You might notice:

• You can’t relax even when you finally have downtime

• You feel guilty when you rest or say no

• You wake up already tense or exhausted

• You’re always scanning for what could go wrong

• You experience headaches, stomach issues, or persistent fatigue

• Your mind keeps looping through worries or “what ifs”

• You struggle to focus, prioritize, or shut your brain off at night

For many adults with chronic anxiety, stress isn’t just a reaction to what’s happening now.

It’s a survival response that started years ago.

You may have learned early on to:

• Stay alert so nothing falls apart
• Be the one who keeps everything running smoothly
• Avoid being a burden
• Earn your worth through doing, fixing, achieving
• Push yourself harder when you already feel at your limit

These strategies kept you safe once.

Now they keep you stuck in constant responsibility mode, tense and depleted.

Explore how early roles and emotional patterns shape stress → Trauma Therapy

In therapy, we slow things down. Not by ignoring responsibility, but by changing how your nervous system relates to pressure and expectation.

Together, we’ll work to:

• Understand what triggers your stress response
• Learn grounding techniques that actually work for you
• Release the guilt that comes with resting or slowing down
• Notice what your body feels before it hits overload
• Interrupt the cycle of perfectionism and self-criticism
• Build a relationship with yourself that includes care, not just productivity

This work goes beyond stress tips or surface-level coping. It’s about learning how to meet life’s demands without running on fumes.

Learn more about my therapeutic approach → Learn More About Me

As your body begins to experience moments of safety and rest, you start responding to life rather than constantly reacting to it.

You may start noticing:

• More moments of clarity, even in stressful situations
• Space to think and feel, instead of just push through
• Calmer mornings and quieter nights
• The ability to say no without panic or guilt
• Relief that feels steady and durable

The goal isn’t to eliminate stress. It’s to build the capacity to move through it with perspective and self-trust.

See how constant stress leads to burnout → Burnout Therapy

When stress has been constant for a long time, it can feel hard to imagine things being any different. Therapy offers a place to slow down, understand what your body is responding to, and begin feeling less overwhelmed in your day-to-day life.

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Prefer meeting from home or need to meet outside of Kentucky? → Learn more about telehealth therapy