Anxiety Therapy in Belle Meade, TN
You can look calm on the outside and still deserve support on the inside.
You’ve built a full life, and you’ve done it by being capable, prepared, and put together. Few people would guess how much effort that takes. Behind the calm there’s a mind that checks and rechecks, a quiet fear of getting it wrong, and a tiredness that never quite lifts.
This kind of anxiety often goes unnoticed because it looks like success. You don’t have to keep carrying it on your own. I welcome adults from Belle Meade at my office in Brentwood, just a short drive southeast in Maryland Farms.
Free 10 minute consultation. Call or text 615-905-6132.
Dave Saunders, LPC-MHSP, NCC. Licensed Professional Counselor and Mental Health Service Provider, State of Tennessee. Level II trained in EMDR. Ten years in practice.
When doing it all has a hidden cost
High functioning anxiety can look like:
Holding yourself to a standard you’d never ask of anyone else
Needing everything to be just right before you can relax
Overpreparing, overthinking, and still worrying you missed something
Finding it hard to ask for help, because you’re usually the one giving it
Those strengths have likely served you well. Therapy can help you keep what works while gently releasing the constant pressure underneath.
Therapy that reaches deeper
Maybe you’ve already tried talk therapy. It helped you understand yourself, and now you’re ready for something that goes further. I pick up where talk therapy leaves off.
Anxiety often lives below the level of thought, in a nervous system that learned long ago to stay alert. With EMDR and Brainspotting, we can work directly with the experiences behind that alertness, so your body can finally let its guard down.
Trauma Focused CBT adds another layer. It helps you notice all or nothing thinking and make room for the gray areas, where life tends to be a lot kinder. Once your brain is calm, your thoughts often begin to soften on their own. My anxiety therapy page shares more about how I work.
A thoughtful, collaborative approach
I’m Dave Saunders, a Licensed Professional Counselor and Mental Health Service Provider in Tennessee and a Nationally Certified Counselor. I earned my MA at Trevecca Nazarene University, and I’m Level II trained in EMDR and Brainspotting.
I believe you are the expert on you. Most people I meet don’t want to rehash every detail of their past, and they don’t have to. We’ll work as partners, focused on what matters most to you and the change you’d like to feel in your everyday life. Learn more about me.
Visiting from Belle Meade
My office is at 103 Continental Place, Suite 204, Brentwood, TN 37027, in Maryland Farms, about eight miles southeast of Belle Meade. Appointments are available Monday to Friday, 8 am to 6 pm.
Sessions are $195, usually once a week. I’m private pay, and I’ll gladly provide a superbill if you’d like to seek out of network reimbursement. EMDR and Brainspotting take place in person.
Your questions, answered
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It isn’t a formal diagnosis, but it’s a helpful way to describe anxiety that hides behind achievement. You keep doing well on the outside while feeling tense, worried, or exhausted inside. It’s very real, and it deserves care just as much as anxiety that everyone can see.
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I’m so glad you’re open to trying again. Tell me what helped before and what didn’t, and we’ll build from there. EMDR and Brainspotting work with your body and nervous system, not only your thoughts, which lets us reach places that talking alone doesn’t always get to.
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Everyone is different, and honestly, it’s such an individual process. You’re the expert on you, so I’ll rely on your honest feedback, and we’ll adjust as we go.
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Yes, HSA cards are welcome. I can also provide a superbill for out of network reimbursement.
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No. Adults 18 and over only.
Give yourself this
You’ve spent so much energy taking care of everything and everyone. You’re allowed to make room for yourself, too.
Call or text 615-905-6132, or email davesaunderscounseling@gmail.com.
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Anxiety Treatment Belle Meade, TN