anxiety counseling for Professionals & Entrepreneurs

You’ve Caught Yourself Wondering, “Is This It?” One Too Many Times…

You've built an impressive career. As a professional or entrepreneur, you’ve achieved what many people only dream of: leadership roles, financial success, respect from peers, and a track record of consistent achievement.

On paper, you have the ideal professional life: challenging projects, talented teams, growth opportunities, and the financial freedom that comes with career success. You've mastered the art of professional excellence and having your shit together.

But that’s not the full story.

What no one at work sees is how mentally exhausted you feel. Even during team celebrations and successful project launches, you're already thinking about the next deadline, the next challenge, the next potential failure. Maybe you’re even dreaming about what it would be like to take a real, restful nap–like picturing that hammock and longing for that gentle breeze

But you can't properly enjoy your professional wins because your mind immediately jumps to: "What if I can't replicate this success? What if they figure out I don't really know what I'm doing?"

Anxiety Shows Up Throughout Your Workday…

• You received that promotion you worked toward for months – but instead of celebrating, you spent the weekend researching everything you'll need to know for your new role, worried you're not qualified.

• Imposter syndrome has become your constant companion. You overthink every email before sending it, rehearse presentations obsessively, and second-guess decisions you're actually qualified to make.

• You arrived at the office 30 minutes early to prep for a client meeting and had an unsettling thought: "I hope the new hires don't end up feeling as stressed as I do."

• Sunday nights feel like a countdown to doom. The week hasn't even started, but you're already mentally reviewing your calendar, worrying about potential conflicts, and preparing for every possible scenario.

Your professional stress follows you home…

• Your partner gets the stressed, depleted version of you. After managing teams and making decisions all day, you have little emotional energy left for intimate conversations or spontaneous connection.

• You bring the same perfectionist standards to parenting – researching the "optimal" extracurriculars, turning family game night into a teaching moment, and feeling responsible for your child's every success or struggle.

• Your friends see your professional success but not your exhaustion. At dinner, you deflect personal questions by asking about their lives, avoiding conversations about how work is actually affecting you.

• Date nights become project planning sessions – discussing schedules, kid logistics, and home improvements rather than connecting as partners. Your spouse has probably said "Can we just enjoy dinner without solving anything?"

• You struggle to be fully present at home because part of your mind is always processing work challenges, even during family time.

• Intimate relationships feel like another area where you need to perform well rather than a place where you can truly relax and be yourself.

The Rising Physical Cost of Professional Perfectionism…

Your body is keeping score of all this professional pressure:

• Jaw pain from grinding your teeth during stressful work periods

• Tension headaches that coincide with big presentations or difficult conversations

• Sleep disrupted by racing thoughts about tomorrow's meetings or next quarter's goals

• Digestive issues that your doctor attributes to "occupational stress"

You've tried the recommended solutions: meditation apps during lunch breaks, weekend yoga classes, and better work-life boundaries. You've read the productivity books and implemented time-management systems.

But despite optimizing everything, the anxiety persists.

You’ve become too good at “having it together…”

• At work, colleagues consistently turn to you as the reliable problem-solver. You've positioned yourself as the person who can handle anything, which means more complex projects and higher stakes.

• In professional settings, you carefully filter what you say – "I have some concerns about this timeline" instead of the more honest "I'm completely overwhelmed and don't see how this is possible."

• You've mastered the art of confident leadership – asking thoughtful questions in meetings, providing clear direction to your team, and maintaining composure under pressure.

I’m here to tell you: these well-practiced professional strategies are actually making you feel worse: more isolated, more pressured, and more disconnected from the satisfaction you thought career success would bring.

What you don’t need is another productivity system to “Manage” AnxietY…

I could give you a list of all the stress management techniques we'll practice together – and we both know you'd excel at them, just like everything else in your professional life.

But here's what I know: You're already exceptional at researching solutions, implementing systems, and optimizing performance.

