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How Better Sleep Hygiene Helps Anxiety Feel More Manageable

How Better Sleep Hygiene Helps Anxiety Feel More Manageable

by Erika T. Kendrick | Feb 4, 2026 | Anxiety Therapy

We’ve all been there: lying wide awake at 3:00 AM, replaying a conversation from three years ago or worrying about a meeting that hasn’t happened yet. When you are struggling with racing thoughts, sleep is often the first thing to go and its absence only makes the...
Performing Your Way to Burnout: How Perfectionism Keeps Anxiety High

Performing Your Way to Burnout: How Perfectionism Keeps Anxiety High

by Erika T. Kendrick | Jan 27, 2026 | Anxiety Therapy

For many high-achieving women, perfectionism isn’t just a work ethic; it’s a survival strategy. You show up early, stay late, and ensure every detail is flawless, all while maintaining a calm exterior. But beneath that “perfect” surface, you are...
Living on Edge: How Chronic Uncertainty Keeps Anxiety Alive

Living on Edge: How Chronic Uncertainty Keeps Anxiety Alive

by Erika T. Kendrick | Dec 17, 2025 | Anxiety Therapy

If you feel like you’re always waiting for something to go wrong and bracing for impact even on good days, you’re not imagining it. Chronic uncertainty is one of the most powerful fuel sources for anxiety. And for many high-functioning women, especially women of...
Stuck in the Anxiety-Insomnia Loop? Here’s How to Break Free

Stuck in the Anxiety-Insomnia Loop? Here’s How to Break Free

by Erika T. Kendrick | Dec 10, 2025 | Anxiety Therapy

If your nights feel like a battlefield—your mind racing, your body restless, and sleep nowhere in sight—you are absolutely not alone. Many women who explore anxiety therapy quickly realize that anxiety and insomnia aren’t two separate issues. They actively feed each...
Healing Health Anxiety From the Inside Out With Brainspotting

Healing Health Anxiety From the Inside Out With Brainspotting

by Erika T. Kendrick | Dec 1, 2025 | Anxiety Therapy

Health anxiety can feel like an inescapable trap. Not because you’re overthinking, but because your body remembers every fear, every symptom scare, every late-night Google spiral, and every moment you felt dismissed or like something was fundamentally wrong, even when...
That ‘Strong’ Self-Talk Is Actually Burning You Out

That ‘Strong’ Self-Talk Is Actually Burning You Out

by Erika T. Kendrick | Nov 24, 2025 | Anxiety Therapy

Most of us grow up believing that “strong” self-talk is what keeps us going. You know the lines: “Push through.” “You don’t have time to fall apart.” “You’ve handled worse.” “Keep it together.” But here is what research shows (and what I see every day in anxiety...
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Erika T. Kendrick, LPC

Empowering Women of Color to be healed from anxiety through therapy (Millennial and GenX)

In-person therapy available in Montclair, NJ.

Online therapy available throughout New Jersey, including Glen Ridge, and across Florida, including St. Petersburg and Oakland Park.

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