You can take back control.
Therapy for High-Achieving Professionals Who Struggle With Anxiety and People-Pleasing.
Online therapy for young adults seeking support to navigate life’s challenges and build emotional resilience. Together, we’ll explore the root causes of your struggles and create a plan for lasting change.
Who I work with
This might sound like you…
You struggle with anxiety or overthinking
You are very self-critical
You hold yourself to very high standards
You have difficulty making decisions
You replay conversations in your head
You worry about what others think of you
You struggle with perfectionism
You have difficulty tolerating uncertainty
You seek reassurance often
You feel responsible for other people’s feelings
You feel like you should be doing more, better, faster
You feel pressure to always do things the “right” way
You want tools and strategies, not just someone to listen
You look successful but feel anxious on the inside
Anxiety, Perfectionism, and People-Pleasing Therapy
How Anxiety, Perfectionism, and People-Pleasing Are Connected
Anxiety, perfectionism, and people-pleasing often overlap and reinforce each other in ways that can feel exhausting and difficult to break. Many people who struggle with anxiety also find themselves setting very high standards for themselves, overthinking decisions, and worrying about making mistakes, which often shows up as perfectionism. At the same time, a fear of disappointing others or being judged can lead to people-pleasing, difficulty saying no, and constantly prioritizing other people’s needs over your own. Underneath many of these patterns is anxiety — especially fear of uncertainty, fear of failure, or fear of not being good enough.
ver time, this cycle can lead to burnout, constant overthinking, self-criticism, and feeling like your mind is always on. Therapy for anxiety, perfectionism, and people-pleasing can help you understand these patterns, learn how to respond differently to anxious thoughts, reduce overthinking, build confidence, and feel more in control of your decisions and your life
Why These Patterns Are So Hard to Break…
Many people who struggle with anxiety, perfectionism, and people-pleasing are highly insightful and self-aware. They often understand logically why they shouldn’t overthink, why they don’t need to be perfect, or why they don’t have to make everyone happy — but that insight alone doesn’t always change how they feel or react in the moment.
These patterns are often driven by deeper beliefs, fears, and habits that have developed over many years. Perfectionism may be driven by a fear of failure or not feeling good enough. People-pleasing may come from a fear of disappointing others or being rejected. Anxiety often comes from a desire to feel certain, in control, or prepared for every possible outcome.
Over time, these patterns become automatic. You may find yourself overthinking, replaying conversations, taking on too much responsibility, or being very hard on yourself without even realizing it. Therapy can help you understand these patterns at a deeper level and learn how to respond differently to anxiety, uncertainty, mistakes, and other people’s expectations.
You don’t have to keep feeling stuck.
Therapy helps you understand the patterns that keep repeating in your life — like overthinking decisions, being hard on yourself, worrying about making mistakes, or feeling responsible for other people’s feelings. Instead of just talking about your week, we focus on understanding how your thoughts, beliefs, and emotional patterns are connected and how they influence your behavior, relationships, and stress levels. Over time, therapy helps you learn how to respond differently to anxiety, uncertainty, mistakes, and other people’s expectations so that you feel more confident, less overwhelmed, and more in control of your decisions and your life.
In therapy, many clients begin to….
Spend less time overthinking decisions and conversations
Feel less responsible for other people’s feelings
Set boundaries without as much guilt
Be less self-critical and more balanced in how they evaluate themselves
Tolerate uncertainty without spiraling into anxiety
Feel more confident in their decisions
Stop trying to be perfect all of the time
Feel calmer and more in control of their life
How I work:
My Approach: Moving Beyond Insight to Real Change
Many of the people I work with are already highly insightful. They’ve spent years reflecting on their patterns and trying to understand why they feel the way they do. Insight is valuable — but insight alone doesn’t always create relief.
In our work together, we focus on understanding the deeper beliefs and emotional patterns driving your experiences, and more importantly, learning how to respond to them differently in real time.
Therapy with me is not just about talking about your week. We actively work on identifying patterns, challenging unhelpful beliefs, practicing new ways of responding to anxiety and self-doubt, and building the ability to tolerate discomfort and uncertainty.
My work draws from evidence-based approaches including CBT, REBT, ACT, ERP and EMDR. These approaches allow us to explore both the thoughts and emotional experiences that shape your reactions, relationships, and sense of self.
