Anxiety Therapy for Women in Seattle and Washington
Online support for stress, overwhelm
& high-functioning anxiety.
Is Anxiety A Problem in Your Life?
Overwhelm, unease…
A pit in your stomach…
A racing heart…
Worry…
and a mind that never stops going…
Exhaustion…
Anxiety makes everything harder.
Anxiety Therapy for Women in Seattle —
Finding Calm Amid Worry, Panic, and Pressure
If you’re looking for anxiety therapy for women in Seattle, you’re not alone. Whether you’re caught in chronic worry, managing panic attacks, overextending yourself, or simply trying to hold it all together, therapy can help you find relief and regain a sense of calm and control.
Many women appear strong and composed on the outside. However, beneath the surface, they may feel overwhelmed by the pressures of work, parenting, relationships, or the constant need to perform. That’s why anxiety therapy creates space for clarity, grounding, and meaningful, lasting change.
Living in Seattle offers much to enjoy — from vibrant neighborhoods and fulfilling careers to the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest. Yet for many women, the pressure to keep up quietly builds. You may be managing racing thoughts, endless “what ifs,” or a mind that rarely slows down. If perfectionism, people-pleasing, or emotional tension have become your default state, therapy can help you break the cycle, reconnect with yourself, and finally exhale.
Understanding the Deeper Roots of Anxiety — How Anxiety Therapy for Women in Seattle Can Help
Anxiety often isn’t just about the present moment — it may be tied to what your body and nervous system have come to expect over time. Perhaps you’ve faced chronic stress, performance pressure, or past experiences that felt overwhelming but were never fully processed. As a result, these patterns can leave a lasting imprint, shaping how you think, feel, and respond today.
Fortunately, therapy offers a safe, supportive space to begin gently untangling these deeper layers. Rather than reliving the past, we focus on helping your nervous system understand it’s safe to let go. And whether the root cause is clear or still coming into focus, meaningful, lasting change is possible.
“Anxiety is not just about worry – it’s often the mind and body’s way of trying to stay safe, even when you’re no longer in danger.”
Challenges That Bring Women to Anxiety Therapy
Work Relationships Parenting Pregnancy Major Life Transitions
I work with a wide range of women who are navigating anxiety in different areas of life — including work, relationships, parenting, pregnancy, and major life transitions.
These are some of the concerns I often hear during our sessions. If any of them sound familiar, you’re not alone — and therapy can help.
“I feel overwhelmed.”
“I am my own worst enemy.”
“I feel like I am never enough.”
“I am on edge a lot of the time.”
“I always worry about something.”
“I am self-critical and hard on myself.”
“I often feel panicky and nervous.”
“I’ve lost my confidence.”
“I feel guilty a lot.”
“I feel stuck.”
Even if you’ve gotten used to carrying these feelings, they don’t have to be your norm. Through anxiety therapy for women in Seattle, we’ll work together to reduce inner tension, shift unhelpful patterns, and help you feel more emotionally steady and supported.
How Anxiety Therapy in Seattle Helps Women Feel Calm and In Control
Anxiety doesn’t just affect your thoughts — it also impacts how you feel in your body, how you relate to others, and how you move through your day. Over time, it can quietly shape your sense of confidence, peace, and well-being.
That’s why therapy is about more than just symptom relief. It’s about shifting from simply getting by to living with clarity, intention, and calm. In our work together, I help you understand your anxiety at the root — and begin to change the patterns that keep you stuck.
My Approach to Anxiety Therapy
An Integrative, Evidence-Based Path to Healing
There’s no one-size-fits-all solution for anxiety — because no two women experience it the same way. That’s why I take a personalized, science-based approach tailored to your specific needs, symptoms, and goals.
In our work together, we’ll focus on calming your nervous system, addressing anxiety at its roots, and building lasting emotional resilience. I draw from several evidence-based therapies, blending them in a way that best supports you:
My Approach to Anxiety Therapy
An Integrative, Evidence-Based Path to Healing
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Helps identify and reframe unhelpful thinking patterns that contribute to worry and stress. CBT offers practical tools to reduce anxiety and regain a sense of control
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Promotes psychological flexibility by helping you clarify your values and develop healthier responses to anxiety triggers. ACT helps you take meaningful action even when discomfort is present.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing): A powerful, brain-based therapy that helps process distressing experiences and reduces emotional reactivity. EMDR is particularly effective for trauma-related anxiety.
Positive Psychology: Focuses on enhancing well-being by cultivating strengths, gratitude, and resilience. It helps you build a more meaningful and fulfilling life.
