THERAPY FOR
Anxiety and Stress Management
Do you feel like anxiety is taking over your daily life—leaving you restless, tense, and exhausted?
Anxiety isn’t just “feeling stressed.” It’s a whole-body experience that can take over your thoughts, emotions, and daily life.
While anxiety is a natural human response designed to keep us safe, it can become overwhelming when you feel like you are constantly scanning around for threat. Many people who struggle with anxiety describe feeling “on edge,” exhausted, or trapped in their own mind.
Everyone’s experience looks different, but common signs include:
- Racing thoughts or difficulty turning your mind off
- Feeling restless or on edge
- Believing you’re “lazy” for relaxing
- Trouble sleeping or staying asleep
- Muscle tension, jaw clenching, or headaches
- Avoiding situations that trigger worry
- Overthinking or second-guessing yourself
- Constant thoughts of ‘what ifs’ and worst-case scenarios
- Struggling to relax, even when you want to
- Feeling like you have to do more, achieve more, or be more—constantly
Why does anxiety occur?
Anxiety doesn’t appear out of nowhere. Think of it as your body’s built-in alarm system—trying to alert you to protect you from danger. But when the alarm stays on too long, it begins to interfere with your life.
While the causes for each individual are complex, anxiety is often rooted in a mix of factors:
- The demands of our culture, which often rewards overworking and perfectionism
- Past experiences or trauma that left your nervous system on high alert
- Family patterns or early environments that shaped how you cope with stress
- Biological or genetic predispositions
- Pressure from work, school, or relationships
HOW THERAPY CAN HELP
Anxiety can feel overwhelming, but you’re still the one in charge.
You can’t always stop the first anxious thought that shows up — but you can choose how to respond to it. With the right tools, it’s possible to calm your nervous system, shift unhelpful patterns, and create a life that feels more steady and fulfilling.
The good news is anxiety is highly treatable. Therapy offers both immediate relief and deeper, long-term change.
Together, we’ll work to:
- Identify patterns and triggers that keep anxiety in motion
- Learn evidence-based strategies to calm your body and mind, interrupting involuntary anxious responses before they become too distressing.
- Build practical skills for coping with stressful situations
- Strengthen self-awareness and self-compassion so anxiety doesn’t define you
- Befriend your anxiety and learn to see it as a protector, not an enemy
HOW WE APPROACH ANXIETY
Symptoms of anxiety shows up in the mind and body.
At Moongate Therapy and Wellness, we take a holistic, trauma-specialized approach that explores the roots of your anxiety. Rather than seeing anxiety as a mental disorder, we view it as your body’s survival system doing its best to protect you, even though it may be working in overdrive. Together, we’ll look at the full picture — mind, body, and environment — to understand what your anxiety needs in order to settle.
During our work together, we may use a range of modalities, keeping your therapeutic goals and preferences at the forefront. Depending on your unique needs and experiences, together, we’ll draw on methods such as: