How to Know If You’re Struggling with Anxiety And Why Therapy Can Help
Anxiety can be overwhelming, often leading people to seek medical help. And while medication can help ease symptoms, therapy, particularly CBT, is essential for lasting change by addressing thought patterns, avoidance behaviors, and emotional responses. Anxiety disorders can be effectively treated, but they require active engagement in therapy to retrain the brain and build long-term coping strategies. As a therapist who has personally experienced anxiety, I know firsthand that therapy can truly help you regain control and live with confidence.
Anxiety is often dismissed as something that “isn’t that bad.” You’re told to just relax, breathe, or stop overthinking. But anxiety is not just stress, and it’s certainly not “all in your head.” It can take over your thoughts, impact your physical health, and make daily life feel unbearable.
In fact, anxiety can feel so intense that many people end up in the ER, convinced they’re having a heart attack—only to be told it’s just a panic attack. But the fact that panic attacks can even be confused with a heart attack tells you everything you need to know about how real and distressing anxiety can be. Just because it isn’t life-threatening doesn’t mean it’s not life-impacting. And you deserve more than just being told to “calm down” or “to practice self-care.”
Signs You Might Be Struggling with Anxiety:
Constant racing thoughts or excessive worrying
Feeling restless, irritable, or overwhelmed
Trouble sleeping due to an overactive mind
Avoiding situations that trigger anxiety
Physical symptoms like chest tightness, nausea, dizziness, or a rapid heartbeat
Feeling like you’re never truly able to relax
If you’re experiencing these symptoms regularly, anxiety may be running your life more than you realize.
How Therapy Can Help—And Why It’s Key to Lasting Change
A common first step for people struggling with anxiety is visiting their doctor, as anxiety will often make you feel and think that you are sick. A physician can rule out medical causes and may prescribe medication to help manage symptoms. And while medication can be a valuable tool, it’s just that—a tool.
Therapy, on the other hand, helps you change your relationship with anxiety so that it doesn’t control you anymore. Research consistently shows that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is one of the most effective treatment for anxiety. Unlike medication, which helps reduce symptoms, CBT actually teaches you how to rewire your thought patterns and reactions to anxiety.
As a therapist who has struggled with anxiety and experienced firsthand the lasting benefit of therapy and CBT, I know how overwhelming and consuming anxiety can feel. But I also know that change is possible. Therapy gave me the resources to stop letting anxious thoughts control my life, and now I help others do the same. You don’t have to live in constant fear, avoidance, or self-doubt—CBT provides real, evidence-based strategies that can help you take back control and find the peace and confidence you deserve.
Therapy with me will help you:
✔ Reframe anxious thoughts—Learning to recognize and challenge negative thought loops
✔ Take action—Avoidance fuels anxiety, but gradual exposure helps you take back control
✔ Accept & interact with your symptoms—Instead of fighting anxiety, you’ll learn how to manage and move through it
✔ Build long-term coping strategies—So you don’t just “manage” anxiety—you actually reduce it
The reality is: anxiety disorders can be cured—but they require action. Avoidance makes anxiety grow. Facing it with head on with the right guidance will make all the difference.
You Don’t Have to Figure This Out Alone
If you’re ready to make a change, I’d love to support you.