You've read the leadership books. You've tried the productivity methods. You've implemented the stress-reduction techniques.

You DON'T need another professional development to-do list. And even though you’re probably going to ask me for one, I am absolutely not going to give it to you. Sorry, not sorry! 

The real work: transforming your relationship with professional success…

This isn't about becoming "better" at managing work stress or "optimizing" your performance even further.

It's about developing a new relationship with achievement – one where your self-worth isn't entirely tied to your next professional win.

It's about learning to value yourself beyond what you accomplish, earn, or deliver for clients and your boss (even when that boss is you).

Unlike the endless cycle of professional achievement – where each success only leads to higher expectations and bigger targets – this work creates lasting change.

We aren't just "managing work stress better;" we're fundamentally changing the relationship with success that created the anxiety in the first place.

This isn’t a temporary solution or a quick-fix. It’s a foundational, root-level change that will become your new way of being.

Here’s what that transformation looks like:

You're in a strategy meeting with a major client. They ask about your experience with a particular approach you've never actually used. Six months ago, you would've faked confidence, said you'd "look into the details," then stayed up until 2am researching to cover the gap. Now you say, "I don't have direct experience with that approach, but I'm interested in learning more about why it's important to you." The client appreciates your honesty. They explain their thinking. You realize: they don't need you to be perfect. They need you to be real and collaborative.

It's 7pm on a Tuesday and you're still at your desk. Your team finished hours ago, but you're "just tweaking" the presentation for tomorrow. Your partner texts: "Are you coming home?" The old you would've sent "Soon!" and stayed another hour, arriving home depleted. Now you save the file and close your laptop. The presentation is good enough. Tomorrow, it goes fine—exactly as it would have if you'd stayed and perfected it. You realize you just bought yourself an evening with your family that you can't get back.

Your 9-year-old asks you to play a board game after dinner. Usually you'd say yes but spend the whole game mentally reviewing tomorrow's meetings or thinking about that client email you need to send. Tonight, you put your phone in another room. You're fully present. Your kid wins and does a little victory dance. Later, as you're tucking them in, they say "That was fun." You realize: they don't need you to be perfect. They need you to be there.

A major project just wrapped successfully. Your team celebrates. Clients are thrilled. Your boss sends a congratulatory email. The old you would've allowed yourself maybe 30 seconds of relief before immediately pivoting to "What's next? How do I replicate this? What if I can't?" Now you actually pause. You let yourself feel proud. You go out to dinner with your partner and talk about the win without immediately jumping to the next deadline. The next morning, you're still competent. The success doesn't disappear because you enjoyed it.

You’re lying in bed on Sunday night and feel the familiar dread creeping in. The week hasn't started, but you're already mentally running through your calendar, anticipating conflicts, preparing for every scenario. You notice your jaw is clenched. Six months ago, you would've stayed in that spiral until you fell asleep at 1am, exhausted. Now you pause. You breathe. You remind yourself: "I'm competent. I'll handle Monday when Monday comes." You put on a podcast. You fall asleep at a reasonable hour. Monday morning, you handle it just fine.

Your partner says “You seem stressed, is everything okay?” over dinner. Before, you would’ve deflected: “I'm fine, work is just busy.” Tonight you say the truth: “Yeah, I'm really overwhelmed by this project. I'm worried I'm going to let people down.” Your partner listens. They ask questions. They can't solve it, but you feel less alone. Later, you realize: this is what intimacy actually is. Not performing competence, but sharing your reality.

You’re hiring for your team and interviewing a candidate who reminds you of yourself five years ago. Ambitious, driven, eager to prove themselves. They ask what your leadership style is like. The old you would've given them the polished answer about empowerment and growth. Now you say something more honest: “I’m learning to lead in a way that doesn't require everyone, including me, to be ‘on’ all the time. I care more about sustainable excellence than constant heroics.” They look relieved. You realize something: you’re building the kind of team culture you wish you’d had.