Rather than simply understanding your patterns, our goal is real change — building self-trust, resilience, confidence, and the ability to move through life with more clarity and flexibility.
Therapy with me is not…
A space where you will be judged or criticized
The right fit if you want someone to simply agree rather than challenge you to grow
Passive conversations that go in circles
Only venting without deeper understanding
Therapy with me is…
Collaborative and active — we work together to understand patterns and create change.
Insightful and practical — you’ll gain clarity and tools you can apply in everyday life.
Supportive but honest — warm, compassionate, and gently challenging when needed.
A place to slow down and make sense of things when your mind feels stuck in overthinking.
My core values
Growth
I am committed to supporting clients in their journey of personal development, helping them build new skills and gain deeper self-awareness to foster lasting change.
Honesty
I believe in creating an environment where open, honest communication is encouraged, allowing clients to feel heard and understood without judgment.
Safety
I prioritize creating a safe, non-judgmental space for clients to explore difficult emotions and experiences, ensuring that they feel secure as they work toward healing.
Depth
I strive to explore the underlying causes of emotional challenges, working with clients to uncover deeper insights that promote meaningful healing.
Compassion
I approach each client with empathy and understanding, offering a supportive space where they can feel valued and cared for throughout their therapeutic process
FAQs
Frequently asked questions
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Therapy can be helpful if you feel stuck in patterns like overthinking, perfectionism, people-pleasing, anxiety, burnout, or self-criticism and have tried to figure things out on your own but still feel stuck. Many of the people I work with are highly insightful and self-aware, but insight alone hasn’t changed how they feel or react in certain situations. Therapy can help you understand these patterns more deeply and learn how to respond differently so you feel more confident, less overwhelmed, and more in control of your life.
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Therapy with me is active, structured, and focused on understanding patterns and making meaningful changes. We don’t just talk about what happened during the week — we look at the patterns behind your anxiety, overthinking, self-criticism, relationships, and decision-making. I often use evidence-based approaches like CBT, REBT, ACT, and EMDR to help you understand your thoughts, beliefs, and emotional patterns, and to help you learn how to respond differently in real time rather than staying stuck in the same cycles.
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This depends on your goals and what you want to work on. Some clients come to therapy for a specific issue and work together for several months, while others choose to stay longer to continue working on deeper patterns, relationships, and long-term personal growth. We will regularly check in about your goals and progress to make sure therapy continues to feel helpful and intentional.
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Sometimes, yes. Many of the approaches I use are skills-based and involve practicing new ways of thinking, responding, or behaving outside of session. This might include noticing thought patterns, practicing responding differently to anxiety, setting boundaries, tolerating uncertainty, or trying new behaviors. Therapy is often most effective when we apply what we talk about in session to real life between sessions.
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I am an out-of-network provider, which means I do not bill insurance directly. However, many clients with PPO plans are able to receive reimbursement for a portion of each session depending on their out-of-network benefits. I can help you check your benefits and provide documentation (superbills) for reimbursement. I also work with a service called Mentaya that helps clients submit out-of-network claims and manage reimbursement paperwork.
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Most clients start with weekly sessions. Meeting weekly helps us build momentum, understand patterns more quickly, and make meaningful changes. Over time, some clients choose to move to bi-weekly sessions once they feel more stable or are working more on maintenance and long-term goals.
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You can reach out through my contact page or schedule a consultation call. During the consultation, we can briefly talk about what you’re looking for, what you’re struggling with, and whether it feels like a good fit to work together.
Get in touch
You Don’t Have to Live in Overthinking and Anxiety Forever.
If you’ve been feeling stuck in patterns of overthinking, anxiety, perfectionism, or people-pleasing, therapy can help you understand why these patterns keep repeating and learn how to respond differently so you feel more confident, less overwhelmed, and more in control of your decisions and your life. Together, we’ll identify the patterns that are keeping you stuck and begin building new ways of responding to anxiety, uncertainty, mistakes, and other people’s expectations so you can start living in a way that feels more balanced, intentional, and aligned with what you actually want for your life.
generalized anxiety
social anxiety
ocd tendencies
low self-esteem
perfecionism
people pleasing
burn-out
trauma
panic disorder
depression
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