Anxiety Therapy

“We can find true refuge within our own hearts and minds-right here, right now, in the midst of our moment-to-moment lives.”

~ Tara Brach ~

“Lynn is a brilliant, compassionate and insightful therapist.  She guided me through some very serious health issues and stressful career transitions.  I came out on the other side of those times better equipped to handle challenges which resulted in some of my most productive and lucrative, yet easeful and healthy, years.” 

~ Anthony ~

• Worry a lot about your past or the future; is fear a common feeling?
• Feel tense in your body or struggle to take a full, easy breath?
• Struggle to prioritize goals or create healthy expectations?

• Consider yourself a perfectionist or someone who procrastinates?
• Struggle to trust your own decisions and choices; do you often feel guilty?

Anxiety comes in multiple forms, and is one of the most common mental health challenges; it is estimated to affect 1 in 13 people globally. In the United States alone, anxiety affects 40 million adults, 18 and older.

There are many conditions that cause anxiety, including the current pandemic, chronic illness, illness in the family, trauma, being a parent, feelings of persistent guilt, difficult relationships, painful communication with a partner or spouse, or a difficult work environment. The list goes on.

A myriad of factors, known and unknown, can increase anxiety. For instance, a panic attack can be brought on by painful thought patterns that accelerate stress physiology in the body. Sometimes it’s unclear why panic attacks occur spontaneously.

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A lot of anxiety stems from focusing too much on what may have gone wrong in the past or what could go wrong in the future. This focus makes it very hard to live and be engaged in the present.

Perhaps you are worried about your job, or your children’s well-being, or schooling, especially in the current pandemic. You may desperately want a break from parenting or a caretaking role and might feel guilty about this.

Feeling anxious can certainly be closely connected to striving to please others or putting others’ needs first, which is often present with a confusion about appropriate boundaries or an inability to set them.

Some people who suffer from anxiety experience paralysis or feeling struck in the face of the unknown. Or, some people have suffered trauma in the past and are struggling to face long buried emotions that they don’t know how to cope with. Others are simply struggling to find consistent ways to feel peaceful and alive.

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Anxiety therapy can help you dismantle painful cycles, reframe your thoughts in a balanced way, increase your ability to experience more calm and peace, and show you how to reduce anxiety.

Evolutionarily, anxiety is a survival mechanism that has helped humankind survive immediate threats throughout history. However, today’s modern society (with its ample stressors and significant technological advances) has amplified our stress response in unhealthy ways, leading us to feel more strained and distressed. Indeed, we are living in very stressful times.

Learning to discern what is a valid, real threat or concern, versus what truly isn’t, is a key part of Lynn’s work with people. This process includes identifying, feeling, and gently accepting what is happening in the present time/moment. Additionally, it involves learning how to experience a wider range of emotions, which helps expand one’s perspective about life and circumstance(s).

Joy, connection, aliveness, and gratitude are emotions that CAN be felt. Lynn helps people master ways to transform stress. Moreover, anxiety therapy with Lynn helps you appreciate the value of slowing down and ‘pausing;’ to feel what is truly happening in order to heal. Generating compassion and kindness towards oneself is essential. Lynn is delighted to support and guide you to experience lasting change.

Lynn has over 20 years of experience helping individuals manage their anxiety. As Lynn teaches you to use SRI, CBT, ‘parts’ work, and mindfulness practices for anxiety, she will also explore your family, personal history, and your significant relationships in order to better understand your mental and emotional patterns.

The more we know about the patterns that shaped us as children and the beliefs that govern how we respond to our emotions, the more we can move past them or work with them to develop authentic ways of expressing ourselves. Lynn will help you to identify what is and is not serving you in your adult life. She will provide you with necessary tools that will serve you outside of your therapy sessions. By integrating a mind-body-spirit approach, Lynn ensures that her practice touches all aspects of your human experience.

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In working with Lynn, you will develop a plan that will allow you to shift to new patterns of thought and feelings, those that will reduce rather than contribute to stress, which will allow you to manage your anxiety in a productive way. For example, she will help you to relieve stress and tension in your nervous system and experience more gratitude through journaling and other writing practices. She will support you in creating rituals that nurture acceptance and joy.

By learning how to see and cherish those things in your life that are good, she will help you to get in touch with your hopes, aspirations, desires and yearnings, those meant to be shared and lived. With this multi-layered approach that combines various practices and techniques, Lynn will assist you in feeling more peaceful and balanced, which will in turn affect your actions and experiences in the world.

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Lynn will also help shine a light on how present and past coping has influenced who you are and how you live your life. Many of our patterns as adults come from what we were modeled, or not modeled, as children.

Our patterns can also be closely related to genetic influence, unspoken and spoken expectations, and what we learned to feel about ourselves in relationship with those closest to us in our early life development. Developing an authentic way of expressing who you are, that feels ‘right’ to you, is a key part of healing. Again, Lynn’s approach is dynamic in an effort to support real transformation.

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• Experience relief, breathe easier, feel more motivated, and experience life in a richer, deeper, more enjoyable way.
• Have increased confidence in yourself and your decisions across all facets of your life.
• Feel inspired to be brave and take more risks in your life.
• Have better boundaries in relationships with yourself and others.
• Use better self-care strategies to feel more content, peaceful, and joyful.
• Learn about the parts of you that feel whole, balanced, and successful.

Lynn offers free 15 minute consultations.
Call (704) 345-3777 or click the button below to get started and see if Anxiety Therapy with Lynn is right for you.