Anxiety Therapy in Lawrence, KS
Practical help for worry, panic, and overwhelm, including the kind that shows up at 3 a.m.
Anxiety is a good alarm system with bad calibration. It was built to protect you, but somewhere along the way it started going off for everyday things. Living that way is exhausting, and the constant bracing for a catastrophe that never quite arrives wears a person down.
In therapy, we work on two levels. We calm the body first: your nervous system can't hear logic while it's sounding an alarm, so we practice real, physiological tools for settling it. Then we get curious about the alarm itself: what it's trying to protect, where it learned its rules, and what it would take to update them.
I draw on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, and somatic approaches. The goal is a full life in which anxiety no longer makes your decisions for you.
What working on anxiety looks like
Regulate
Breath, grounding, and body-based tools that actually interrupt the anxiety spiral, practiced in session until they're available when you need them.
Understand
We map your anxiety's logic: its triggers, its predictions, and the older experiences that taught it to shout. Anxiety usually makes sense once you know its history.
Re-engage
Using ACT, we reconnect you with what matters, so your choices start being driven by your values instead of your fears.
Common questions
Wondering about anxiety & stress?
Have a question that isn’t answered here? Reach out anytime.
Can therapy help even if I've been anxious my whole life?
Yes. Long-standing anxiety often has roots in early experiences, and approaches like attachment-based and trauma-informed therapy are designed exactly for that. Lifelong patterns take time, but they do change.
Do I need medication for anxiety?
That's a decision to make with a prescriber, and there's no one right answer. Therapy is effective on its own for many people and also works well alongside medication. I'm glad to coordinate with your physician or psychiatrist if you'd like.
How is this different from just learning coping skills?
Coping skills matter, but on their own they rarely stick. We also look at why your alarm system became so sensitive in the first place.
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