Robyn Sevigny, LMFT
Transform Your Relationship with Anxiety Through Integrative, Trauma-Informed Care
If you're a successful professional who appears to have it all together while privately battling anxiety, you're not alone. I specialize in helping high-achieving adults who struggle with anxiety disorders rooted in complex trauma and childhood experiences. Through my integrative approach—combining EMDR, Parts Work, skills building, and nervous system support—I offer a path from merely surviving to genuinely thriving. My online therapy sessions are available from anywhere in California—Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, and beyond.
Understanding Your Anxiety Through a Trauma-Informed Lens
Your anxiety symptoms aren't random or a sign of weakness. For most of my clients, excessive anxiety serves as both a messenger and protector, signaling unresolved trauma while trying to keep you safe from feeling painful emotions. Whether you're experiencing generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, or anxiety related to complex PTSD, I approach your mental health with deep understanding and compassion.
As a mental health professional specializing in trauma, I recognize that anxiety disorders rarely exist in isolation. That racing heart before meetings, the panic attacks that seem to come from nowhere, the constant worry about others' perceptions—these aren't personality flaws. They're adaptive responses your nervous system developed to protect you, often stemming from early experiences where emotional or physical safety wasn't guaranteed.
What My Integrative Therapy Approach Means for You
Rather than using a one-size-fits-all method, I draw from several powerful modalities to support your healing. This integrative approach ensures that your therapy for anxiety is tailored specifically to your needs, addressing not just symptoms but the whole of who you are.
EMDR Therapy
Helps you process trauma, anxiety, and emotional pain without having to relive every detail. It's a gentle yet effective way to reduce anxiety symptoms and restore balance. Through EMDR, traumatic memories lose their emotional charge, allowing you to recall past experiences without being triggered into panic attacks or severe anxiety.
Parts Work (IFS-Informed)
We explore the different "parts" of you—like the inner critic, the perfectionist, or the protector—and help them work together instead of against each other. This builds self-compassion and emotional clarity, particularly powerful for managing anxiety disorders that stem from internal conflict. You'll discover that even your most anxious parts have been trying to protect you.
Skills Building
You'll learn practical tools to manage stress, set boundaries, regulate emotions, and communicate more effectively. These aren't just coping strategies—they're life-enhancing skills that transform how you navigate relationships, work challenges, and daily stressors. This aspect of treatment helps ensure lasting change beyond our therapy sessions.
Emotion Processing
Together, we'll create a safe space to feel, understand, and release emotions that have been buried or overwhelming. You'll learn how to stay grounded even when things feel intense, developing the capacity to experience your emotions without being consumed by them. This is essential for healing trauma and reducing the physical symptoms of anxiety.
Symptom Reduction & Nervous System Support
Whether you're dealing with generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, or trauma responses, we'll work to calm your nervous system and reduce distressing symptoms so you can feel more like yourself again. This includes addressing muscle tension, sleep disruption, and the exhausting hypervigilance that keeps you constantly on edge.
Beyond Feeling "Better"
This integrative approach isn't just about feeling "better"—it's about building a life that feels aligned, fulfilling, and emotionally secure. My goal is to help you reconnect with your inner wisdom, reclaim your energy, and create relationships that nourish rather than drain you. You don't have to keep pushing through. You deserve support that meets you where you are and helps you grow into where you want to be.
Who I Work With
I specialize in treating anxiety disorders in:
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High-achieving professionals
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Healthcare and medical professionals facing burnout alongside anxiety
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Adults managing complex PTSD from childhood trauma
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Individuals whose success masks internal struggle
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People ready to move beyond coping into genuine transformation
My clients typically appear successful and composed on the outside but privately struggle with:
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Emotional dysregulation and mood swings
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Intrusive memories and flashbacks
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Self-doubt despite external achievements
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Difficulty trusting themselves or others
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Physical symptoms like muscle tension and panic attacks
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Feeling disconnected from their authentic self
What Makes My Anxiety Therapy Practice Different
Truly Integrative Care
I don't just apply techniques—I weave together EMDR, Parts Work, narrative therapy, skills building, and nervous system support to create a comprehensive healing experience. This integrative approach means we address your anxiety disorder from multiple angles: processing trauma, understanding internal dynamics, building practical skills, and supporting your body's healing.
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A Healing Relationship, Not Just Techniques
Our therapeutic relationship becomes a laboratory for new experiences—where vulnerability is met with compassion, boundaries are respected, and you can practice being authentically yourself without the pressure to perform or please. Through narrative and relational therapy approaches, you'll rewrite limiting stories while experiencing genuine connection.
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Trauma-Informed Understanding
I don't treat anxiety symptoms in isolation. We explore how your anxiety disorder connects to your life story, helping you understand why your nervous system responds the way it does. This deeper understanding transforms anxiety from an enemy to fight into a messenger to understand.
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Tailored to High-Achievers
I understand the unique challenges of maintaining a successful exterior while managing internal turmoil. There's no judgment here about why someone so "capable" struggles with anxiety. Your drive, perfectionism, and high standards are honored while we work to find more sustainable ways of being.
