therapy for chronic anxiety
when anxiety becomes your default setting
For many people, anxiety isn’t about a single stressful event — it’s the steady hum underneath everything. You might describe yourself as a “worrier,” an over-thinker, or someone who can never fully relax, even when things are going well.
This kind of chronic, background anxiety often has deep roots in childhood. When parents are emotionally immature or unavailable, children miss out on the felt sense of safety that comes from consistent connection.
Without that safe connection, the nervous system adapts — it learns to stay on alert, scanning for potential problems, always thinking ten steps ahead. It’s a self-protective part of you that once tried to create safety when your caregivers couldn’t.
common signs of chronic anxiety
You might notice some of these patterns in yourself:
Constant low-level tension or restlessness, feeling unable to “turn off”
Racing thoughts or mental loops that replay conversations or future worries — “I’m always in my head”
Difficulty falling or staying asleep
A body that feels on guard: tight jaw, shoulders, or hips; racing or fluttering heartbeat
Trouble relaxing or being still — always planning, doing, achieving
Feeling disconnected from your body, as if you live mostly in your head
Difficulty being present; your mind jumps to what’s next
Needing noise or company to feel okay — the TV always on, your phone nearby, or a pet or partner beside you
Knowing logically that things are fine, yet still feeling nervous or uneasy inside
how therapy can help
In our work together, we’ll help your body and mind learn a new pattern — one rooted in safety, connection, and presence. Using a somatic therapy lens, we’ll explore how anxiety lives in your body and gently release the chronic activation that keeps you in “go-go-go” mode.
Through mindfulness, body awareness, and (if you wish) yoga-informed practices, you’ll begin to:
Recognize your body’s cues and calm your nervous system
Feel safe enough to rest, pause, and simply be
Build a more compassionate relationship with your anxious parts
Develop a deeper sense of trust — in yourself, your relationships, and the present moment
Over time, what once felt like constant background noise can quiet into something steadier — a grounded confidence that you can meet life without always bracing for it.
you deserve to feel at ease in your own body
Anxiety may have helped you survive, but it doesn’t have to run your life anymore.
Therapy offers a space to retrain your nervous system by meeting unmet emotional needs through sturdy presence, acceptance, true connection, and compassion — so you can finally feel at home within yourself.
Let’s help your body remember what calm can feel like.