Finding Relief From Anxiety and Depression

​If you're struggling with anxiety or depression, you're not alone. These challenging experiences affect millions of people—and more importantly, there is a path toward wholeness. Through Gestalt therapy and mindfulness practices, you can reconnect with your authentic self and discover a more present, engaged way of being in the world.
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Understanding Anxiety

Understanding Depression

Anxiety goes beyond ordinary worry, manifesting as persistent fear, racing thoughts, and physical symptoms like tension, restlessness, and sleep disruption. It may appear as generalized anxiety, panic attacks, social anxiety, or specific phobias.
While everyone experiences worry, anxiety becomes problematic when it interferes with daily functioning, relationships, or quality of life. Many people describe feeling trapped in cycles of worry they cannot control.
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Depression involves more than just sadness. It can include persistent feelings of emptiness, hopelessness, loss of interest in once-enjoyed activities, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, changes in appetite or sleep, and thoughts of worthlessness.
Depression can develop gradually or appear suddenly, sometimes triggered by life events or emerging without an obvious cause. It affects how you think, feel, and navigate daily life.
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You Might Benefit from a Gestalt Therapy Approach if...


  • You notice patterns of avoidance or disconnection from your emotions and body
  • You feel "stuck" in familiar but unsatisfying ways of being and relating
  • Your authentic self feels hidden behind adaptations made to please others
  • Physical sensations of anxiety or depression disconnect you from the present moment
  • You struggle with unresolved experiences from the past that intrude on the present
  • You're drawn to greater awareness and presence, even while fearing what might emerge
  • Your natural cycle of emotional expression and completion feels interrupted
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The Path to Wholeness and Presence


Therapy provides a compassionate, judgment-free space to explore your full experience in the present moment. The Gestalt approach invites you to "what is" rather than "what should be." As we work together, we'll:
  • Increase awareness of how anxiety and depression manifest in your body, emotions, and choices
  • Practice mindful presence with difficult emotions rather than avoiding them
  • Explore unfinished business or incomplete experiences that may contribute to current distress
  • Experiment with new ways of expressing yourself and relating to others
  • Reconnect with your natural capacity for self-regulation and healing
  • Address polarities and integration of rejected aspects of yourself
  • Cultivate a compassionate, non-judgmental relationship with your experience
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My Gestalt and Mindfulness Approach


I practice from a Gestalt therapy framework, which focuses on present-moment awareness, the mind-body connection, and the courage to fully experience your emotions. This approach helps you recognize how you might disconnect from your feelings and discover more authentic ways of being in the world.
Mindfulness practices are integrated throughout our work, helping you develop a compassionate relationship with your thoughts and feelings rather than being overwhelmed by them. We'll explore how anxiety and depression manifest in your body, your relationships, and your life choices.
My eclectic approach honors the wholeness of your experience—acknowledging that healing happens when we address emotional, physical, spiritual, and relational dimensions together.
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Take the First Step


Reaching out takes courage, and it's the first step toward feeling better. I offer a warm, non-judgmental environment where we can work together to restore your sense of well-being and possibility. Schedule an introductory consultation here.