Anxiety & Depression

Common Anxiety Issues and Struggles
Anxiety can cause sudden, intense physical symptoms. You may experience a rapid heart rate, shortness of breath, and a sense of impending doom, most common in young adults. These symptoms can lead to difficulty concentrating, excessive self-doubt, and sudden emotional distress, such as crying spells.
Physically, anxiety can disrupt sleep, cause gastrointestinal distress, and lead to chronic muscle tension, particularly in the neck and back.
These symptoms may seem overwhelming, and it can be difficult to identify their root cause or how to address them. Plans for healing help you by providing counseling for young adults. You may feel isolated in this experience, but seeking help is crucial. Remember, you are not alone, with proper treatment and individual coaching we can help you regain control.
Our Approach to Anxiety and Depression
We take a comprehensive approach in our counseling for young adults to help you manage and overcome anxiety and depression. By addressing and exploring your emotions, we provide a deeper understanding of why you feel the way you do. This insight is key to your recovery process.
We guide you in developing practical skills that allow you to challenge the negative thoughts driving your symptoms. These tools help you push past feelings of lethargy and procrastination, enabling you to take control of your mental well-being.
Using cognitive behavioral techniques, we help you identify and reframe unhelpful thoughts. We also explore the biology of your nervous system, helping you understand the origins and subconscious drivers of your anxiety and depression.
By integrating these strategies, we empower you to regain control over your emotions, paving the way to a happier and healthier life. At Plans For Healing, we’re with you every step of the way in your journey toward healing.
I love what I do because I get to work with people just like you.
I get to see the smile return, the laugh lines form, and the return of a spark to someone’s eye when they realize life can be good again. It’s not always immediate. It takes time, dedication, persistence, and patience. But the reward is worth the effort.
I’ve learned so much in my work over the 25+ years I have been in the mental health field. There is nothing more honorable or awe-inspiring than to be invited in to share someone’s life journey, even when it is filled with hardship and heartbreak.
There are so many different ways to examine our lives and how we live them. I love the exploration and helping people find creative solutions.
I am well practiced in establishing rapport and engaging individuals who are suffering from anxiety, depression, overwhelm, feelings of loss, disconnection, and identity insecurity.
I am a certified clinical trauma professional and a certified life and health coach using a strengths-based and integrative approach that focuses on the mind/body connection to decrease symptoms and enhance wellness. Clinically, I draw from CognitiveBehavioral Therapy, Self-Psychology, and Internal Family Systems.
Whether working online or in person with clients, I provide a comfortable, confidential space to explore feelings and concerns. My style is warm and empathic. When it makes sense, I like to incorporate humor to help put clients at ease.
…I’ve worked in a variety of settings, including hospital emergency medicine, police-based mobile crisis unit, veteran services, treatment foster care, and as a care manager for at-risk seniors.
…I enjoy singing and songwriting, which led to my recording an album of my own original music a few years ago. I believe in music as medicine and encourage all my clients to find or return to creative outlets as an adjunct form of therapy.
