Therapy For Anxiety Rooted in Trauma & Attachment Wounds
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Calmer, Clearer, and More Connected-Without Losing Your Edge
Your mind rarely stops.
Your thoughts spiral, rehearse, rewind - like they’re trying to keep you safe by keeping you on edge.
You’re treading water, the noise won’t quiet, and you’re trying to keep it all together. But inside…you’re running on fumes.
And no one even notices because you’re so good at looking like you’ve got it all handled: capable, competent, and even appearing confident.
At work, you’re the responsible one. People think you thrive under pressure. Inside, you’re battling imposter syndrome, internal pressure to be perfect, overanalyzing every email, every conversation, every situation, praying no one realizes you’re just winging it.
You’re drowning in to-do lists. The work never stops. The expectations never ease up. Meanwhile? Your energy is slipping, rest feels impossible, and your mind won’t shut off long enough to let you breathe.
You keep telling yourself to just push through. But deep down, you’re wondering: What’s the cost of keeping it all together?
Anxiety Feels Like It’s Quietly Taken Over Your Life
But It Didn’t Just Show Up Out of Nowhere
It didn’t show up with flashing lights. It snuck in quietly, over time, shaped by old wounds and attachment patterns that once kept you safe. And now? You’re completely overwhelmed.
What Anxiety Feels Like: Signs and Symptoms to Know
⇸ Your brain won’t turn off at night. You’re stuck in a highlight reel of every awkward thing you’ve ever said.
⇸ Your mind is always scanning for disaster. Worst-case scenarios? You’ve got plenty, and a backup plan for each one.
⇸ A comment or a look sets off an alarm inside you - you’re feeling triggered before you even realize why. Your heart starts racing, putting you on high alert.
⇸ Anxiety shows up as a restless energy that won’t let you settle no matter how hard you try.
⇸ Your nervous system revs up without warning, activating all your senses and making it impossible to just breathe and be.
⇸ You often feel anxiety in your body first - that fluttering heart, the shallow breath, and muscle tension that makes it hard to relax.
The Many Faces of Anxiety: How It Shows in Your Life
When You’re a Deep Thinking, High-Empathy Person with Attachment Issues, Anxiety Hits Different
➙ You don’t just experience life, you absorb it. Every shift in energy, every unspoken emotion, every tiny change in someone’s tone? You feel it. And that makes anxiety so much louder.
➙ You read into so much, scanning for danger and safety. One-word texts? Vague responses? Your brain runs wild with worst-case scenarios.
➙ You steer clear of conflict even if it means silencing yourself. You’d rather hold it in than risk creating waves…even when you should.
➙ You often overgive, apologize often, and overextend. Boundaries? You’re afraid they’ll push people away.
➙ You may pull away from closeness and sometimes feel trapped by others’ need for more closeness.
This anxiety is tied to your nervous system’s response to past hurts and experiences, and can feel impossible to control.
“You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”
Jon Kabat-Zinn
This Isn’t Just Stress.
(And it doesn’t have to control your life.)Common Ways Anxiety Manifests in Your Body and Mind
Anxiety doesn’t just show up as worry or restlessness. It lives in your body…the tight chest, the clenched jaw, frozen shoulders, the restless energy that never fully fades. It’s the weight you carry through every conversation, every decision, every relationship.
➙ Rest feels…wrong. Even when you desperately need a break, guilt crashes the party.
➙ Your mind won’t turn off at night, replaying every interaction, every “what if.”
➙ You feel like a fraud in your own life, despite your accomplishments.
As a Parent: Anxiety Turns Up the Volume
As a deeply intuitive parent with attachment wounds, your role as a parent is even more overwhelming:
➙ You feel your child’s emotions too deeply. Their bad day? Suddenly your bad day.
➙ You’re terrified of “messing them up.” You try so hard to break cycles, but the fear is always there.
Your Nervous System Is Tired of Holding the Whole Story
Anxiety isn’t just a story your mind tells. It’s in your body and deeply held in your nervous system. That’s why my trauma-informed, attachment-focused approach blends process-oriented, traditional talk therapy with nervous system regulation and somatic techniques to help you calm your body and mind, and reclaim your peace.
For years, anxiety helped you.
