“Feelings are like children. You don’t want them driving the car, but you shouldn’t stuff them in the trunk, either.”
(From the movie, “Thanks for Sharing”)

Anxiety – life on the edge

Brea has this nagging feeling that the worst is about to happen. Constantly. It pops up during different times of the day, in the middle of the night, as soon as she gets up in the morning.

Lying in bed next to her partner, Brea feels separate, alone. She feels disconnected from the people in her life. She struggles to get to sleep and normally wakes up in the middle of the night with her mind racing, thinking about the challenges of the day ahead.

There are those raw nerves, rumbling in her stomach, that underlying dread that she tries to numb with socializing, alcohol, binge watching, shopping, eating, sex, staying really busy. It helps for a while, but there’s no escape.

Sometimes, Brea thinks she is having a heart attack. Her heart racing, hyperventilating, feeling like her chest is about to explode.

Brea’s mind is constantly playing tricks on her. It’s like this prankster that sets her up for an apocalypse of her world falling apart, but it hasn’t happened… yet.

My harsh internal critic keeps bringing me down

How we relate to ourselves is the most important relationship in our life. It’s often the one that gets in our way the most. We have this voice in our head that is constantly nagging at us, trying to bring us down. 

“You can’t do that. You’re not good enough. You (insert your own negative thought).” 

Everyone else gets to have an ecstatic, endlessly interesting life, but not you. Always feeling empty, unfulfilled, wanting. 

Your mind is so busy, working overtime to bring you down. 

Worrying about what’s going to happen – anticipating the next thing that’s going to go wrong. All that fear and dread. Keeping you awake at night, stirring up those nerves in your stomach, always on edge. 

Or pulling you into the past, regretting some of the decisions you made or didn’t make. 
Painful memories of abuse or grief that undermine you and keep dragging you down. 

This is exhausting. 

It’s sapping your energy. It’s been hurting your relationships and getting in your way long enough. 

The things you’ve tried so far haven’t worked – I can help you with this struggle you’re having with yourself. 

Time for a change

I can help you put your emotions in the proper place so that they don’t continue to take over your life. I am professionally trained in a variety of approaches that have proven to be effective in helping people get out of the grip of depression, anxiety, and fear.

More importantly, I will provide guidance and compassionate support for you to discover the internal resources available for you to heal. It’s possible for the change to begin now.

Please contact me so that we can talk for a few minutes to see if I’m the right person to help you. The fact that you’re here suggests that you are already starting the process of making some important changes. Let’s build on that start.

Call me at (512) 656-9877 or complete the contact form below.