Anxiety can make even a full life feel narrow.
A warm, collaborative space to understand the worry beneath the worry—and find more room to breathe, choose, and be present.
Sometimes anxiety is loud. Sometimes it hides inside competence.
- Your mind scans ahead—rehearsing conversations, preparing for what could go wrong.
- Your body feels braced: tight chest, shallow breath, restless energy, or trouble falling asleep.
- You second-guess decisions, searching for a certainty that never quite arrives.
- You look calm and capable to everyone else while privately feeling on edge.
Your anxiety is not evidence that you are broken.
Anxiety is often a protective response that has been working overtime. Therapy can help you understand what it is trying to prevent, notice how it lives in your body and relationships, and find responses that create freedom rather than more struggle.
We work with both the story and the nervous system.
My approach brings together depth-oriented conversation, relational therapy, mindfulness, and body-based awareness. Each session follows what is most alive and useful for you.
Begin with safety
We move at a pace that feels manageable. You stay in choice about what we explore and how we work.
Listen to the body
Somatic awareness helps us catch anxiety earlier and understand what your nervous system is responding to.
Understand the roots
We look past the immediate symptoms toward the memories, relationships, and protective beliefs underneath.
Practice new responses
Insight becomes useful when it changes daily life—steadier boundaries, more flexibility, more room to breathe.
Support that fits where you are.
I see adults in person at my Mill Valley office in Marin County, and online for clients located anywhere in California.
After-work appointments and a limited number of Sunday sessions are available for busy professionals.
I'm Christine. I can help.
I'm an associate professional clinical counselor (APCC #20063) in Mill Valley, supervised by Laura Rose, LMFT #83808. I see clients in person in Mill Valley and virtually anywhere in California. Learn more about me here.
Share your contact info and I'll reach out. I offer free 15-minute consultations where we can talk about what you're looking for and I can answer any questions you have about how I work.
655 Redwood Highway, Suite 339
Mill Valley, CA 94941