FOR WOMEN | ONLINE ACROSS CA
Anxiety Therapy
Work with an Anxiety Specialist Using a Mind–Body Approach, So Your System Can Finally Settle.
If you’re honest with yourself, your mind rarely truly relaxes.
YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ALWAYS NEED TO GET THINGS EXACTLY RIGHT. YOU TEND TOWARD PERFECTIONISM, OVERTHINKING AND QUESTIONING YOURSELF AT EVERY TURN.
You have a sense that your past is somehow affecting your present—that the experiences you’ve carried for years are influencing how you feel, react, and relate. You want to understand the connection, so you can finally shift it and begin creating a new future for yourself and your relationships.
Ly Franshaua Pipkins, Psy.D., specializes in anxiety therapy across California through her online therapy practice, using nervous system-based approaches to get to the root of what’s driving your anxiety instead of just teaching you to manage it.
An increased ability to stay present in moments that used to feel overwhelming
More space between what feels like a trigger and your response
Breathing that feels more accessible, rather than controlled
Decisions that come from a steadier place, not urgency
Less background tension in your body
More ease expressing your needs in relationships without fearing you'll disappoint someone
Greater trust in your own judgment, even when others have different expectations
Less pressure to manage everyone else's emotions before your own
More freedom to be yourself instead of the version you think others need
YOU’RE READY TO EXPERIENCE:
HOW IT WORKS
Therapy tailored to you can create meaningful, lasting transformation.
This work is designed to address anxiety at its source—not just how it shows up in your thoughts, but how past experiences continue to shape how your system responds in the present.
Moving with that insight, we focus on what happens in real time when racing thoughts come up—how your attention moves, how your body responds, and what begins to shift when you stay with an experience differently.
Our work is collaborative and paced.
You won’t be pushed into overwhelm.
Instead, we stay within a range where you can remain present while your system begins to process and respond in new ways.
This may include approaches such as Brainspotting and gentle exposure-based therapy.
I use each intentionally—to help you engage what’s difficult without reinforcing the same patterns.
Over time, this work supports a different kind of change—less reactivity, more flexibility, and a greater ability to move through moments that once felt consuming.
The life you want is possible when therapy meets you where you are.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes. Many people experiencing anxiety are still functioning well externally. They are succeeding professionally, caring for others, maintaining relationships, and meeting responsibilities while privately carrying a significant amount of internal pressure. High-functioning anxiety often shows up less as visible panic and more as overthinking, difficulty relaxing, chronic tension, over-responsibility, perfectionism, or a nervous system that rarely feels fully settled. Because these patterns can look like competence from the outside, anxiety often goes unrecognized for years.
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Absolutely. Anxiety does not always appear as obvious fear or constant worrying thoughts. For many people, it shows up physically through muscle tension, shallow breathing, digestive discomfort, restlessness, fatigue, irritability, disrupted sleep, or a persistent sense of internal urgency. Some people describe feeling unable to fully “power down,” even during periods of rest. From a nervous system perspective, anxiety can become a full-body state rather than only a mental experience.
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Insight and nervous system change are not always the same thing. Many people can clearly explain where their anxiety comes from, recognize their triggers, and understand their patterns intellectually while still feeling activated in real time. This happens because anxiety is not only cognitive — it is also physiological. The nervous system learns through repetition and experience, which means some responses continue automatically even after they are understood. Therapy can help create change not only through insight, but through new experiences of regulation, flexibility, and recovery over time.
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That’s a common experience. While some people notice anxiety across many areas of life, others find it shows up most clearly in social or interpersonal settings—like conversations, group environments, or situations where they feel observed or evaluated.
In those cases, the work can be approached a bit differently. We often focus more directly on how anxiety shows up in real-time interactions, including patterns like overthinking, self-monitoring, or feeling on edge around others.
If this sounds like your experience, you can learn more about how this is approached on the social anxiety page →
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Exposure therapy doesn’t mean being pushed into overwhelming situations.
In this work, it’s approached gradually and collaboratively—at a pace that allows you to stay present and engaged. Often, we’re working with smaller moments or internal experiences rather than jumping straight into high-pressure situations.
The goal isn’t to force anything, but to help your system respond differently over time.
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Brainspotting is a mind-body approach that helps process experiences at a deeper level than talk therapy alone.
You’re never required to use any specific method. We can talk through different options and decide together what feels most useful and appropriate for you.
The work is always collaborative and tailored to your comfort and goals.
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Yes. Nervous-system–based therapy can be done very effectively through secure video sessions.
Many clients appreciate being able to work from a private, comfortable space where they can focus without rushing or commuting.
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The consultation is simply a chance to explore that question.
During the call we can:
• talk about what you’ve been experiencing
• discuss what you’re hoping will change
• decide together whether this approach feels like the right next step