You're exhausted from living inside your own head...
If you've spent years cycling through the same thoughts, second-guessing yourself, bracing for what might go wrong, or quietly wondering if something is fundamentally off about you, you already know that trying harder to think your way out of it hasn't worked.
The mental noise is relentless. The self-criticism shows up in the middle of conversations, in the middle of the night, in the moments that are supposed to feel okay. You're functioning, maybe even doing well by most measures, but inside it feels like a constant uphill climb against your own mind.
Anxiety therapy is a space to understand how worry, self-criticism, and overthinking are shaping your daily life. And to practice new ways of responding when your mind won't let up. That's exactly the kind of thing I work with.
What anxiety therapy actually is
Anxiety therapy helps you understand the patterns that keep worry, self-doubt, and chronic stress going, and build a different relationship with them.
It isn't about eliminating discomfort or achieving a permanently calm mind. It's about developing enough clarity and skill that anxiety stops running the show.
In sessions, we look at the thoughts, behaviors, and beliefs that are keeping you stuck. We work on changing the patterns that are within your control, and building your capacity to move through the ones that aren't.
This is active, collaborative work. Not a space where you talk and I listen and nothing much shifts.
What you might be carrying
- You overthink almost everything and can't figure out how to make it stop. Decisions, conversations, interactions you replayed for days after they happened.
- There's a voice in your head that is relentlessly critical. One you would never use on another person, but can't seem to turn off when it's directed at yourself.
- You hold back in relationships, at work, or in social situations. Some part of you believes that if people really knew you, they wouldn't like what they found.
- Worry has become so familiar it feels like a personality trait rather than something that can actually change.
What starts to shift
The first thing that tends to change is the relationship you have with your own thoughts. Not that the thoughts disappear entirely, but you start to see them differently. As patterns with a history, rather than facts about who you are.
That shift is quieter than it sounds. It's also more significant than it sounds.
Over time, the self-criticism starts to lose some of its grip. You get better at catching it, questioning it, and not automatically believing everything it tells you. That isn't about becoming someone who loves themselves in a bumper-sticker kind of way. It's more like developing a fair witness to yourself. Someone who can see clearly without piling on.
As the internal noise settles, things that felt hard start to feel more manageable. Being present in relationships. Making decisions without spiraling. Feeling like yourself in a room full of people. Not perfect, but genuinely different.
How I work with you
My approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and contemplative psychotherapy, which I studied at Naropa University. Naropa is a Buddhist-inspired graduate program that integrated meditation and psychology into clinical training.
In practice, that means we work on two levels at once.
The first is the patterns in your thinking that are keeping you stuck. CBT gives us concrete tools to examine and shift those patterns. The second is your ability to be present with your experience without layering judgment on top of it. The contemplative side helps you develop a steadier, less reactive relationship with your own inner life.
I work collaboratively. I'm not going to sit quietly and ask how everything makes you feel. I'm active in sessions. I reflect back what I'm hearing, offer observations, teach skills when they're useful, and sometimes introduce meditation practices when a client is curious. The work is shaped by what you actually need, which we figure out together.
Fees and insurance
The initial 55-minute session is $175. Ongoing sessions are $150.
I am in-network with:
- Harvard Pilgrim
- United Healthcare
- United Behavioral Health
- Optum
- Maine Community Health Options
Superbills are available for out-of-network reimbursement.
Who this is a good fit for
This work tends to fit adults who are tired of the internal noise and ready to actually do something about it. Not just talk about it indefinitely.
It's a particularly good fit if you've tried therapy before but felt like it didn't go deep enough, or like the therapist wasn't engaged enough. Or if you're skeptical of anything that sounds too self-help-y or spiritual. I share that skepticism and we won't go anywhere near it.
This is not the right fit for people in acute crisis or looking for immediate stabilization. A different level of care would serve you better in that case.
FAQs
Therapy is a real commitment, and it makes sense to want to know what you're getting into before you start. If you have questions, I offer a free 10 to 15 minute phone consultation.