In Long Beach & Across CA, FL, & NY
Therapy for Anxiety & OCD
Get back to the life fear has been keeping you from.
Avoiding the things you worry about has been slowly shrinking your world, and it’s starting to feel out of your control.
You’ve begun to notice how fear makes decisions for you: what plans you say no to, which routes you take, even whether and when you step into an elevator or get on a plane. Things that used to be simple now feel like a minefield of “what-ifs,” and no amount of reassurance ever seems to quiet your mind for long. The harder you try to keep it under control, the more anxiety tightens its grip. You know you can’t keep living like this, but it’s hard to see a way out when worry has become the default.
Maybe you…
Sometimes feel physically overwhelmed by anxiety—and when your heart is racing and breathing feels difficult, you worry you might have a heart attack.
Double (or triple, quadruple, quintuple…) check things like the stove, the locks, or your inbox to feel a little less anxious.
Overanalyze every decision, replay conversations, or imagine worst-case scenarios until you’re mentally exhausted.
Struggle to relax, even during downtime, because your mind won’t stop scanning for what could go wrong.
Are tired of anxiety interfering with your work, relationships, and the things you used to enjoy.
Feel frustrated that no matter how much you try to calm down or “think rationally,” the worry always finds its way back.
You are capable of handling more than anxiety says you can.
My Approach
Let’s face your fears together, one step at a time.
To help you start seeing a real difference, we’ll need to be active and hands-on. We’ll use a blend of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to look at the thoughts, emotions, and habits that keep your anxiety going. I’ll help you slow down, notice what’s happening in your mind and body, and start responding in new ways that will lead anxiety to lose its power instead of helping it gain traction.
If you’re struggling with OCD, we’ll use Exposure with Response Prevention (ERP), which involves gradually confronting the uncomfortable thoughts and fears you’ve been avoiding. I know the idea of doing this can feel overwhelming, so I’ll guide you step by step, empowering you to resist the urge to neutralize your anxiety with compulsions and enabling you to discover through firsthand experience that your anxious feelings will pass on their own.
Throughout our work, I’ll check in often, offer practical tools to try between sessions, and track your progress so we can see how things change over time. Each session builds on the last, helping you feel a greater sense of freedom in your day-to-day life.
WHAT WE’LL WORK ON
Building confidence in your ability to handle anxiety.
Learn to recognize that anxious thoughts and sensations are uncomfortable—but temporary. We’ll practice challenging anxious thoughts or predictions and testing them against reality (instead of assuming they’re true), so your fears feel less convincing and more manageable.
Facing fears instead of avoiding them.
Start saying “yes” to experiences you’ve been shying away from or missing out on, like traveling, social plans, or taking that elevator you’ve been afraid of. Learn to move through fear and do the things you want to do anyway.
Breaking free from compulsions and safety behaviors.
Identify the patterns that keep anxiety going—like constant checking, reassurance-seeking, or over-preparing—and replace them with healthier ways of responding. Over time, this helps you reclaim the time and energy anxiety has been stealing from you.
Calming your mind and body when anxiety spikes.
Practice simple grounding and mindfulness strategies you can use anywhere: at your desk, on a plane, or during a stressful moment. Learn how to let anxious thoughts pass on their own, without spiraling or trying to fight them.
Reconnecting with what matters most.
Shift your focus away from what you’re afraid of and toward what feels meaningful, like your relationships, goals, and the daily experiences that make life fulfilling. Learn how to let your values, not your fears, guide your choices.
BOOK FREE CONSULT
It’s time to start living on your own terms.
FAQs
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Everyone feels stress, but anxiety tends to stick around and interfere with daily life. If worry, panic, or fear is keeping you from doing things you care about, it may be more than stress. In therapy, I’ll help you figure out what’s really going on and give you tools to manage it so you can get back to living your life.
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Yes, OCD is highly treatable with the right approach. Through exposure and response prevention, you’ll practice resisting compulsions and see that anxiety naturally fades without them. This approach has been found to have longer lasting effects than treatment with medication alone. With support, you’ll free up time and energy for the things that matter most to you.
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Therapy can’t erase anxiety completely—and that’s actually a good thing, since some anxiety helps keep us safe and alert. But panic attacks are different. In therapy, we’ll work on gradually facing the physical sensations that trigger panic, like a racing heart or shortness of breath, so you can learn they’re uncomfortable, but not dangerous. Once your body and mind stop treating those feelings as signs of catastrophe, panic attacks tend to fade and lose their power, often much sooner than you’d expect.
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That’s an understandable concern, and exposure therapy can sound intimidating at first. But we’ll take it step by step, starting with things that feel manageable. My role is to support you so the process feels safe and doable, and to help you discover that anxiety can be tolerable and passes on its own when you face it directly.