Stop trying to "get rid of" anxiety, take its power away and get back to your life

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Stop trying to "get rid of" anxiety, take its power away and get back to your life ~

Panic Attack and Anxiety Recovery

Stop avoiding life because of anxiety, live free again

Virtual Therapy Sessions in Reston, VA

& throughout DC, Maryland, Indiana & Michigan

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Recovery happens when we get better at feeling anxious

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Recovery happens when we get better at feeling anxious 〰️

I’m Kate!

I work with adults who are anxious about being anxious and it dictates everything they do. Their lives have shrunk and I help stop fighting anxious emotions so they can live free again.

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Drop the exhausting fight against anxiety. Welcome it in instead.

My clients struggle as you do. Despite being high functioning, hard workers and self aware, life is hard. When they first come to see me, they’ve been enduring panic attacks for years. They’ve been diagnosed, they’ve seen a therapist and they’ve maybe tried medication. The breathing exercises, grounding techniques and meditations can only so much. But here’s the problem: they’re scared of having more panic attacks, so their life has shrunk and they don’t know what to do.

They’re scared to leave the house or go somewhere outside their comfort zone because they fear they’ll have a panic attack and be unable to control it. They’re frustrated and sad because they feel like they’re avoiding life because of panic. They panic about panic attacks and don’t know how to break this cycle. Most days are spent in fear of their anxiety, scared to have a panic attack in public. They think they have to fight it, or they’ll lose all control.

They’ve been to see doctors but leave with unanswered questions, wondering why their panic attacks aren’t getting better even after years of therapy, or why their panic attacks still happen even when they’re feeling calm or having a decent day.

They want freedom, not symptom management. They’re afraid of being told again to just breathe or splash their face with cold water. They’re tired of needing an escape plan everywhere they go just in case a panic attack happens. The worst part is that they don’t always know the trigger. They think this could be easier to deal with if they knew why it was happening. But the attacks are always at the edge of their mind, waiting to happen at the most inconvenient moment, without a warning.

The anxiety and worry about having a panic attack gets in the way of the life they want in so many ways. They aren’t the kind of partner or friend they want to be. They feel like they’re letting others down because anxiety and panic attacks are controlling their lives. And their confidence that they could ever recover from panic attacks or live normally with them is tanking.

Before they came to see me, their anxiety made them believe they’d be stuck feeling this way forever, in a state of constant panic. They feel so much relief when the panic attack ends, only to plan and prep in fear for the next one. They thought they were broken, their nervous system beyond repair. They worried they must be the only one who panics over basic tasks and “normal” life things. And they were pretty certain they would have to succumb to the anxiety forever, limiting so much they wished they could do. Their panic attacks and fear of having them was debilitating.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Recovery means we no longer fear our anxious feelings.
Recovery happens when we stop fighting so hard against feeling scary feelings. This doesn’t mean we have no anxiety or never have a panic attack again. It means we let ourselves feel whatever we’re feeling and continue on with our day!
As anxiety therapists Drew Linsalata and Josh Fletcher say, you know you’re recovering when anxiety shows up and your response has changed from “oh no” to “oh well”!
Read more about what anxiety recovery actually looks like here.
There isn’t a miracle method or quick fix to a panic attack and you probably know this if you’ve tried every trick in the book! What can help the most is actually dropping the fight or resistance tothe panic. Once you stop fighting it, the panic gets bored with you and moves on. Read more about how to sop a panic attack here.
A panic attack is very sudden and can come out of nowhere. They can include sensations like dread or feeling that something bad will happen, rapid breathing, dizziness or stomaches, and shakiness. They can lead to avoiding places or situations that trigger them.
Anxiety attacks can happen more gradually and you can usually point to a cause- like an current stressor of major life event.

You don’t have to white knuckle through your panic attacks anymore.

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Like my clients, you deserve to live without panic controlling your life.

Moving through the day without waiting for a panic attack to happen is not out of your reach. If you want to no longer fear your anxiety & panic attacks, I’d love to help you get there. Reach out now. You don’t have to suffer. I can help.