brain's Anxiety is a natural response to perceived threats that helps us detect danger. However, it can sometimes become overwhelming and unmanageable. You’re not alone in feeling this way. The good news is that it’s possible to unlearn anxiety triggers and develop healthier responses over time.
General Anxiety Treatment
I work with you to identify your symptoms and triggers. I provide strategies to quickly reduce anxiety, such as distress tolerance skills, mindfulness techniques, and somatic strategies. We also focus on restructuring unhelpful thoughts and beliefs and can use exposure therapy to address avoidance behaviors. My role is to guide and support you in changing the patterns that contribute to your anxiety.
Social Anxiety
Living with social anxiety can feel lonely and draining, even when you truly want connection. You may care deeply about relationships and enjoy being around people, yet still feel intense worry about being judged, saying the wrong thing, or being misunderstood. If this sounds familiar, you are not alone. Common Experiences Avoiding or feeling overwhelmed by social situations Replaying conversations in your mind before and after they happen Feeling pressure to keep others happy Struggling to express your needs or set boundaries Fear of criticism or rejection
My Approach
There are many effective ways to work with social anxiety, and no two people experience it in exactly the same way. I begin by taking the time to really understand your symptoms, experiences, and what may be contributing to your anxiety, so we can move forward in a way that feels safe and supportive.
Relaxation & Nervous System Support
You’ll learn calming tools to help your body settle when anxiety feels overwhelming, including gentle relaxation and distress tolerance techniques to soothe the fight-or-flight response.
Cognitive Restructuring
Together, we’ll compassionately explore self-critical or unhelpful thought patterns and practice replacing them with more balanced, kinder perspectives.
Exposure Therapy
At a pace that feels right to you, we’ll slowly and safely practice approaching situations that feel scary. This helps your brain learn that you can get through discomfort and builds confidence over time.
Social Skills Support
If helpful, we can work on practical, real-world skills like starting conversations, setting boundaries, expressing your needs, and feeling more at ease in social settings.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
OCD can take many forms, and no matter the theme, the experience can feel frightening, confusing, and isolating. Obsessive thoughts are intrusive and unwanted, and they do not reflect your values, intentions, or character.
Some common OCD themes include:
Sexual-themed OCD
Religious or scrupulosity OCD
False memory OCD
Relationship OCD (ROCD)
Hoarding-related OCD
Contamination OCD
Harm OCD
Some people experience highly distressing intrusive thoughts around taboo or frightening topics. These thoughts are a symptom of OCD and are not a reflection of who you are. You are not alone, and support is available.
OCD Treatment
The goal of OCD treatment is to help you feel safer with uncertainty, soften rigid or extreme thinking patterns, and reduce the urge to engage in compulsive behaviours. Together, we’ll explore and gently challenge the beliefs that keep OCD in place. You’ll learn mindfulness and acceptance-based strategies to help you relate differently to intrusive thoughts, rather than getting pulled into them. At a pace that feels manageable, we’ll gradually build your ability to tolerate triggers so OCD has less power over your daily life and well-being.