anxiety therapy
for when your nervous system won’t settle
Anxiety isn't always a racing heart or a panic attack. Sometimes it's a low hum that never quite stops. A mind that keeps returning to something you've already thought through a hundred times. A body that braces before the conversation has even started.
I work with anxiety at the level where it actually lives: in the nervous system, not just in thought. My goal isn't to help you manage it better. It's to help your system finally feel safe enough to let it go.
your nervous system doesn’t respond to logic
Most people who come to me for anxiety already understand it. They know where it came from. They can describe the pattern with precision. They've tried the breathing exercises, the meditation apps, the thought records. And the anxiety is still there.
That's not a failure of effort. It's because the nervous system doesn't change through understanding. It changes through experience. The body needs to actually feel safe, not just be told that it is. Insight reaches the mind. It doesn't always reach the place where the anxiety lives.
Anxiety that keeps returning is the nervous system's way of saying that something hasn't been completed. A threat response that never got to finish. A pattern of hypervigilance that formed early and hasn't found a reason to release. That's the level we work at.
what it means to work at that level
In session, I track what's happening in your body as we talk. Where you tighten. Where your breath goes shallow. Where you leave yourself and go somewhere else. Those aren't interruptions to the work. They are the work.
When anxiety is rooted in specific experiences that haven't been processed, I draw from EMDR to help your nervous system complete what it couldn't at the time. When it shows up in relational patterns or the story you carry about yourself, we work with those through somatic and Gestalt approaches, staying present with what's alive right now rather than building more analysis about it.
The Enneagram often becomes relevant here too. Anxiety in a Type 6 looks different from anxiety in a Type 1 or a Type 4. Understanding the specific structure underneath your anxiety, what it's protecting, what it's afraid of losing, changes the work in precise and meaningful ways.
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the story that anxiety tells about you
Anxiety rarely comes alone. It usually arrives with a narrative: that you're too sensitive, that you can't handle things, that everyone else manages better than you do. That story is often more painful than the anxiety itself, and it tends to keep the whole system locked in place.
Part of what we do together is untangle the anxiety from the story it's attached to. Not by arguing with the story, but by working at a level where the nervous system can have a different experience than the one it's been repeating. When that happens, the story often changes on its own.
my training and approach
Anxiety that keeps returning despite everything you've tried isn't a technique problem. It's a nervous system problem. My training was built specifically for that level of work. My Master's from Naropa University in Clinical and Mental Health Counseling with a concentration in Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Counseling gave me a contemplative foundation in presence and somatic awareness, exactly the qualities required to work with a nervous system that won't settle.
My certification in EMDR (Maiberger Institute) gives me one of the most effective tools available for helping the nervous system complete threat responses that never finished. My certifications in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for Trauma and Somatic Psychotherapy give me body-based tools for working with chronic activation, hypervigilance, and the physical patterns of anxiety directly rather than talking around them. For anxiety entangled with the story it tells about you, my Gestalt Therapy and Existential Psychotherapy certifications give me the relational and depth-oriented tools to work with that layer precisely.
sessions and pricing
I'm private pay only, which means our work is never shaped by insurance timelines or approval requirements. Sessions are $140 for 50 to 55 minutes. A free 15-minute consultation is available before any commitment.
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anxiety therapy
this might be right for you if...
The anxiety has started to feel like just who you are
You carry a story about being too sensitive or unable to cope
Previous therapy helped you understand the pattern but didn't change it
You're ready to work at the level of the nervous system, not just the narrative
You've done the cognitive work and the anxiety hasn't shifted at the body level
Your system stays activated long after the stressor has passed
You understand your anxiety but can't seem to stop it
Rest feels unavailable, even when nothing urgent is happening
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Understanding and changing are two different processes that happen in two different parts of your system. Insight lives in the mind. Anxiety lives in the nervous system. You can have complete clarity about where it came from and why it works the way it does, and your body can still respond as if the threat is current. That gap is exactly what we work with.
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You can reach me by calling (720) 663-0334, emailing jacqui@pathofpurpose.org, or booking a free 15-minute consultation through the website. Path of Purpose is located at 1895 Bluff Street, Boulder, CO 80304. Telehealth sessions are available for Colorado residents throughout the state.
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It varies depending on the complexity and history of what you're working with. Some people notice shifts within a handful of sessions. Others work through layered patterns over a longer period. I don't operate on a fixed timeline. The pace is determined by what your system actually needs, not a programme.
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Sessions run 50 to 55 minutes and cost $140. I'm private pay only, which means the structure of our work stays entirely between us. A free 15-minute consultation is available before any commitment.
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Sessions are slow and collaborative. I track what's happening in your body as we talk, not just what you're saying. You won't be asked to do breathing exercises or fill out worksheets. We stay present with what's actually happening for you in the room, and work from there.