A Client Story: Maya
When Maya first booked a consultation, her voice shook a little. She was 43, raising teenagers, supporting aging parents, and trying to keep up with a demanding job that never really shut off. She was waking in the middle of the night with racing thoughts, caught in worry loops that started around 2 a.m. and left her exhausted by morning. Hot flashes didn’t help.
She felt short-tempered with her kids and disconnected from her partner. She carried constant guilt for wanting time to herself and worried that if she slowed down, everything would fall apart. She had never been in therapy before and admitted she was afraid she’d break down on camera and not know how to pull herself back together.
I told her the truth. Falling apart isn’t failure. It’s often the first sign your system is ready for support. And we would go slowly, together.
In our early sessions, we focused on what had been quietly shaping her for years.
We named the invisible load she’d been carrying since childhood. The pressure to be perfect, to take care of everyone else, and the belief that rest had to be earned.
We used simple somatic grounding to settle the nightly anxiety surges and release the tightness she felt living in her jaw and shoulders.
We worked with EFT tapping to ease the shame that came up when she tried to set boundaries or choose herself.
Over time, her nervous system began to settle. Six months later, Maya noticed fewer panic flutters and more ease in her body. Family dinners felt warmer. She started stretching in the mornings instead of reaching for her phone in a fog of dread. Her kids commented that she laughed more. Her partner told her she seemed lighter.
Most importantly, Maya described feeling steadier in her body and clearer in her decisions. She wasn’t calm all the time, but she felt more able to pause, respond, and recover when stress showed up. She noticed more space inside herself.
Space to rest without guilt, to speak up without spiraling, and to trust herself in everyday decisions. Life still had its demands, but it no longer felt like it was constantly running her.
Your Story Is Next
This Might Be You
You’re the one who holds it all together on the outside, even when it feels messy on the inside.
You wake up tired, sometimes after hours of middle-of-the-night worrying or restless sleep. Your mind doesn’t shut off easily, and your body feels keyed up or heavy, even when nothing “bad” is happening.
You care deeply about your kids, your partner, your work, and your family, but you notice yourself feeling more reactive, more withdrawn, or more numb than you want to be. Small things set you off. Then the guilt follows.
You’re used to pushing through. Taking care of others comes naturally. Knowing what you need does not.
You might recognize patterns that go way back. People-pleasing. Perfectionism. Feeling responsible for everyone’s emotional temperature. Struggling to rest without feeling lazy or selfish.
You’ve tried coping strategies that work for a while, but the anxiety, overwhelm, or burnout keeps finding its way back. You don’t want to overhaul your entire life. You just want to feel steadier in it.
You’re not broken. And you don’t need to try harder.
Your nervous system has learned certain patterns for survival, often shaped long before you had a choice. Therapy can help you understand those patterns, gently unwind them, and build a different way of relating to yourself and the world around you.
If any of this feels familiar, you’re not alone. And you don’t have to figure it out by yourself.
Online Support That Meets You Where You Are
You deserve support that fits your life — not the other way around. That’s why I offer confidential, secure video sessions from wherever you are in Washington or Idaho. You can meet from your home, your office, your backyard — anywhere you feel most at ease, with no traffic, no childcare scramble, no commute.
Whether you’re juggling family, career, life transitions, or the day‑to‑day weight of trying to keep it all together, you don’t have to do it alone anymore. So if Maya’s story — or your own — resonates with you, you’re in the right place.
Let’s Begin — Calmly, Gently, Together
The next step isn’t perfection — it’s connection.
👉 Book a free consultation call to talk about what’s been showing up for you, what you’ve been trying to manage on your own, and whether working together feels like a good fit.
You’ve carried a lot on your own. It is possible to feel steady, supported, and more like yourself again — and I’d be honored to walk with you through that.
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