Together, we’ll find the right combination of approaches to support your healing journey — helping you feel more grounded, clear, and in control.
Together, we’ll find the right combination of approaches to support your healing journey — helping you feel more grounded, clear, and in control.
Anxiety Therapy for Women Navigating Chronic Worry, Panic, and Perfectionism
Anxiety doesn’t look the same for everyone. In my practice, I support women experiencing a wide range of challenges — from constant low-grade worry to intense panic or emotional shutdown.
You may be navigating:
- Chronic worrying — a constant stream of “what ifs” that make it hard to relax or feel present, even during quiet moments.
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Panic and fear cycles — episodes of physical distress, racing thoughts, or sudden overwhelm.
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Chronic stress and emotional overload — where your nervous system rarely gets a break.
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Perfectionism or people-pleasing — patterns that keep you anxious, exhausted, or out of alignment with your needs.
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Postpartum or hormonal anxiety — connected to life transitions, identity shifts, or biological changes.
In a fast-paced city like Seattle, these experiences are especially common — but they don’t have to define your life. Anxiety therapy for women in Seattle offers a space to slow down, understand what’s happening beneath the surface, and begin feeling more grounded and whole.
Therapy is not just about talking through the past — it’s about building a different present and future.
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Types of Anxiety I Support – Including High-Functioning and Beyond
Anxiety doesn’t show up the same way for everyone. I support women navigating a wide range of challenges — including high-functioning anxiety, panic, emotional shutdown, perfectionism, postpartum anxiety, chronic doubt, and stress that just won’t let up.
High-functioning anxiety, in particular, can be difficult to recognize — even in yourself. On the outside, you might seem calm, capable, and accomplished. In reality, there’s often a constant hum of pressure: always planning, always performing, never really resting. Your mind may race at night, and a quiet fear of falling short may drive everything you do — even when it looks like you’re thriving.
In fact, this kind of anxiety is especially common among high-achieving women, particularly in fast-paced places like Seattle where the pressure to “do it all” is quietly relentless. But functioning well isn’t the same as feeling well.
In therapy, we work together to gently uncover what’s fueling your anxiety — whether it’s perfectionism, people-pleasing, unresolved stress, or the emotional weight you’ve carried for years. Through personalized anxiety therapy in Seattle, we’ll build a foundation that helps you feel more grounded, calm, and connected to yourself again.
You don’t have to earn rest.
You deserve support — even if no one else sees your struggle.
Anxiety Across a Woman’s Lifespan — How Therapy Supports You at Every Stage
Anxiety isn’t limited to one season of life. I work with women across all stages — from early adulthood to motherhood, midlife transitions, and beyond.
Throughout your life, anxiety may shift in how it shows up. For example, in your 20s or 30s, it may stem from academic or career pressure. Later, it might be tied to relationships, fertility, pregnancy, or the identity changes that come with becoming a parent. In midlife or beyond, anxiety can arise during caregiving roles, menopause, or a deep reassessment of your priorities.
At each stage, anxiety may take the form of:
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Chronic worry and overthinking
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Stress related to life transitions
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Shifts in identity or purpose
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Emotional exhaustion or burnout
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Physical symptoms that mirror emotional strain
Anxiety therapy for women in Seattle helps you understand the unique interaction between your experiences, biology, and environment — and offers you tools to feel more grounded, no matter your age or life phase.
You don’t have to keep managing this on your own. Therapy offers a compassionate space to reconnect with who you are beneath the worry.
No matter your age or season, your anxiety is valid — and so is your healing.
How Anxiety Shows Up in Women’s Lives
Anxiety doesn’t always look like panic or obvious distress. In fact, it often hides in plain sight — especially in women who keep moving, giving, and doing for others.
Here are just a few of the ways anxiety may be showing up in your daily life:
1.What is it like to experience physical symptoms anxiety can cause — especially for women?s anxiety cause?
As a woman, you may be carrying tension in ways others can’t see. That tightness in your chest, the racing heart before a meeting, the jaw pain or chronic headaches — these are physical ways anxiety shows up in your body. You might brush them off as stress or hormones, but your body is telling a story.
In therapy, we listen to those signals with compassion and work toward easing the physical toll anxiety takes on you.
2. How does anxiety impact emotional wellbeing?
You might find yourself holding everything together on the outside while constantly walking on emotional eggshells inside. Anxiety can make you feel like you’re always bracing — for the next task, the next demand, the next disappointment.
