stress, Anxiety and Depression therapy For women in St. Louis, MO
You don’t have to do it alone…
When Strength Becomes Strain
Many women I work with are leaders, professionals, mothers, entrepreneurs, or caregivers. They are thoughtful and driven. They care deeply. They also learned early to be responsible, self-sufficient, and high-achieving.
Over time, those strengths can turn into chronic pressure:
Perfectionism that never lets you rest
Guilt when you set boundaries
Anxiety when you slow down
A quiet belief that your needs come last
These patterns once helped you succeed or stay safe. Now, they may be costing you your peace.
Reconnect with Yourself. Restore Your Energy. Feel Like You Again
You’re capable. Responsible. The one others rely on.
And yet—underneath it all—you may feel exhausted, anxious, disconnected, or quietly overwhelmed.
Burnout doesn’t always look dramatic. Sometimes it looks like overfunctioning. Like pushing through. Like being the dependable one while your own needs fall to the bottom of the list. Anxiety may feel like constant mental noise, tension in your body, or the pressure to get everything right. Depression can feel heavier—low energy, irritability, numbness, or wondering why nothing feels the way it “should.”
If you’re a woman in St. Louis navigating burnout, anxiety, or depression, therapy can be a place to finally slow down—and not have to hold it all together.
You don’t have to figure it out alone…You deserve the support and care.
A Different Way Forward
Therapy with me is not about fixing you.
It’s about reconnecting.
We gently explore the parts of you that learned to overfunction, perform, or carry more than your share. We slow down enough to notice what your body has been holding. We work with attachment patterns that shape how you show up at work and in relationships.
My approach is trauma-informed and grounded in clinical depth, while steady and relational. You won’t be pushed. You won’t be pathologized. You’ll be met with curiosity and respect.
Over time, clients often experience:
More calm in their nervous system
Clearer boundaries without overwhelming guilt
Less internal pressure to prove or perform
Greater self-trust in decisions
A deeper sense of steadiness and emotional resilience
Not a dramatic reinvention — but a quiet, meaningful shift.
Therapy with me
Whether this pressure has been building for years or it’s something that’s crept up more recently, we won’t start with a self-improvement plan. We start with you — how this has been living in your body, your thoughts, your relationships.
Many of the women I work with are used to being capable, reliable, the one others lean on. So we gently begin there. What has that role required of you? What has it cost you? Where did you learn that your needs come last?
Our work moves at a pace that feels steady and manageable. Some days we’ll untangle the patterns — perfectionism, people-pleasing, overfunctioning — and the quiet beliefs underneath them. Other days we’ll slow down enough to notice what happens in your nervous system: the bracing, the shutting down, the constant push to keep going.
Over time, something shifts. You’re no longer stuck in overdrive or numbness. There’s more flexibility. More choice. Your needs don’t automatically fall to the bottom of the list — and you begin to feel grounded and quietly confident in a way that lasts.
What This Might Look Like in Practice
In our sessions, we talk about anything that matters — how stress, burnout, and old patterns show up in your thoughts, your body, and your life. We make space for frustration, exhaustion, numbness, and resentment — without rushing or minimizing it.
We explore how past experiences and coping strategies like striving, over-functioning, or shutting down may still be running your life, and gently shift them to support the woman you are now — steady, capable, and more at ease.
We also pay attention to how stress lives in your body, practicing ways to respond differently so you feel grounded, flexible, and in control. You’ll learn to notice difficult thoughts and feelings without judgment, take actions aligned with what matters to you, and feel more connected, confident, and at home in yourself — without guilt or pressure.
If any of this feels like it fits….
If any of this feels familiar, know that living at this pace can shape you in ways that are hard to untangle on your own. Having a space to slow down, sort through what you’ve been carrying, and notice what’s really happening can begin to lift some of that weight.
If you’d like to explore that, we can start with a brief conversation. You’re welcome to ask questions, get a sense of how I work, and see if it feels like a good fit — with absolutely no pressure to move forward.