There are times when anxiety is obvious. Your heart races, your thoughts will not slow down, and you can feel the tension in your body. But anxiety does not always look like panic. Sometimes it looks like overthinking every conversation after it happens. Sometimes it is lying awake at night thinking about everything you need to do tomorrow. It can look like constantly asking yourself if you made the right decision, worrying that you are disappointing people, or feeling exhaus

Many couples come to therapy because they feel confused by how far apart they have become. They may say things like, “We never used to argue like this,” “I feel like we are roommates,” or, “Every conversation turns into the same fight.” Sometimes there has been a specific event that created distance. Other times, the disconnection happened slowly between work, parenting, family responsibilities, financial stress, and the everyday demands of life.