In our work, we make space for all that emotion you’ve been pushing down. Therapy can help you feel safe enough to feel, and steady enough to breathe again.
3. Can anxiety impact social interactions and relationships?
Whether it’s with a partner, your children, coworkers, or friends — anxiety often shapes how women show up in relationships. You may feel overly responsible for others’ feelings, struggle to say no, or worry constantly about being “too much” or “not enough.”
In therapy, we gently examine those patterns and begin to rebuild relationships that feel more authentic, mutual, and empowering.
4. 4: How does anxiety show up in women’s work or career lives?
Many women I work with are high-achieving, capable, and exhausted. Anxiety may push you to over-perform, procrastinate out of fear, or question yourself even when you’re succeeding. The pressure to constantly prove your worth — at work or home — can become overwhelming.
Together, we’ll untangle the anxiety behind perfectionism and help you work and lead from a place of calm, not fear.
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5. Can anxiety disrupt sleep patterns?
When your days are packed and your mind never stops, nights can feel even more restless. You may fall asleep but wake up worrying. Or lie awake playing out worst-case scenarios or conversations you had hours ago.
Therapy gives you tools to quiet that mental noise, create calming bedtime rituals, and reclaim rest as something you deserve — not something you have to earn.
6. How does anxiety impact self-esteem?
Even when you’re doing everything “right,” anxiety can whisper that you’re falling short. Many women struggle with a loud inner critic — constantly questioning their worth, abilities, or appearance. It can feel like no matter how much you do, it’s never enough.
In therapy, we turn down that critical voice and help you build a stronger sense of self — one rooted in compassion and truth, not pressure.
7. Can anxiety hinder personal growth?
Yes — especially when you’re busy caring for everyone else. When anxiety keeps you stuck in “what ifs” or self-doubt, it can be hard to prioritize your own needs, goals, or healing. You might long for change but feel paralyzed trying to make it.
Through therapy, we focus on you. What matters, what’s missing, and what’s next — at a pace that feels safe and supported.
Anxiety Symptoms in Women You Might Be Missing
Anxiety doesn’t always look like panic—it often hides in the way women overextend, overthink, or keep going while feeling overwhelmed. It can show up as chronic self-doubt, trouble relaxing, or a constant need to stay busy. These patterns are easy to overlook but may be signs of ongoing anxiety. Recognizing them is the first step toward feeling more grounded and in control.
Below are some common but overlooked ways anxiety can manifest—both emotionally and physically.
Anxiety Has Many Faces — All Deserve Support
Anxiety Has Many Faces — All Deserve Support
You don’t need a specific diagnosis to feel overwhelmed — and you definitely don’t have to wait until things get worse to reach out.
For many women, anxiety shows up in ways that are easy to miss or dismiss:
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Irritability or snapping at loved ones
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Chronic guilt or fear of letting others down
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Feeling numb, shut down, or emotionally disconnected
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Perfectionism and procrastination — often at the same time
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Trouble saying no or setting boundaries
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Exhaustion that doesn’t go away, even with rest
These are more than just personality traits or busy-season stress. They’re signs that your nervous system may be overworked — and that you could benefit from care, not criticism.
Anxiety therapy for women in Seattle can help you untangle what you’ve been carrying and finally feel supported.
Tools for Anxiety Relief
If you’re looking for ways to start feeling more supported, here are a few trusted, therapist-approved tools to help you begin calming your mind and body—right from home. These include guided meditations, journaling prompts, mindfulness exercises, and educational resources.
Free Self-Compassion Exercises
Self-Compassion Exercises – Dr. Kristin Neff
Learn how to treat yourself with kindness during anxious moments and emotional overwhelm.
Understanding High-Functioning Anxiety
What Is High-Functioning Anxiety? – Verywell Mind
A relatable explanation of how anxiety can be masked by success and perfectionism.
Grounding and Breathing Practices
- Tara Brach’s RAIN Meditation
A powerful, free guided practice to Recognize, Allow, Investigate, and Nurture — especially helpful for calming anxious loops. - Download the Panic Tool Checklist for In-the-Moment Help Download this free printable Panic Tool Checklist with grounding exercises, calming strategies, and self-talk reminders to help ease anxiety and stop panic attacks naturally.
