Anxiety & CPTSD Therapy for Portland Residents

Start to feel calm in your own body…

Common Anxiety Symptoms Portland Residents Experience:

• Racing thoughts during your MAX commute

• Panic attacks that feel like heart attacks

• Avoiding Trader Joe’s on weekends because crowds trigger you

• Insomnia that gets worse during Portland’s dark winters

• Physical symptoms: chest tightness, stomach issues, tension headaches

• Canceling plans with friends in the Pearl because of social anxiety

If you’re experiencing one or more of these anxiety symptoms, it’s not just you. Portland has some of the highest anxiety rates in the nation, and our unique stressors — competitive job market, high cost of living, seasonal depression — exacerbate this.

Here’s the thing: you already know how to manage symptoms. You've probably tried every coping skill out there. What we'll actually work on is changing your relationship with yourself.

Those defense mechanisms — the people-pleasing, the hyper-awareness, the need to be perfect — they're not random. They're protecting you from a deeper belief that you're not good enough as you are. But here's the plot twist: these protections are actually keeping you feeling invisible and alone.

In our sessions, we won't just add more coping skills to your toolkit (you have enough of those!).

Instead, I’ll help you see yourself clearly and start to put yourself first — just as you are. When you stop needing to earn your right to exist through constant doing, pleasing, and achieving, something shifts. The anxiety loosens its grip. Not because you got an A+ in therapy, but because you’re no longer at war with yourself.

What Portland Clients Experience After Anxiety & CPTSD Treatment

You Get Your Time Back

Weekends become actual weekends. No more Sunday scaries starting at 3pm. You stop dreading Mondays.

You stop the overthinking Olympics. No more crafting three-paragraph texts to cancel plans or rehearsing conversations for days. You save hours from the mental spirals.

Work ends when work ends. You leave your Hillsboro tech job at 5:30 without guilt. No more checking Slack until midnight. You stop donating unpaid work time to prove your worth.

Your Health Improves

You finally sleep. Real sleep, not anxiety-induced exhaustion. Your immune system strengthens. You stop getting sick every time stress peaks.

Chronic pain mysteriously disappears. The TMJ, tension headaches, and digestive issues your doctor couldn't explain ease up when your body stops holding trauma. You save thousands on specialists treating symptoms that were never physical problems.

Your nervous system calms down. Blood pressure drops. Heart palpitations stop. Your doctor stops mentioning stress at every appointment. You stop taking the CBD you thought you’d need forever.

Panic attacks stop ruling your life. Bridges become bridges, not panic triggers. Crowds at Saturday Market become manageable. You stop limiting your life to “safe” zones.

Your Relationships Deepen

Partners get a partner, not a project. Conflicts drop when their bad mood stops being about you. No more 2-hour processing sessions about nothing. They feel heard instead of interrogated.

Friends meet the real you. People stop saying “I had no idea you felt that way” after years of friendship. Your relationships deepen because you're not exhausting everyone with constant need for reassurance.

Professional relationships improve. Networking events don't require three days of recovery. You advocate for yourself in reviews and negotiations because you're not apologizing for existing. The energy you used to spend managing everyone's perception of you becomes available for work you care about.