A lot of the women I sit with in session have spent years building a career that looks impressive from the outside. The promotion came. The title changed. The paycheck grew. And somewhere along the way, the feeling they expected never showed up. There’s a flatness that’s hard to name, and a sense that something is missing even though every measurable goal has been met.

If you're a woman who's constantly showing up for everyone else, including your employer, your kids, your partner, your friends and your aging parents, it's easy to let your own needs slide to the bottom of the list. Self-care often gets reduced to bubble baths and face masks, but real self-care goes much deeper than that. One of the most powerful (and often overlooked) forms of self-care is therapy designed specifically around the experiences of women.

When most people think of anxiety, they picture someone who is nervous or worried. And while those can definitely be symptoms of anxiety, many women experience anxiety in ways that are much less obvious. In fact, one of the most common signs of anxiety in women is irritability.

Motherhood is often synonymous with selflessness. You’re expected to be the caregiver, the organizer, the comforter, the one who shows up – no matter what. This makes it easy to overlook the very person needing the most relief.