Individual Therapy | In-Person in Asheville and Online in NC, DC, VA, & CO

Anxiety therapy in Asheville often meets people who care about meaningful work, community, and the outdoors — yet still feel wired, restless, or stuck in worry loops at night. Whether you grew up in Western North Carolina or moved here for a slower pace that somehow still feels demanding, in-person sessions at my downtown office give us space to slow the nervous system and build skills you can actually use between hikes, shifts, and everyday life.

Anxiety can look different for different people. For some, it may feel like excessive or uncontrollable worry. For others, it may show up as muscle tension, difficulty relaxing, overthinking, self-doubt, or getting caught in catastrophic thoughts that make it difficult to stay present. In therapy, we'll work together to understand how anxiety shows up in your life, identify the triggers, explore what keeps it going, and what progress would look like for you. In the first session, we’ll go with what you feel like sharing. My objective in the first several sessions is to work with you to “operationalize” the problem(s). In other words, what is it about anxiety that’s problematic for you? Once we’ve agreed on the problems, the goals, and what’s exacerbating the anxiety, we can break down those goals into mini-goals or action steps together, based on what you feel might help and my clinical toolkit. General strategies include things like distress tolerance, exposure, learning to calm the body down, problem solving, and noticing thoughts and staying committed to values-driven behaviors. I always start by listening to what the person wants changed in their life, and then together, we figure out what you need to do to create a very small change. Sessions provide a supportive, non-judgmental space to process challenges, learn skills, and create a plan for practicing those skills in everyday life. The goal of anxiety therapy is not to eliminate anxiety altogether, but to help you respond to it more effectively.

Treatment approach is the same across locations; what differs is how we meet (in-person in Asheville or telehealth where licensed) and the local context you bring into the room.

Please note: In-person sessions are available in Asheville for Western North Carolina. Telehealth is offered for clients physically located in North Carolina, Washington, D.C., Virginia, or Colorado at the time of session.