Quiet Anxiety & People-pleasing

FIND PEACE

Therapy for Adults in Ohio and Michigan (virtually), including Columbus, Ohio

I work with those who have been through some heavy life experiences, leaving them anxious, without a voice, and emotionally exhausted. They are looking to free themselves from the discomfort that remains, so they can create inner peace and find confidence in the way they show up in the world. 

Here is what I know about my clients – they make things happen.

They are hardworking, go-getters. They are problem-solvers and peacemakers.  They are helpers and givers.  And they are highly attuned. They are the friend everyone goes to for help and support because they listen beautifully.

On the other side of the hustle, perfectionism, and the people-pleasing, they struggle internally. They are ANXIOUS – the relentless, heart pounding, chest tightening, shows up at the most inopportune time kind.  And when not that intense, their anxiety persists at a low-level hum. They are looking for a space to share their experience without feeling like a burden or feeling guilty.

They are ready to find their voice and feel peace.

They have been through some tough life experiences. They grew up in homes that did not fully meet their needs or felt unsafe, or at the least, they couldn’t fully be themselves. Still today family interactions are difficult. Afraid to rock the boat, and the possible harm that could come from that - being emotionally rejected, criticized, physically hurt, abandoned - they’ve learned to stay quiet and small and do what is expected. Being on guard, appeasing, people-pleasing, and quieting their voice has been a means to survive with the least amount of damage.

They aren’t the kind of person they want to be.

They are highly adaptable, which has served them well, though they are also unable to assert their personal wants and opinions, relax and be themselves, and they are drained. They’ve been so focused on meeting others’ expectations that they’ve lost sight of their own. They go out of their way to be accommodating but abandon themselves in the process.

They want to feel connected to themselves and others, effortlessly, without worry and rumination.  

They’re ready to break the intergenerational cycles that have played out in their families.

They want to be present in life, live in the moment, and be their authentic self.

Like my clients, you deserve to live anxiety free - establishing your own rules on life, feeling a sense of peace in the choices you make, and being confident in the way you show up in the world. Feeling relief and happy with who you are, without depending on anyone else’s approval, is not out of reach.

If you want to ditch anxiety, shed people pleasing, and assert your personal needs and expectations without guilt or fear – let’s chat.  

My Services

I offer traditional, online, individual therapy.

I also offer Therapy Intensives for those wanting to work through things in an accelerated fashion, or in a concentrated amount of time in order to be able to move forward with their lives more quickly.

Intensives are not for all clients, so I also offer a lower fee for more traditional weekly treatment.