Anxiety Therapy for Women in Salt Lake City, Utah
Online therapy for high-functioning women in Utah.
You're pretty sure you handled it fine, but you'll be thinking about it until tomorrow.
You don't need to be told to journal or take deep breaths. You need someone who can help you understand why your brain is always scanning for what might go wrong and why disappointing someone feels unbearable.
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 ·
Anxiety Doesn't Always Look Like Panic
You care deeply about the people in your life. Your relationships matter to you, and how you come across matters to you. Because all of that matters so much, the thought of saying the wrong thing, letting someone down, or being judged or liked less by your friends and family feels unbearable.
You tend to overprepare before a conversation where you have to bring something up that might upset someone, or a meeting where you might be put on the spot or have to speak up. You reread the text before you send it. You replay conversations afterward just to make sure you didn't say something wrong or hurt someone's feelings.
Your stomach is in knots before something hard. Your chest gets tight for a reason you can't always name. You lie awake running through a decision you made, wondering if you got it right, hoping you didn't say something you shouldn't have.
You've felt this way for so long, you're not sure you remember feeling any other way.
This Is Not a Coping Skills Problem
You've already tried managing the overthinking, the worry, the replaying. You've taken the deep breaths, made the lists, journaled, maybe even meditated, and told yourself not to worry about it. The coping skills help for a little while, and then the anxiety comes back because you've never been able to get to what's underneath the anxiety.
The problem isn't that you don't have enough coping skills. Your anxiety developed for a reason. Until you understand that reason, you'll find yourself stuck in a cycle of managing the same feelings over and over.
At some point, you learned that if you worked hard enough, prepared enough, and got it right enough, things would be okay. That made sense then, but now that pattern just isn't working the same way anymore.
Understanding where the anxiety started is exactly where we begin.
Here's How We Work On Anxiety Together
I won't hand you a worksheet or a list of coping skills to practice between sessions. You've already done enough of that on your own.
We'll start by understanding what your anxiety looks like because it doesn't show up the same way for everyone.
We'll spend time looking at where your anxiety came from, the experiences, the relationships, and the beliefs you picked up along the way that taught you it wasn't safe to get it wrong.
We won't spend our time trying to get rid of your anxiety. We'll get curious about what it's been trying to tell you.
We'll pay attention to what happens between us in session, because that's often where the real work shows up
Therapy Can Help You Start To:
→ Walk into a hard conversation without spending the week before dreading it.
→ Send a text and put your phone down without wondering for the next hour how it came across.
→ Sit with the people you love and actually be present instead of running through everything you need to do or said earlier that day.
→ Make a decision and feel okay about it instead of second-guessing yourself for days afterward.
→ Feel worried about something and not have it take over your entire day.
Here’s How to Begin Anxiety Therapy in Salt Lake City, Utah
1. Schedule a free 15-minute consultation.
A short, no-pressure call to talk about what's been going on and see if we're a good fit.
2. Meet together online
From wherever you are in Utah, we'll start understanding what your anxiety is really about and where it came from.
3. Start feeling different
You start to make decisions without second-guessing yourself for days. You have hard conversations without dreading them for a week beforehand. You go to bed, and your brain actually lets you rest.
Ready When You Are
You've been preparing, replaying, and worrying your way through every day for as long as you can remember. You've gotten really good at managing it on your own. You don't have to keep doing it that way.
It's time to put yourself on the list.
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.