Anxiety and Stress Management:

One in ten people struggle with high levels of anxiety leading to symptoms of distress. Busy lifestyles, family and relationship issues, health problems, conflict at school, conflict with peers, and genetics are just a few of the contributing factors that can lead to the development of chronic anxiety.

In my practice, I assist clients to manage and gain mastery over their anxiety symptoms as they may exhibit in a variety of ways:

  • Social anxiety

  • Generalized anxiety

  • Stress

  • Panic attacks

  • Separation anxiety


My approaches to anxiety and stress management:

I utilize Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients cope with stress and anxiety. This therapeutic approach allows me to help you identify what triggers symptoms of worry and stress in your life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy addresses two components: your cognitions, or thoughts, and your behavior. As we explore your cognitive processes, together we can identify how negative thoughts may be contributing to the anxiety you are experiencing. We can then begin to challenge these negative thoughts and replace them with a more empowering mindset. As you begin to feel more in control of your thoughts, I will help you discover ways that you can find comfort in times of distress. My ultimate goal is for you to feel confident navigating life’s difficult moments. I enjoy helping clients develop their own therapeutic “tool box” throughout our time together. This will provide you with the skills to manage stressful situations outside of the therapy room, as you master them during the therapy process.

Anxiety and Stress Therapist in Atlanta

Stress is a ubiquitous part of daily life. However, around 18 percent of the adult population in the United States will experience anxiety disorders at some point in their lives. The number for adolescents is even higher, and some estimates are as high as 25 percent. The number of severe cases of anxiety is around four to six percent.

Anxiety disorders can actually impact the person’s ability to function in the society. This is different from stress because the feelings of worry and dread are invasive and persistent. The anxiety can be triggered by stress, but this is a different type of condition than the normal feeling of stress that happens to everyone. Dealing with an anxiety disorder can seem impossibly difficult without effective support.

Stress, or Anxiety Disorder?

Determining the actual nature of the problem is critical for developing an effective treatment plan. High amounts of stress can be viewed as a normal part of daily life in a complex economic system. However, the ability of each person to deal with routine stress-inducing activities and interactions is different. Each person comes from a unique background, and the tools people use to handle stress and anxiety can be dramatically different from one person to another.

Therapy for anxiety disorders is different from therapy for handling normal levels of stress. Although the therapeutic environment is beneficial for either of these conditions, anxiety disorders are more severe. This also requires a more in-depth therapeutic intervention in order to provide the person suffering from anxiety with some relief.

Common Sources of Stress, Anxiety

Stress is a trigger, and it is usually a short-term feeling of discomfort. However, anxiety is a condition that can give the person no relief. It interferes with daily life, and it can create physical health problems that manifest in a variety of symptoms. This includes insomnia, muscle hyper-tension, mood swings, and feelings of dread that seem to have no end in sight.

This impacts the person’s ability to concentrate and to focus. It can impact the financial condition of the person suffering from anxiety because of the effects of these symptoms on job performance. Learning new tools and skills for coping with anxiety can also improve job prospects while enabling the person to learn new social skills and techniques for managing the symptoms. The real potential of therapy is to empower each person to exercise agency over whatever internal and external situations are occurring.

The therapeutic process can help clients to relieve symptoms and learn how to manage difficult emotions:

  • Panic attacks

  • Social phobias

  • Anxiety

  • Overwhelming stress

  • Anxiety over personal grief and loss


Atlanta Therapy for Stress and Anxiety Management



This practice is based on the therapeutic model of cognitive behavioral therapy, which is used in assisting clients to handle their anxiety, phobias and stress triggers. The method involves therapeutic sessions that identify the specific triggers for the anxiety attacks. The cognitive behavorial model then applies a therapeutic approach to the thoughts and actions that make the situation worse.

Identification of triggering thoughts can lead to an adjustment in the subsequent behaviors, which are often responses to these thoughts. This ultimately empowers clients to actively participate in their own therapy through the application of these tools. Regular practice leads to greater skill in handling the same situations that created the anxiety attacks in the first place. This is a great way to track improvement over time. It also cultivates self-confidence while also enabling the client to navigate the most challenging aspects of their lives.