Anxiety can look like your brain always being a few steps ahead, trying to predict what could go wrong and how to prevent it. You might overthink decisions, get caught in rumination, replay conversations, feel on edge even when things are technically fine, or have a hard time getting your body to fully relax. Therapy can help you get curious about what your anxiety is trying to protect you from and build more trust in your ability to handle uncertainty.

Perfectionism can look like putting enormous pressure on yourself, overthinking decisions, struggling to feel satisfied with what you’ve done, or avoiding things altogether because getting it wrong feels too risky. Together, we can get curious about what perfectionism is trying to protect you from and find more flexible ways to move forward.

Struggles with self esteem can show up as self doubt, comparison, people-pleasing, a harsh inner critic, or feeling like you have to earn rest, love, or approval. Therapy can be a place to understand where those messages came from and build a relationship with yourself that feels less conditional.

Burnout can leave you feeling exhausted, disconnected, irritable, unmotivated, or like even small things require more energy than you have. Rather than focusing only on how to become productive again, we can look at what has been asked of you, what your mind and body may be telling you, and what a more sustainable way of living might look like.

I often work with adults who received an ADHD diagnosis later in life and are making sense of themselves through a new lens. We may explore overwhelm, executive functioning, motivation, masking, self-criticism, and what it looks like to work with your brain rather than constantly fighting against it.