Evidence-Based Therapy for Anxiety, Depression & Mood
Thoughtful Treatment That Addresses More Than Symptoms
Anxiety, depression, and mood-related struggles can affect every part of life—your work, relationships, sleep, motivation, confidence, and sense of connection to yourself.
Sometimes these experiences show up as constant overthinking, emotional exhaustion, irritability, panic, or difficulty slowing down. Other times, they feel like disconnection, low energy, numbness, hopelessness, or a quiet sense that you have been carrying too much for too long.
Effective therapy is not only about symptom relief—it is about understanding what is contributing to the distress, how your patterns developed, and what supports meaningful, sustainable change.
My approach integrates evidence-based therapies with relational, reflective work so treatment addresses both immediate symptoms and the deeper patterns beneath them.
Anxiety
Anxiety often involves more than worry.
It can show up as chronic over-functioning, perfectionism, difficulty resting, emotional reactivity, intrusive thoughts, panic, avoidance, or a nervous system that feels like it never fully turns off.
For many high-responsibility adults, anxiety becomes so familiar it feels like part of their personality rather than a pattern that can shift.
Evidence-based treatment for anxiety may include:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Exposure-based approaches for fear, avoidance, and panic
Mindfulness-based therapy and nervous system regulation
Cognitive and behavioral strategies for anxious thought patterns
Relational work to understand how anxiety developed and what it protects
The goal is not to eliminate all anxiety, but to reduce suffering, increase flexibility, and help you respond with greater clarity rather than constant survival mode.
OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder)
OCD is more than being highly organized or particular—it often involves intrusive, unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive mental or behavioral rituals (compulsions) used to reduce anxiety or create a sense of certainty.
These patterns can become exhausting, time-consuming, and deeply disruptive to daily life, relationships, and emotional well-being.
Evidence-based treatment for OCD may include:
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), the gold standard treatment for OCD
ACT for learning how to respond differently to intrusive thoughts without becoming trapped by them
Mindfulness-based awareness to reduce reactivity and strengthen tolerance of uncertainty
Understanding how perfectionism, responsibility, and fear contribute to compulsive patterns
Building flexibility, self-trust, and reduced reliance on rituals for relief
Treatment is not about eliminating thoughts—it is about changing your relationship to them so they no longer control your life.
Depression
Depression can feel like heaviness, disconnection, low motivation, emotional numbness, self-criticism, hopelessness, or the quiet exhaustion of continuing to function while feeling internally depleted.
Sometimes depression grows from prolonged stress, unresolved grief, burnout, trauma, or years of carrying more than is sustainable.
Evidence-based treatment for depression may include:
Behavioral activation and rebuilding meaningful routines
ACT for values-based movement and psychological flexibility
Mindfulness-based approaches for rumination and emotional awareness
Relational psychodynamic therapy to understand underlying emotional patterns
Support for grief, loss, burnout, and identity transitions
Therapy helps create movement where life has started to feel emotionally stuck.
PTSD & Trauma Recovery
Trauma can continue to shape the present long after the original experience has passed. PTSD may show up through hypervigilance, intrusive memories, emotional reactivity, avoidance, sleep disruption, difficulty trusting, or a nervous system that feels stuck in survival mode.
For many people, trauma is not only about a single event—it may also involve prolonged stress, repeated relational wounds, healthcare trauma, grief, or years of carrying overwhelming responsibility without enough support.
Evidence-based treatment for PTSD may include:
Exposure-based approaches for trauma processing and reducing avoidance
ACT for emotional flexibility and values-based movement forward
Mindfulness and iRest-informed nervous system regulation
Relational psychodynamic therapy to understand how trauma shapes identity, protection, and relationships
Building safety, boundaries, and internal steadiness before deeper trauma work
Trauma therapy is not about forcing painful memories to the surface. It is about helping you regain a sense of safety, agency, and connection to yourself so that the past no longer has to organize the present.
Sleep Difficulties
Sleep disruption is often closely tied to anxiety, burnout, nervous system overactivation, and prolonged stress. When the mind remains alert and the body stays in a state of vigilance, true rest becomes difficult—even when you are exhausted.
Many people experience difficulty falling asleep, waking during the night, early morning waking, or feeling physically tired but mentally unable to slow down.
Evidence-based treatment for sleep may include:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) principles
Mindfulness and iRest-informed practices for nervous system regulation
Reducing mental overactivation and nighttime rumination
Addressing anxiety, stress, and emotional patterns contributing to sleep disruption
Supporting healthier boundaries around work, responsibility, and rest
Improving sleep is often not just about sleep habits—it is about helping the nervous system relearn safety, restoration, and the ability to settle.
Mood Regulation
Mood-related concerns may involve irritability, emotional intensity, chronic overwhelm, difficulty regulating reactions, or cycles of emotional shutdown and overactivation.
Often, these patterns are connected to nervous system exhaustion, unresolved relational stress, trauma, or longstanding emotional roles learned early in life.
Treatment focuses on helping you better understand your emotional patterns and develop steadier ways of responding.
This may include:
Mindfulness and iRest-informed nervous system regulation
Emotional awareness and distress tolerance skills
Boundary work and relational clarity
Identifying triggers and recurring interpersonal patterns
Strengthening internal steadiness and self-trust
Mood regulation is often less about controlling emotions and more about creating enough internal safety to stay present with them.
My Clinical Approach
I do not believe therapy should feel mechanical or one-size-fits-all.
Evidence-based care matters, but so does the therapeutic relationship.
I integrate relational psychodynamic therapy, mindfulness, iRest-informed practices, ACT, and exposure-based approaches depending on your needs, goals, and the patterns we are working to understand.
This allows treatment to be both practical and deeply reflective—supporting symptom relief while also helping you understand the larger emotional and relational context of your life.
For Healthcare Professionals and High-Responsibility Adults
Many of the people I work with are healthcare professionals and other high-responsibility adults who are used to pushing through stress and being the person others rely on.
When anxiety, depression, or mood instability develop in this context, they are often tied not only to workload, but to deeper patterns of responsibility, perfectionism, and emotional overextension.
Therapy creates space to step out of constant functioning mode and reconnect with clarity, boundaries, and a more sustainable way of living.
Getting Started
If you are feeling overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted, stuck in recurring patterns, or disconnected from yourself, therapy can help create a clearer path forward.
You are welcome to schedule a complimentary consultation to discuss what you are looking for and whether working together feels like the right fit.