SPECIALTY: ANXIETY THERAPY
Anxiety Therapy in California
You don’t feel like yourself anymore…
And you’re not even sure who that is.
You pause before saying what you really think.
You wonder why you overthink everything.
You replay the conversation for hours.
You show up — but you're not fully there.
“Why do I overthink everything?”
“Why don’t I feel like myself anymore?”
“Why do I always second-guess myself?”
What you're experiencing
It goes deeper than anxiety.
Even though this might look like anxiety on the outside, what you're actually noticing feels deeper. You find yourself changing depending on who you're around adjusting in ways that feel automatic. After a while, it becomes hard to tell what's actually you and what isn't.
From the outside, you might seem fine. Maybe even put together. But internally, something feels off. You might look okay to everyone around you and still not feel okay inside.
Even small decisions start to feel harder than they should. You go back and forth, trying to find the right answer, second-guessing yourself at every turn. That kind of decision paralysis is exhausting in a way that's hard to explain.
You might recognize this as high-functioning anxiety, appearing fine on the outside, while feeling overwhelmed internally. You just know something feels off and that it's been that way for a while.
OVERTHINKING
Replaying conversations, rewriting texts, second-guessing every word. Your mind doesn't really turn off.
SELF-DOUBT
An underlying sense you're getting it wrong, even when nothing went wrong. Constantly second-guessing yourself.
FEELING DISCONNECTED
Going through the motions without feeling fully present — not quite yourself, even when everything looks fine.
MENTAL EXHAUSTION
Drained at the end of the day, even when nothing major happened. Overthinking is tiring in a way people don't always see.
"I'm aware I'm anxious… so why can't I just stop feeling this way?"
Why it developed
This didn't come out of nowhere.
You learned to read the room early
You became attuned to other people's reactions — adjusting, being thoughtful, not rocking the boat. People-pleasing patterns often start this way. In many ways, it helped you navigate. It made you easier to be around, more considerate, more attuned.
That awareness turned inward
Instead of just noticing others, you started monitoring yourself. What you're saying. How you're being perceived. Whether you're getting it right. Your sense of self became tangled up in how others experienced you.
Somewhere along the way, there wasn't much room to figure out what you actually felt or wanted without filtering it first. Feeling disconnected from yourself isn't a flaw. It's what happens when there wasn't space to just exist without performing.
There wasn't space to just be you
How we work together
Gentle, warm, & at your pace.
Get grounded in the moment
We start by helping you feel less overwhelmed and stuck in your head so you have room to breathe.
Connect past to present
We link what's happening now to earlier experiences in a way that lands — not just intellectually, but somewhere you can feel.
Understand deeper patterns
We gently explore where these patterns come from, at a pace that feels manageable not forced or overwhelming.
Start to recognize yourself
Over time, what once felt automatic starts to feel understandable. You begin to notice what's happening in real time.
Is this a good fit?
There are many ways therapy can look.
This might fit if…
Might not fit if…
If you’ve been feeling stuck in your head: overthinking everything, second-guessing yourself, not quite feeling like you, it can start to feel exhausting. This is often how anxiety shows up, especially high-functioning anxiety. Therapy can help you slow it down, understand what’s going on underneath, and start to feel more like yourself again.
You don't have to keep
doing this alone.
A place to start feeling more like yourself again.
Online anxiety therapy for adults across California — thoughtful, relational, and depth-oriented.
Available statewide · Los Angeles · Bay Area · San Diego