Anxiety & Depression

Often clients will reach out to me seeking specific treatment for experiences of anxiety and/or depression. Using an integrative approach, we may begin by unpacking the history of these experiences in your life, mapping their influences, and noticing the stories you infer from them. These may be stories you have internalized about yourself and the world around you.

We begin to explore your preferred ways of being: how you want to experience yourself and your relationships. Our conversations continually clarify your goals, identifying ways you may, perhaps without realizing, already experience these goals. We might reflect on those positive experiences to understand what creates them, what meaning you ascribe to them, and how these experiences can be replicated. We might use mindful techniques to facilitate more cognitive and physical awareness. We may use breathwork for nervous system regulation. We might use art and play figures such as dolls, if you are drawn to that approach. Sometimes I map our conversations on the whiteboard as we go along in a session, to help us gain clarity and see structure.

Throughout this process, we approach rewriting your relationships with anxiety and depression through empathy, curiosity, playfulness, and creativity so that ultimately you experience the authorship you desire in your life.

Note: While I do treat a variety of clinical presentations as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5-TR), anxiety and depression are some of the most common experiences I hear from my clients. I use the term experiences rather than symptoms intentionally as a way to de-pathologize the conversation. I believe that pathology-focused language can make people feel like passive victims of their mental health. De-pathologized language emphasizes human agency, resilience, and the capacity for change, helping clients see themselves as active participants in their lives.