Anxiety Therapy in Los Gatos, California
When anxiety has been running the show for a long time
You're not a worrier. You're someone who learned early that staying alert, staying prepared, and staying one step ahead kept things manageable. The anxiety made sense once. It kept you safe.
But somewhere along the way it stopped being useful and started taking over.
Signs you could benefit from anxiety therapy in Los Gatos
Does any of this sound familiar?
Your mind is always running, even when nothing is actually wrong
You replay conversations and second-guess decisions long after they're over
You feel responsible for managing everyone else's emotions
Rest feels impossible, like you always need to be doing something
You say yes when you mean no and then feel resentful or exhausted
You're afraid that if you slow down, everything will fall apart
On the outside you seem fine. On the inside you're constantly bracing.
This is what anxiety looks like for a lot of the people I work with. Not panic attacks in parking lots. A low, constant hum that never fully turns off.
What if you could go from:
Needing to control every outcome to feel okay
→ To trusting that you can handle it, whatever happens
Treating rest like something you have to earn
→ To resting without guilt, without waiting for permission
Saying yes to keep the peace
→ To saying no and staying steady through the discomfort
A mind that won't stop running the worst-case scenario
→ To a mind that can actually settle, even briefly
You're not overreacting. Your body just hasn't gotten the memo that it's safe yet.
How anxiety therapy in Los Gatos, California can help
You don't have to just manage this better. You can actually understand it.
Anxiety like this rarely comes from nowhere. It usually traces back to early experiences, the family dynamics, the relationships, the environments where you learned that hypervigilance was necessary. When we understand where it came from, we can start to change your relationship with it.
That's what therapy offers that a meditation app or a self-help book can't. Not just tools, but real insight into why this is happening and what it's been protecting you from.
The Anxiety and Depression Association of America reports that fewer than 40% of people with an anxiety disorder ever receive treatment for it, and for some, the gap between symptoms starting and finally reaching out stretches a decade or longer. Anxiety is highly treatable. Most people just wait far longer than they need to before finding out.
What you'll gain from anxiety therapy
A quieter mind — not silence, but relief from the constant noise
Understanding of your patterns — know why anxiety spikes when it does and what it's actually about
The ability to actually rest — without guilt, without dread, without your nervous system treating downtime as a threat
Less people pleasing — learn to say no, disappoint people, and survive it
A different relationship with uncertainty — stop needing to control everything in order to feel okay
More presence — in your relationships, your body, your life
What working together is really like
Step 1. We get curious about your anxiety instead of trying to shut it down. What is it protecting you from? What has it been trying to keep you safe from doing, saying, or feeling?
Step 2. We trace it back, usually to the environments where staying alert felt necessary, where being prepared for the worst was the only way to feel in control.
Step 3. We build a different relationship with uncertainty, so you can tolerate not knowing, not controlling, and not managing everyone else, without your nervous system treating it as a threat.
What this Isn’t
This isn't about eliminating anxiety completely, or pretending calm is always the goal. It's about understanding what your anxiety is actually trying to protect you from, so it stops running the show without your permission.
My approach to anxiety therapy
I draw from IFS-informed, somatic-informed, and EFT-informed approaches, which means we get curious about the parts of you that are anxious rather than fighting them. We slow down and look at what the anxiety is actually trying to do. Most of the time it's trying to protect you from something. When we understand that, it stops needing to work so hard.
This isn't about becoming a calmer person. It's about finally feeling safe enough to be yourself.
I work exclusively with private pay clients, which means no insurance involvement, no diagnosis required, and no limit on your care.
What sessions actually look like:
Naming the specific moments anxiety spikes, not just talking about anxiety in the abstract
Nervous system-focused work, noticing what's happening in your body before your mind catches up, and building more capacity to stay with it
Identifying the thought patterns and predictions anxiety hands you, and getting curious about where they came from
Practical tools for the moments that used to take over, so they stop consuming as much space
Frequently Asked Questions
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The goal isn't to eliminate anxiety, it's a normal signal. The goal is understanding what yours is trying to tell you so it stops running the show.
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A lot of anxiety treatment focuses on coping tools without addressing where the anxiety came from. This work goes underneath the anxiety to what it's protecting.
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Most clients start noticing small shifts, catching the spiral sooner, recovering faster, within the first couple months.
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Sessions are $250 for 50 minutes. I'm private-pay only, which means no diagnosis required and no insurance limits on your care. I provide a superbill for potential reimbursement.
Start anxiety therapy in Los Gatos today
If you've been living with this long enough and you're ready to actually do something about it, I'd love to connect. I offer a free 15-minute consultation so we can talk before you commit to anything.
Telehealth throughout California. Serving Los Gatos, Saratoga, Atherton, Menlo Park, Tiburon, Danville, Orinda, and the greater Bay Area.