Anxiety Therapy
When Your Brain Won’t Rest, Even When Everything is Fine
We provide anxiety therapy in Bozeman and online across Montana for clients who are feeling overwhelmed, restless, stuck in overthinking, or physically on edge. Our therapists help you understand how anxiety is showing up in your mind, body, and daily life so you can begin to feel more calm, clear, and steady.
Whether your anxiety is rooted in trauma, chronic stress, perfectionism, relational patterns, or a season of life that feels too heavy to carry alone, healing is possible.
Signs Anxiety May Be Affecting You
Anxiety can show up in both the body and the mind. People often reach out for anxiety therapy when they are experiencing symptoms like:
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Restless and On Edge
Restlessness can manifest as a constant need to move, a feeling of being unable to relax, or a difficulty in settling down. A feeling of being ‘on edge’ is a result of the increasing impact of restless and watchfulness that can overwhelm the nervous system.
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Racing Thoughts
Racing thoughts occur when the mind becomes flooded with a rapid stream of ideas, worries, or concerns. This can make it difficult to focus, relax, or process emotions in a meaningful way. Sometimes, racing thoughts can lead to panic attacks.
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Difficulty with Sleep
The racing thoughts, restlessness, or watchfulness can catch up to us at night, leaving us feeling over-stimulated, preventing ease in going to sleep. Our nervous believes it’s under attack and on alert, making deep, restful sleep a challenge both to achieve and restore.
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Avoidance or Numbing
Avoidance and numbing are coping strategies used to manage overwhelming emotions. Avoidance looks like steering clear of people, places, or feelings that bring up discomfort or fear. Numbing is emotional disconnection, often through alcohol or drugs, food, or excessive work.
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Why Anxiety Shows Up
Trauma & PTSD
Traumatic experiences, including abuse, loss, and major life changes, can bring on or intensify anxiety. Unresolved trauma, especially childhood or relational trauma, can keep the nervous system in a heightened state of alert.
Chronic Stress
Stress from work, relationships, finances, parenting, or caregiving can keep you in a constant state of tension. Over time, this chronic pressure can make anxiety feel like your new normal, making it harder for you to maintain a state of well-being.
Social/Cultural Pressures
Social factors, like pressure to meet social expectations or comparison through social media, can also contribute to feelings of inadequacy and anxiety. The pressure to stay up-to-date and informed, along with exposure to distressing news, can heighten worry and fear.
Perfectionism
Our busy, high demand lives can overwhelm the mind, leading to anxiety about making "right" decisions or missing out on better opportunities. High self-expectations and a harsh inner critic often fuel anxiety and overthinking. Perfectionism can lead to burnout, self-doubt, and difficulty tolerating uncertainty.
Attachment & Relational Patterns
Anxiety can also show up in relationships. People with anxious attachment patterns may struggle with reassurance-seeking, fear of being left, or feeling overly responsible for how relationships are going.
How Anxiety Therapy Can Help
Build a Calm Nervous System
Learn how to work with anxiety in the body so you feel less physically overwhelmed and more able to settle.
Reduce Overthinking & Fear
Understand and disrupt the thought patterns that keep anxiety going and build healthier ways to process and respond.
Feel More Present in Daily Life
Spend less time bracing, avoiding, or second-guessing yourself and more time feeling connected to what matters.
Improve Sleep & Recovery
Reduce the mental and physical activation that disrupts sleep or makes sleep feel difficult or inconsistent.
Our Approach to Anxiety Therapy
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Somatic Therapy
Somatic therapy is a body-based approach that works with the way anxiety shows up in the nervous system. This might be restlessness, muscle tension, shallow breathing, hypervigilance, or the sense that your body never “let’s go”. By building awareness of physical patterns and gently working with them, therapy helps you feel more regulated.
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Attachment-Based Therapy
Attachment-based therapy focuses on exploring the root causes of attachment patterns, often stemming from early childhood experiences. This approach helps you understand how your attachment style, how it was formed, how it affects your present-day relationships, and how to improve secure attachment behaviors.
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Trauma-Informed Therapy
Trauma-informed therapy focuses on creating a safety for healing, emphasizing self-compassion and emotional regulation. Individuals can then recognize how past traumas affect present relationships and embody healthy relational behaviors. By regulating the nervous system, clients can reclaim authentic connection.
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Cognitive Behavior Therapy
CBT focuses on how your thoughts and behaviors influence your emotional well-being and relationships. In the context of attachment issues, CBT helps individuals recognize and challenge negative beliefs about themselves and others that may be driving attachment-related struggles.
Our Bozeman Anxiety Therapists
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Ellie Jorgensen, LCPC
I work with adults and children to navigate life’s twists and turns. I specialize in synergetic play therapy, CBT, and ERP, focusing on challenges like childhood behavioral concerns, attachment, postpartum depression, trauma, anxiety, and OCD.
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Tori Kenyon McKay, LCSW
I have a naturally playful and professional approach. My clinical past has allowed me to develop confidence and skills working with all genders ages 16 to 35. I feel at my most skilled when I’m working with life transitions, trauma, anxiety, and depression.
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Logan Shrader, LCSW
I work with children ages 6 to 16 to build skills and strategies for thriving in school and family. I specialize in play therapy, CBT, and attachment, as well as supporting neurodivergence. I also work with men who are new to the “dad” role.
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Becky Johnston, LCSW
I create a relaxed and casual space for adult women navigating anxiety, depression, OCD, burnout, or big life changes. If you're feeling stuck, I’m here to help you feel more like you and create the path to a future that looks inviting.
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Lauren Boland, LCSW
In our work together, I’ll call into action the knowledge and strategies from somatic, mindfulness, attachment, and developmental theories for your work in anxiety, transitions, neurodivergence, and trauma.
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Sarah Webb, LCSW
I work with burnout, anxiety, rage, postpartum, birth trauma, attachment, and healthy coping in women. With expert training in Somatic, Mindfulness, and Attachment, I get to the core quickly so therapy has big impact.
Our therapists are “Neurodiverse Informed”, which is to say that we all have training and skills to work with a range of folks on the neurodiverse spectrum from ADD/ADHD, gifted, and high functioning autism. We fully celebrate the Neuro-Spicey and the Bright and Quirky!
“someone who is truly listening…”
“I feel like I am able to share openly with someone who is truly listening. I appreciate that sometimes you offer help with situations, but sometimes it’s just an opportunity for me to say things aloud.”
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Ready to take the next step?
Whether you’re seeking clarity, healing, or growth, our team is here to support you in finding what you need.