Conditions I treat

Below are the presentations I most often work with, each with an in-depth, research-based page. These pages are educational — a place to understand what you may be experiencing before you decide whether to reach out. If a description fits, the linked page explains the signs, what the research says, and how therapy can help. You can also skip ahead and book a free consultation.

Generalized anxiety & chronic worry

Persistent, hard-to-control worry across many areas of life, often with physical tension, restlessness, and sleep disruption that outlasts any single stressor.

High-functioning anxiety

Anxiety hidden behind competence and achievement — the person who looks calm and reliable on the outside while running on worry, over-preparation, and difficulty resting.

Social anxiety disorder

Intense fear of being judged, scrutinized, or embarrassed in social or performance situations, often leading to avoidance and exhaustion after ordinary interactions.

Panic attacks & panic disorder

Sudden surges of intense fear with strong physical symptoms, and the fear-of-fear cycle that can build around them.

Rumination & repetitive negative thinking

The looping, unproductive rehashing of problems and conversations that feels like problem-solving but tends to deepen distress rather than resolve it.

Burnout

Chronic work-related depletion — emotional exhaustion, cynicism or detachment, and a drop in sense of effectiveness — that rest alone does not fix.

Perfectionism & high-achievement stress

Standards that no accomplishment satisfies, where self-worth is tied to output and mistakes feel intolerable.

Impostor phenomenon

The persistent sense of being a fraud despite clear evidence of competence, common among high achievers and people in demanding fields.

Prenatal & perinatal anxiety

Excessive worry and hypervigilance during pregnancy and the first postpartum year — often about the baby's health or safety — distinct from ordinary new-parent nerves.

Postpartum depression

Persistent low mood, loss of interest, guilt, and difficulty functioning after birth — more than the short-lived "baby blues," and highly treatable.

Perinatal OCD & intrusive thoughts

Frightening, unwanted thoughts or images about harm coming to the baby, along with the checking or avoidance they drive — distressing precisely because they run against a parent's values.

Matrescence

The profound developmental identity shift of becoming a mother — not a disorder, but a reorganization of self that can be disorienting and is rarely named.

Acculturation stress & cultural identity

The strain of living between cultures — code-switching, belonging in neither place fully, and negotiating competing expectations of who you should be.

Intergenerational trauma

Patterns of fear, silence, or survival passed down through families and communities, shaping how later generations relate and cope.

First-generation stress & parentification

The particular weight carried by children of immigrants and eldest daughters — translating, caretaking, and achieving for the whole family, often at the cost of their own needs.

Not sure where you fit, or seeing yourself in more than one? That overlap is common and worth talking through. Learn more about how I work, review fees and insurance, or book a free 15-minute consultation.