It kept you prepared, kept you one step ahead. But now? It’s keeping you from actually living.
The same patterns that once kept you safe are now draining you. And you don’t want to just deal with anxiety anymore, you want to move beyond it.
Imagine a Life Where…
❉ You sleep through the night (no more 3 a.m. anxiety spirals).
❉ You say no without guilt and fear of losing your connection.
❉ You stop replaying every conversation in your head.
❉ You enjoy relationships that feel mutual, steady, and safe.
❉ You feel lighter, calmer, and finally at peace.
❉ You feel grounded even when life gets overwhelming.
❉ You trust yourself instead of doubting every choice.
How Anxiety Therapy Can Help
As a trauma-trained therapist specializing in anxiety, trauma, and attachment, I integrate nervous system work to help you feel calm and clear again.
➳ Quiet the noise. Your brain doesn’t have to be your enemy. I’ll help you learn to work with it instead of against it.
➳ Stop beating yourself up. Rewire beliefs that tell you you’re not enough. Anxiety thrives on the belief that you’re not enough. You can rewrite that story.
➳ Get real tools to calm your nervous system. Develop tools to soothe your nervous system and stop spiraling thoughts. No more spiraling-just clear, effective ways to feel in control.
➳ Heal the attachment wounds and past traumas fueling your anxiety, so you can finally breathe.
Therapy for anxiety isn’t just about coping, it’s about real healing.
This isn’t just wishful thinking - it’s the beginning of feeling like yourself again.
FAQ: Anxiety Therapy in San Antonio
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Most anxiety treatment focuses only on thoughts but anxiety also lives in your body and nervous system. My approach blends somatic (body-based) techniques with trauma and attachment healing, so we’re not just managing symptoms. We’re rewiring the patterns that fuel them.
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You’re not alone! Many people’s anxiety is deeply rooted in early experiences. We’ll explore how old attachment wounds or childhood trauma shaped your nervous system and gently create new ways to feel calm, and connected. You don’t have to relive everything to heal.
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Yes! Many of my clients come to me after feeling stuck with traditional approaches. By working directly with both your thoughts and your body’s survival responses, we unlock change where “just talking” often can’t reach. This can make all the difference.
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No and yes. Everyday stress and work burnout are very real and challenging experiences. While I deeply respect how hard it can be to manage those feelings, my work focuses specifically on anxiety that is rooted in deeper, often unconscious patterns connected to past relational wounds or trauma.
If your anxiety is primarily linked to current life stressors without a trauma or attachment history, you would benefit from other supports or therapists who specialize in stress management or workplace burnout.
If you’re noticing that your anxiety feels like more than just surface-level stress or general work burnout, and the emotional burnout feels tied to early experiences or recurring patterns that keep you stuck, I can help as this could be attachment related.
Also, if your emotional burnout feels tied to compassion fatigue and/or vicarious trauma due to your work as a therapist or healthcare provider, I can absolutely help you explore and heal these deeper roots.
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Not all trauma comes from childhood, and trauma doesn’t always look like the stories we expect. You may not have experienced what feels like a “bad childhood,” but you might still carry trauma from other parts of your life, whether it’s adult relational wounds, medical trauma, sexual trauma, religious trauma, losses, or other experiences that impact your nervous system and how you relate to yourself and others.
My work focuses on healing anxiety that is rooted in these kinds of deeper, often hidden wounds. If your anxiety feels more like everyday stress or work burnout without a trauma history, my approach may not be the best fit but I’m happy to refer you to support that might be more helpful for your current needs.
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Sometimes trauma isn’t obvious - it doesn’t have to be a single, dramatic event. Many people carry wounds from experiences that may feel subtle or even invisible, like emotional neglect, repeated dismissals, or early attachment disruptions. These experiences can deeply shape how anxiety and attachment patterns show up in your life.
My work focuses on healing those underlying, often unrecognized, wounds that impact your nervous system and relationships. If you don’t identify with having trauma at all, or feel your anxiety comes solely from other sources, my approach might not be the best fit. But if you’re open to exploring how past experiences may be influencing your present, anxiety & attachment therapy can offer profound healing and relief.
You deserve more than just tips to “manage” anxiety.
Let’s calm the noise, soothe your nervous system, and heal the roots of your anxiety - together.
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