Therapy for anxious high-achievers · Portland & online across Oregon
You're holding it together for everyone. Who's holding it for you?
If you're the capable one — the planner, the fixer, the one who never drops a ball — and lately the worry hums under everything, therapy can be the one place you don't have to perform.
Does this sound familiar?
Your mind won't clock out
You replay conversations at 1 a.m., rehearse worst cases, and wake up already behind.
"Fine" is doing heavy lifting
Everyone thinks you're thriving. Only you know how much effort that performance takes.
Rest feels unearned
Slowing down makes you anxious, so you fill every gap — and quietly resent all of it.
My approach
Practical tools, real warmth, no couch clichés.
I blend cognitive-behavioral and acceptance-based approaches (CBT, ACT) with a relational style — which mostly means we'll talk like humans, notice the patterns that keep you stuck, and practice something different, together. You'll leave sessions with things to try, not just things to think about.
"The goal isn't to stop caring so much. It's to stop carrying so much."— a note from my desk
The first step is a conversation, not a commitment.
A free 15-minute call to see if we're a fit. No pressure, no intake forms yet.