Anxiety Therapy for Women in Salt Lake City, Utah
Help when your brain won’t turn off.
Online therapy for high-functioning women in Utah.
Serving women in Salt Lake City and across Utah through secure online therapy.
WHEN YOUR MIND WON’T SLOW DOWN
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WHEN YOUR MIND WON’T SLOW DOWN ·
The 2 a.m. Brain: When You Can’t Turn It Off
You’ve spent your whole life holding it together.
You’re the one who remembers the appointments, sends the follow-up texts, and keeps things from falling through the cracks. The one who people assume is “fine” because you always are.
However, when the house is finally quiet, and you’re in bed, your brain turns on.
You replay what you said in that meeting. The look on their face. The pause in their reply.
You wonder if you talked too much. If you sounded stupid. If you came across wrong.
You’re planning tomorrow while brushing your teeth tonight.
You tell yourself to relax, but your shoulders are still tight. Your jaw is still clenched. Your stomach still knotted.
Your body is waiting for something to go wrong.
Anxiety doesn’t always look like panic.
Sometimes it looks like being the competent, high-functioning one who can’t ever fully turn off.
You’re not doing it wrong; you’re just doing it all
You’ve learned to stay in control, keep everything handled, and only rest once nothing is left undone.
When you live like that for years, your body pushes back by lying awake at 2 a.m. replaying what you said, waking up with your heart racing, and carrying a constant feeling that something is wrong.
You try to deal with it by staying busy, making lists, scrolling your phone, taking deep breaths, telling yourself to calm down. It helps for a little while. Then the noise comes back.
You don’t need to try harder.
You need a different way.
A Different Way Forward
At Maple Canyon Therapy, I help women who’ve been living in overdrive finally exhale.
Together, we’ll look beneath the pressure, people-pleasing, and perfectionism to understand what’s been keeping you pushing, such as the fears, the old rules, and the parts of you that believe slowing down isn’t safe.
You don’t have to give up your ambition to feel calm.
You can be both driven and at ease, capable and calm.
Here’s How to Begin Anxiety Therapy in Salt Lake City, Utah
1. Schedule a free 15-minute consultation.
A simple, no-pressure call to see if this feels like a good fit for women in Salt Lake City and the surrounding areas through online sessions.
2. Meet together online
From the comfort of your home, in your sweats, without the commute or the pressure to perform.
3. Start feeling at ease again.
Learn how to quiet your body, slow your thoughts, and finally rest without guilt.
What’s at Stake
If nothing changes, you’ll keep doing what you’ve always done: getting through the day, taking care of everyone else, and falling into bed exhausted while your mind keeps replaying. You’ll wake up tired, scroll through the same worries, and wonder why you can’t ever fully rest.
If you take one small step now, that pattern can start to change. You can fall asleep without replaying the day. You can wake up without the tight knot in your stomach. You can sit with the people you love and actually be there, not stuck in your head.
What Anxiety Therapy in Salt Lake City Can Offer
You don’t need to be fixed. You’re just tired of always being “on.”
Therapy is a place where you can talk about lying in bed while your mind keeps going, about never fully relaxing even on days off, about always feeling like you should be doing something. We look at where that started and how to help it slow down.
We’ll do deeper work, and we’ll also find small things that help right away, so nights aren’t spent replaying the day, and rest doesn’t feel impossible.
You’ve been in survival mode for a long time.
It’s time to feel better.
Ready When You Are
You don’t have to keep pushing through like this. You don’t have to hold your breath all day. You can finally let it go.
You can watch a show without checking your phone every two minutes or running through what you forgot to do.
It really can be better than this.
Offering online anxiety therapy for women in Salt Lake City and across Utah, wherever you are.
Frequently Asked Questions about Anxiety Therapy in Utah
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High-functioning anxiety often hides behind responsibility and achievement. You might look composed but feel tense or restless inside. Therapy can help you understand why it’s hard to slow down and teach you how to feel calm without losing your drive or motivation.
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High-functioning anxiety doesn’t look the same for everyone, but here are some of the most common signs women I work with describe:
Excessive worry – constant concern about work, school, relationships, health, or the future
Perfectionism – setting impossibly high standards, fearing mistakes, and never feeling “good enough”
Overthinking & rumination – replaying conversations, stressing about what you said, or worrying about what’s ahead
Need for control – feeling like you have to control yourself, your environment, or situations just to keep anxiety in check
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High-functioning anxiety is often fueled by fear of failure, perfectionism, overthinking, time pressure, and even past trauma. Many women describe it as constantly worrying about not living up to the expectations they set for themselves. Therapy can help you recognize these triggers and learn healthier ways to manage them.
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You’ve probably already tried pushing through, distracting yourself, or “just calming down” and it hasn’t worked the way you hoped. That’s because there isn’t one-size-fits-all when it comes to coping with anxiety.
In therapy, I’ll help you find coping skills that actually fit you. For some women, this means grounding tools to quiet racing thoughts. For others, it’s learning to set boundaries, practice self-compassion, or use strategies like journaling or deep breathing. Together, we’ll discover what works best for you.
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If anxiety makes it hard to rest, focus, or enjoy your life, therapy can help. You don’t need to be in crisis to benefit. Many women I work with function well on the outside but feel exhausted from constant overthinking, worry, or perfectionism.
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In our sessions, we’ll explore what’s driving your anxiety beneath the surface. Whether that’s perfectionism, fear of failure, people-pleasing or old experiences that left you feeling unsafe. At the same time, you’ll learn coping skills to calm your body and quiet your thoughts. It’s deep work, but also doable.
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I often use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). Both are evidence-based and help you build confidence in your ability to manage anxiety instead of being controlled by it. Together, we’ll tailor what works best for you.
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Item descriptionPerfectionism and people-pleasing often go hand-in-hand. You work hard to avoid failure, conflict, or disappointing others, even if it means sacrificing your own well-being. Deep down, you worry that you’re a burden or that you might not be loved if you don’t measure up. All of this self-criticism and pressure to please fuels anxiety and leaves you emotionally drained.
Perfectionism can feel like a tangled web that seeps into all areas of your life, and it’s not something you can always just “let go of” on your own. Many women I work with don’t realize that perfectionism isn’t only a symptom of anxiety but it’s also been their way of managing it. In therapy, we work together to loosen perfectionism’s grip, challenge the belief that you have to be perfect to be accepted, and practice setting boundaries without fear of losing connection.
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Yes. Online Therapy in Utah is just as effective as in-person therapy for most people and for many, it’s even easier to open up from the comfort of home. You’ll meet through a secure, HIPAA-compliant video platform, and you can join from anywhere in Utah.
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Anxiety looks different for everyone. You might not have all of these, but here are some of the most common symptoms women I work with talk about:
Increased irritability
Racing thoughts
Trouble relaxing
Constant worry about loved ones
Getting stuck in ruminating thoughts
Restlessness
Difficulty sleeping
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Because sessions are online, I can work with clients anywhere in Utah, including Salt Lake City, Provo, St. George, Logan, Cedar City, Heber City, and surrounding rural areas.