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Whole-Person Healing
Beyond just reducing anxiety symptoms, we focus on emotion processing, nervous system regulation, and building life-enhancing skills. This comprehensive approach ensures that healing touches every aspect of your life—from your relationship with yourself to your connections with others.
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Online Convenience with Deep Connection
My online therapy sessions provide the same depth and connection as in-person work, with added benefits. You can engage in deep therapeutic work from your own space, maintaining privacy and comfort while accessing effective treatments for your mental health conditions.
Your Journey with Me: What to Expect
Free 20-Minute Consultation
We'll briefly discuss what brings you to therapy for anxiety and ensure we're a good fit. This conversation is pressure-free—come as you are, with whatever mix of hope and hesitation you're carrying.
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Initial Session: Building Our Foundation
During our first full session, we'll explore:
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Your current anxiety symptoms and triggers
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Your history and how past experiences may connect to present struggles
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Your strengths and existing coping strategies
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Your goals for therapy and what transformation looks like for you
There's no pressure to share everything at once—you control the pace of our work together.
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Ongoing Therapy: Your Personalized Treatment Plan
Once we've established our foundation, therapy sessions become a consistent space for deeper healing. We'll meet weekly for 50-55 minutes, creating a reliable rhythm for your healing journey. Each session focuses on what feels most present and important to you, integrating various approaches:
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Trauma Processing: Using EMDR to heal past wounds that fuel current anxiety
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Parts Work: Understanding and harmonizing different aspects of yourself
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Skills Building: Developing practical tools for boundaries, communication, and emotional regulation
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Emotion Processing: Creating safe space to feel and release buried emotions
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Nervous System Support: Calming your body's stress responses and reducing physical symptoms
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Narrative Rewriting: Transforming limiting beliefs through storytelling and relational work
Your treatment plan evolves as you grow. We'll regularly check in on progress—not through rigid metrics, but by noticing shifts in how you think, feel, and respond to life's challenges. This integrative approach ensures we're not just managing your anxiety disorder but truly transforming your relationship with yourself and others.
The Transformation You Can Expect
Through this integrative approach to healing, clients who commit to this deeper work often experience:
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Symptom Relief & Nervous System Regulation: Panic attacks become less frequent, your body learns to recognize safety, and the exhausting hypervigilance finally eases
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Emotional Freedom: You develop the capacity to feel, process, and release emotions without being overwhelmed by them
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Inner Harmony: The different parts of you—the achiever, the protector, the vulnerable one—learn to work together rather than against each other
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Practical Life Skills: You master boundaries, communication, and stress management tools that enhance every area of your life
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Authentic Relationships: As you heal attachment wounds and develop self-trust, you create connections that nourish rather than drain you
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Aligned Living: Achievement no longer comes at the cost of your mental health—you build a life that feels fulfilling and emotionally secure
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Reconnection with Inner Wisdom: You reclaim your energy and intuition, trusting yourself to navigate life's challenges
This isn't just about managing an anxiety disorder—it's about building the emotionally rich, authentic life you deserve.
Why Choose Online Anxiety Therapy
Working together online means you can:
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Access specialized trauma therapy from anywhere in California
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Maintain complete privacy and confidentiality
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Save time without commuting to appointments
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Feel safer opening up from your own environment
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Immediately engage in self-care after intense sessions
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Have your comfort items and grounding tools nearby
My online practice is designed to feel warm, connected, and supportive. Technology becomes a bridge to healing rather than a barrier, allowing us to do deep, transformative work regardless of physical distance.
​Ready to Stop Pushing Through and Start Healing?
You don't have to keep white-knuckling through anxiety, achieving but never arriving, appearing strong while feeling fragmented inside. You deserve support that meets you where you are and helps you grow into where you want to be.
Living with an anxiety disorder doesn't have to mean living in constant fear. Through our integrative work together—combining EMDR, Parts Work, skills building, emotion processing, and nervous system support—you can transform your relationship with anxiety, heal from past trauma, and discover what it feels like to be genuinely calm and authentically yourself.
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The life you're longing for—where you feel grounded, connected, and free from the tyranny of anxiety—isn't just about feeling "better." It's about building a life that feels aligned, fulfilling, and emotionally secure. It begins with one simple step: reaching out.
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Take the first step toward healing. Contact me through my website to schedule your free 20-minute consultation. Let's explore how my integrative approach can support your journey from surviving with anxiety to truly thriving.
Serving clients throughout California, with special focus on Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sacramento. All sessions conducted via secure online therapy platform.
Ready to explore how integrative therapy combining EMDR, Parts Work, and practical skills building can help you heal and thrive? I invite you to reach out for your free 20-minute consultation. Together, we'll discuss your needs and determine if my comprehensive approach is right for you.
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Contact me today to schedule your consultation and begin your journey from surviving to thriving. You don't have to keep pushing through alone—you deserve support that meets you where you are and helps you grow into where you want to be.