Anxiety Therapy

Anxiety Therapy for High Achievers & Families

Serving Los Altos, Mountain View, San Jose & Half Moon Bay — In-Person and Online

When High Achievement Meets High Anxiety

In the heart of Silicon Valley, we support many high-achieving professionals who hold themselves to exceptionally high standards. They work hard at everything — their careers, their relationships, their health.

They also work very hard to manage, control, or eliminate their anxiety.

For years, that strategy may have worked. Pushing worry down. Powering through. Optimizing productivity.

But over time, what was pushed down begins to push back.

Trauma therapist Peter Levine writes, "What is not felt either remains unchanged, or gains an inward pressure."

Eventually, anxiety begins to bubble up in ways that feel overwhelming — panic attacks, chronic hypervigilance, insomnia, irritability, or a persistent sense that something is about to go wrong.

Why Does Worry About Work and the Economy Keep Me On Edge?

For a lot of people in Silicon Valley right now, the anxiety that keeps them up at night is tied to work and money. The mind starts running the same loop after dark — whether the job is safe, whether the skills still matter, what artificial intelligence (AI) might change next — and it refuses to switch off. You can be capable and accomplished and still feel your chest tighten every time the news mentions layoffs or the economy, because the worry has attached itself to the one thing that feels least in your control.

When anxiety latches onto the future like this, trying to think your way to certainty tends to feed it rather than settle it. Therapy offers a calmer way to work with that worry: learning to notice when your mind is bracing for something that hasn't happened, easing the physical tension that builds through the day, and staying connected to what you can actually influence. Over time, worry about work and the economy can loosen its grip enough that you can think clearly and rest again.

Why Can't I Turn My Mind Off — Is This Anxiety?

Chronic Worry, Trauma & Hypervigilance

For some, anxiety is rooted in trauma or complex trauma. The nervous system becomes conditioned to expect threat.

Worry becomes generalized. It “hangs its hat” on the next thing — health, finances, relationships, parenting.

This can evolve into:

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Social anxiety
Panic attacks
Performance anxiety

Anxiety in Parents

We also work with parents who feel constant worry about their babies, children, teens, or young adults — even those still living at home.

Parenting anxiety often sounds like:

"What if something happens to them?"
"Am I doing enough?"
"Did I miss something important?"

When anxiety drives parenting, it can create exhaustion and tension in the family system.

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From Fixing Anxiety to Relating to It

The temptation is to fix anxiety. Manage it. Eliminate it.

Sometimes that works in the short term. But often it becomes a short-term win and a long-term loss.

In our offices in Los Altos, San Jose, and Half Moon Bay, we take a different approach.

We help you become curious about your anxiety. Develop a compassionate relationship with it. Understand what it protects and what it needs.

When anxiety is met with compassion instead of fear, it often begins to soften.

Evidence-Based & Trauma-Informed Approaches We Use

Internal Family Systems (IFS)
EMDR
Mindfulness-Based CBT
Exposure-Based Therapy
Somatic Therapy
Polyvagal-Informed Work

We tailor treatment to your nervous system, personality, and goals.

What to Expect in Your First Session

You’ll share what anxiety has been costing you.
We’ll explore what has and hasn’t worked.
You’ll leave with a clearer understanding of your anxiety pattern.
We’ll outline a path forward together.

You Don’t Have to Manage This Alone

If anxiety has outgrown your ability to control it, you don’t have to figure it out alone. Compassionate, evidence-based support is available.

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Anxiety therapy in Los Altos, Mountain View, San Jose, and Half Moon Bay for high-functioning anxiety, chronic worry, panic attacks, and parenting anxiety. Trauma-informed and nervous-system-based treatment.

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