Therapy for Performance Anxiety in NYC

Learn to thrive under pressure, without anxiety taking over.

Performance anxiety doesn’t have to hold you back from success.

You want to succeed and start making a bigger impact at work, but performance anxiety keeps getting in your way.

You’ve likely felt it while…

  • Leading team meetings

  • Giving a presentation in front of others

  • Or the classic example of giving a public speech

Maybe you’ve experienced…

  • Racing thoughts

  • Difficulty focusing

  • Worry that you might mess up and everyone will judge you

  • Physical symptoms such as a racing heart, sweaty palms, or shaky hands

  • Or maybe your mind went blank and you couldn’t articulate anything at all

And now you find yourself…

  • Shying away from chances  to lead presentations 

  • Declining opportunities to speak in public and share your expertise

  • Wishing you had the courage to ask to work on the projects that interest you

You know you’re missing out on opportunities to advance your skills and career. You’re frustrated with yourself because you know you have valuable things to share, and you know you can make a bigger impact, if anxiety just wasn’t holding you back.

It’s not just at work either. The anxiety is spilling over into your personal life, leaving you…

  • Finding it difficult to disconnect from work and relax

  • Having trouble enjoying your free time

  • Feeling irritable or on edge even outside of work

  • Practicing presentations in your head during dinner or movie night

  • Needing to visit the doctor more often due to stomach or sleep problems

Your career is important to you — you deserve peace of mind knowing you can handle whatever challenges your career brings.

How therapy with me can help you:

Calm

When anxiety shows up, you can have the tools to remain calm in the presence of anxiety, so you can stay in control of your performance.

Confidence

Imagine being able to remain confident even when anxiety is there. It’s possible with the right tools to stay in contact with your confidence.

Success

With performance anxiety no longer in your way, you can stay focused on staying in the zone, performing at your peak, and enjoying your success.

How Therapy Helps You Overcome Performance Anxiety & Succeed

I know you want to succeed. You’ve worked hard to get where you are, and you’re ready for more. But performance anxiety keeps getting in the way. It makes high-stakes situations—presentations, interviews, meetings—feel overwhelming, leaving you doubting yourself just when you need to be at your best. You don’t want fear to dictate your career—so let’s change that.

A Practical, Strategic Approach to Confidence

Therapy helps you take control of performance anxiety so you can show up with confidence under pressure. In our first few sessions, we’ll get clear on how performance anxiety affects you and what success looks like in your career. Then, we’ll create a personalized plan to help you perform at your best, even in the most high-stakes moments. This might include learning how to:

  • Manage nerves so they don’t interfere with your focus.

  • Handle the pressure of big moments—without fear taking over.

  • Stop overthinking and second-guessing yourself after meetings or presentations.

  • Stay grounded, even when all eyes are on you.

  • Speak with confidence, clarity, and authority.

How ACT & CBT Help You Perform Under Pressure

With Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), you’ll learn how to stay present and perform at your best—even when anxiety is there. Instead of trying to eliminate nerves completely, you’ll get really good at handling them so they don’t shake your confidence or hold you back from stepping into leadership.

When helpful, we’ll also use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to give you research-backed tools for managing anxious thoughts, reducing physical symptoms (like shaky hands or a racing heart), and approaching high-pressure situations with confidence instead of fear.

Therapy isn’t about making anxiety disappear—it’s about giving you the tools to perform at your best, no matter the stakes.

Therapy for performance anxiety can help you…

  • Disconnect from anxious thoughts

  • Get out of your head and connect with those you’re presenting to

  • Experience more calm and less anxiety while speaking in front of others

  • Connect with your confidence as a leader

  • Enjoy being a leader

Therapy can also help you outside of work to…

  • Disconnect from work and actually relax

  • Be present for movie night

  • Enjoy life outside of work

Here’s How We’ll Get There:

STEP 1 - Book a free consultation
Schedule a free 20-minute call to discuss your goals and how therapy can help.

STEP 2 - Get the tools
Learn practical strategies to manage anxiety and improve confidence under pressure.

STEP 3 - Achieve more, with less anxiety
Apply what you’ve learned to perform at your best in high-stakes situations.

You’ve worked too hard to let fear hold you back. Let’s change that.

Invest in your career and find freedom from performance anxiety.

Common questions about therapy for performance anxiety:

  • It’s like sitting down to talk about your goals, what’s getting in the way of those goals, and strategizing what to do about it. There’s structure so you actually make progress, there’s humor so it’s light and enjoyable, and most of all there’s always something to leave with so you know exactly what you can (or can’t) do to feel better and make progress on your goals.

  • You shouldn’t have to be in therapy forever to get results. While I can’t make promises, I do know that if you commit to showing up and consistently putting in the work, you can reach your therapy goals. That said, therapy with me is short-term where clients are feeling better and meeting their goals in 3-6 months.

  • You can get started by clicking here to schedule a free 20-minute call to chat about your needs and how I can help, and we can schedule your first appointment.