Anxiety
The State of Protection
Anxiety doesn’t just swirl around in the mind through uncontrollable worry, intrusive thoughts, and catastrophic thinking. Anxiety makes an appearance at 3 a.m. when you wake up in a panic – radiating heat, the sound of your heart thumping as your breath wildly takes over.
Restless and exhausted all at once – your to-do list cycles on replay. Until your mind shifts to focus on every detail of yesterday’s unresolved argument with your partner. Your mind suddenly shifts to the morass of work waiting for you at the office in just a few hours.
Anxiety may show up physically as a headache, migraine, body aches and pain, gastrointestinal issues, or chronic pain. This reveals the interconnectedness of the mind and body.
Psychology Meets Physiology
What if we look at anxiety through the lens of the autonomic nervous system? This complex and primitive system that continuously sends messages between the body and brain to protect us and ensure our safety and survival.
If our adaptive stress responses are working overtime and haven’t received the message to turn off – that we are safe in this moment – we can suffer with symptoms of anxiety.
The Art of Healing and Integration
I help those struggling with anxiety from a psychophysiological perspective that integrates the sciences of psychology, neuroscience, and physiology.
Through working with scientific mindbody strategies that target the mind, body, and nervous system, together we will strive to restore health and vitality to your system. You’ll cultivate greater self-awareness, self-care, and self-compassion as your system recalibrates and settles. Anchoring into safety and calming overwhelm.