Gain Relief From Your Anxiety
and Feel Like Yourself Again
You’re always worrying, your mind is restless, and you think in circles. Or maybe, in the past few years, you’ve had more persistent thoughts of dread that don’t seem to go away. You’re left wondering if you’re suffering from anxiety.
The truth is, anxiety can pop up at any time in your life for multiple reasons. Your anxiety can be the effect of your environment, constant stress, unresolved trauma, or even genetics.
What’s more, you just endured a pandemic for multiple years. Humans are wired to raise a family within a community. Yet, the pandemic took away this parental standard and made having a village impossible at times – adding more mental, emotional, and physical stress to an already hard situation. What’s more, the compounded demands that parents have endured during the pandemic can have lasting effects if untreated.
Even if you have never experienced anxiety in the past, it’s completely understandable to feel anxiety at the present moment.
You’re not alone.
As a licensed New York therapist, I have experience with helping people just like you move through their anxiety. I can be your guide in reframing your thoughts and giving you the needed tools to provide relief in your daily life.
If you reside in New York and believe you have anxiety, let's connect. Let’s find you the solutions you need to live a fulfilling and happy life.
What’s the Difference Between Anxiety and Worry?
Anxiety affects over 40 million Americans and is the most common mental health issue in the country. With large numbers of people experiencing different levels of anxiety, it’s important to know the difference between everyday worry and having anxiety.
It’s common to be worried at times. For example, important events, meetings, tests, and even relationships can spark worry or anxiety.
Stress is normal to a certain degree. Yet, there’s a difference between being nervous about an upcoming presentation and not being able to complete daily tasks because of incessant thoughts of dread.
Let’s review the differences between worry and anxiety to get a clearer understanding of what is generally considered normal and what is not.
Specificity
Worry revolves around a situation or event. For example, “I’m worried about my presentation tomorrow.” In comparison, anxiety is more of an all-encompassing feeling and not as specific. “The thought of going to work is overwhelming.”
Solution-Based
When you worry, you tend to pinpoint the problem and have the opportunity to figure out a solution. However, when you experience anxiety, you tend to ruminate over the issue and never come to a defined resolution.
Body Versus Brain
When you worry about something, you tend to notice it in your thoughts. However, when you experience anxiety, you likely will feel it in your body. This can include tightness in your chest, shortness of breath, and sweating.
Signs and Symptoms of Anxiety
There are different ways anxiety presents itself. These symptoms can range from physical sensations to behavioral signs.
Discovering where anxiety lives in your body and how it affects your life is the first step to healing.
In our therapy sessions, I will encourage you to feel your way to your anxiety. I’ll help you notice the restrictions in your body and what situations elevate your reactions. Together, we can uproot thoughts that don’t serve you and replace them with words and mantras that offer you healing and relief.
In our sessions, we’ll work through:
Physical Symptoms
Shortness of breath
Nausea
Cold or sweaty hands
Rapid heartbeat
Tightness in chest
Unexplained headaches, stomachaches, or pains
Mental Symptoms
Constant thoughts of dread
Feelings of fear or panic
Obsessive thoughts that never leave your mind
Preoccupation of repetitive thoughts
Behavioral Symptoms
Irritability
Trouble concentrating
Issues with sleeping
Avoiding social situations or interactions
If you’re experiencing any of these anxiety signs, know that you can get help. As your therapist, I can teach you tools and practices during our therapy sessions to offer you relief.
““Anxiety isn’t you. It’s something that moves through you. It can leave out of the same door it came in.””
Stress and worry, albeit not fun to deal with, are normal parts of life. It is a cue that keeps us motivated and moving forward.
Anxiety is crippling. Any progress or movement forward in your life is disrupted or stopped entirely. This isn’t healthy or sustainable. And something’s got to change.
Different Types of Anxiety Disorders
For some, anxiety feels like constant thoughts of dread that don’t seem to go away. For others, the fear of something specific can be so crippling that it interferes with their daily life.
The National Institute of Mental health defines Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) as a persistent feeling of dread which can interfere with your daily life. These symptoms of anxiety can last for months or years if untreated. This is also the most common diagnosis.
When experiencing GAD, you may feel a general overwhelm, unspecified nagging and intense thoughts, or even physical ailments. Physical manifestations due to long-term anxiety can range from constant fatigue to autoimmune diseases.
Yet, this isn’t the only type of anxiety that you may experience.
Some types of anxiety are more specific to a situation or physical sensation. I also treat:
Panic Disorder
This type of anxiety presents itself physically, causing the person experiencing it to have frequent panic attacks. The cause of panic attacks is an intense fear of losing control or a sense of danger, even if they are in a safe situation. (Please note, if you have experienced a panic attack in your life, it doesn’t mean you have panic disorder.)
Social Anxiety
When you have social anxiety, you have an intense fear of being judged or watched by others. This type of anxiety makes it hard for someone to be a part of social situations, make genuine relationships, and even attend daily activities such as work or school.
If you’re feeling that you may be living with a form of anxiety, it’s time to reach out and get the help you deserve. As a New York therapist specializing in anxiety, I can guide you in your journey to healing.
Therapy and Treatment
While anxiety might be a common mental health issue and concern, it doesn’t mean you have to endure the stress alone. It is possible to feel joy and peace again.
Therapy for anxiety is a proven way to reframe your foreboding thoughts and give you actionable tools to calm your nervous system.
These tools may feel disruptive at first. In all honestly, it can be awkward to implement a new way of thinking and moving through your day.
Yet, in time, you’ll find the relief you desire.
You can heal from your thoughts.
Together in therapy, we can work through your anxiety. We’ll try different techniques, such as talk therapy and mindfulness, to pinpoint and release the anxiety from your body.
During our session, you’ll experience therapy methods that will calm your nervous system and provide compounded relief over time. It’s important to note that your healing happens on your individual timeline and at your speed. I will never rush you in your process.
I believe in you and your journey to a healthier life.
Are you ready to take the next step?