Trusted Anxiety Recourses
- Greater Good Science Center – Anxiety Articles
Research-based insights, tools, and stories that explore anxiety, resilience, and emotional health. - Anxiety Canada
Offers self-help tools, education, and the “MindShift CBT” app — all based in cognitive behavioral therapy. - Anxiety & Depression Association of America (ADAA)
A leading nonprofit with articles, webinars, and a directory of anxiety and depression specialists. - National Institute of Mental Health – Anxiety Disorders
Scientific overview of anxiety disorders, symptoms, treatment options, and links to research studies. - Psychology Tools – Anxiety Self-Help
Downloadable worksheets, guides, and CBT-based tools created by clinicians for managing anxiety. - Headspace – Anxiety & Meditation
Guided meditations, breathing exercises, and articles to help reduce anxiety and increase mindfulness. - Mind UK – Anxiety
Compassionate, client-centered explanations of anxiety and ways to cope, including peer voices and practical tips.
Therapist-Recommended Books for Anxiety
The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook
by Edmund J. Bourne
A comprehensive CBT-based guide packed with tools for managing panic, worry, and avoidance.
Rewire Your Anxious Brain
by Catherine Pittman & Elizabeth Karle
Explains how brain circuits drive anxiety—and how to calm both emotional and cognitive triggers.
Unwinding Anxiety
by Judson Brewer
Uses mindfulness and neuroscience to help break anxiety habit loops and restore calm.
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
by David D. Burns
CBT classic that teaches you how to recognize and reshape anxiety-producing thoughts.
Dare
by Barry McDonagh
Helps you face anxiety and panic with boldness, turning avoidance into confidence.
Don’t Feed the Monkey Mind
by Jennifer Shannon
Combines CBT and ACT to help you quiet racing thoughts and reduce anxious overthinking.
The Happiness Trap
by Dr. Russ Harris
ACT-based guide to living a meaningful life even when anxiety or discomfort show up.
Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life
by Steven C. Hayes
ACT workbook focused on psychological flexibility and values-based action over avoidance.
The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety
by John Forsyth & Georg Eifert
Helps you relate differently to anxiety using mindfulness, ACT, and long-term self-compassion.
Chatter
by Ethan Kross
Explores how our inner voice shapes anxiety—and how to shift it toward clarity and confidence.
Shift
by Ethan Kross
Offers science-based strategies for navigating emotionally intense and uncertain moments.
How to Be Yourself
by Ellen Hendriksen
A supportive guide to overcoming social anxiety and showing up as your authentic self.
Meet Your Anxiety Therapist — Support Rooted in Experience and Compassion
As a mother, wife, daughter, and mental health professional, I understand how overwhelming it can be to juggle the many roles women carry. With over 20 years of experience supporting women with anxiety in Seattle and across Washington, I offer both compassionate presence and evidence-based tools.
I focus on anxiety therapy backed by proven, research-based methods—so you can feel confident you’re getting help that works. My passion is helping women find lasting peace, clarity, and resilience. Let’s work together to support your growth and well-being.
Frequently Asked Questions
“How do I know if therapy is right for my anxiety?”
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted, or constantly tense—even if you’re high-functioning on the outside—therapy can help. You don’t have to wait until you’re falling apart to reach out for support.
“What’s the difference between high-functioning anxiety and regular anxiety?”
High-functioning anxiety is often hidden. You might look composed and capable but still feel overwhelmed, self-critical, or unable to relax. Therapy helps uncover the patterns beneath that polished surface and begin to shift them.
“What happens in a therapy session?”
Sessions are collaborative and grounded in safety. We’ll talk, reflect, and explore what’s going on for you. I integrate talk therapy, mindfulness, and tools like EMDR and cognitive and compassion based methods to meet your needs.
“Do you offer online therapy?”
Yes. I offer secure, HIPAA-compliant online sessions for women across Seattle and Washington. It’s flexible, confidential, and just as effective as in-person therapy.
“Will we talk about my past?”
Only if it’s helpful. Anxiety is often shaped by past experiences, but therapy focuses on helping you feel better in the present. You’re always in control of what you share and explore.
“Is therapy confidential?”
Yes. Everything you share is protected and held with care. Therapy is a private space where you can show up exactly as you are, without judgment.
Looking for Relief from Constant Worry or Overthinking?
If anxiety is leaving you feeling stuck in your head, tense in your body, or overwhelmed by daily demands — you’re not alone. Many women silently carry the weight of racing thoughts, sleepless nights, and self-doubt.
Therapy can help you calm your nervous system, break free from anxious patterns, and reconnect with who you are beneath the worry. Whether you’re dealing with high-functioning anxiety, burnout, or chronic stress, there’s a path forward.
Let’s work together to help you feel more grounded, clear, and at ease.