Online Therapy for Anxiety and Stress Management in Pennsylvania
Moving towards healing, one intentional conversation at a time.
Therapy For Anxiety
I understand how overwhelming anxiety can feel. Your mind races with endless “what if” scenarios, worrying about all the ways things could go wrong. It leaves you feeling on edge, tense, and convinced that catastrophe is right around the corner.
The physical symptoms are real and uncomfortable: churning stomach, rapid heartbeat, and shakiness. These responses reinforce this sense of losing control.
Your thoughts begin to cloud. It’s hard to focus or concentrate when you’re preoccupied with “what ifs.” You overanalyze conversations and events, convinced that others are judging you negatively.
Anxiety urges you to avoid anything uncertain or unfamiliar. It whispers, “What if something bad happens if you take a risk?” So you decline invitations, stay home, or leave events early, just in case. But, the relief is temporary before new worries set in.
You deserve to feel steady, focused, and grounded. My goal is to help you manage the daily waves of anxiety so you can show up as your most present self. Together, we’ll find strategies to quiet your racing mind, understand your symptoms, and gradually face the “what ifs” that hold you back. Relief is possible—you don’t have to experience symptoms of anxiety alone. I’m here to help.
Anxiety and Stress Management
Life's demands can quickly get overwhelming. You may feel stretched too thin, like you have to do it all. I'm here to listen and help lighten the load.
Anxiety can feel like an invisible struggle to everyone, but you. You may:
Feel constantly on edge, worried, or fearful without knowing why
Avoid situations, places, objects, or environments that make you anxious
Experience physical symptoms like headaches, stomach issues, muscle tension
Feel like no one around you understands what you are going through
Think something is fundamentally wrong with you
Counseling For Anxiety and Stress
In our work together, we'll collaborate to address the root causes of your stressors and anxiety. You'll develop tools to calm your mind, set boundaries, and practice self-care.
We can collaborate to help you feel:
More equipped to handle life's challenges
Gain a sense of autonomy
Set healthy boundaries that feel true to you and your culture
Less overwhelmed and more focused
Become more connected to your own needs
Find ways to spend time with family, friends, and your sources of joy
You don't have to carry the weight of the world alone. Let's meet to discuss how counseling can help you manage stress and anxiety and care for you.
Learning to Manage Anxiety and Stress
Our minds can sometimes fixate on minor details when we're feeling stressed, as a way to seek control amidst uncertainty. While we can't always change the challenges happening around us, we may find ourselves engaging in behaviors like meticulously cleaning or organizing our living spaces, striving for a sense of order.
This temporary relief after exerting control can reinforce the behavior, making it more likely we'll repeat it the next time feelings of being overwhelmed arise. However, intellectually we know that excessive organizing or cleaning won't resolve the larger stressors we're facing.
Anxiety doesn't always follow logic. When anxious, everything can feel intensified and magnified. At times, the challenges before us are legitimately difficult ones that trigger an ongoing state of stress and worry.
It's crucial to remember that anxiety is simply an emotion like any other – not inherently good or bad, just present. Feeling anxious before a major event or hurdle demonstrates that we care about the outcome. And overcoming obstacles breeds a justifiable sense of accomplishment.
In our work together, you'll learn to make space for anxious thoughts and feelings, resisting the urge to judge or immediately "solve" them. We'll explore what it means to self-regulate – finding healthy ways to cope with and manage difficult emotions.
