Anxiety Therapist for Teens and Adults

Therapy for Athletes and Performers in Las Vegas

The pressure you feel starts days before the big moment. You can’t sleep. You run through every way it could go wrong, again and again. By game day or opening night, your body is so wound up that your hands shake, your breathing is shallow, and the skills you’ve practiced a thousand times suddenly feel out of reach. You know you’re capable of more. You just can’t get out of your head when it counts.

Then it’s over, but your mind doesn’t get the message. You replay every mistake on the drive home. You lie awake picking apart one moment nobody else even noticed. You sit down to dinner with friends or family, but you’re not really there. Some nights, you smoke or you have a few drinks because it’s the only thing that helps.

You’ve trained your body to perform, but no one ever taught you how to turn the pressure off.

What We’ll Work on Together

The anxiety or the pressure itself isn’t the problem. The problem is how your mind and body have learned to respond to it. I’m Lani, and I help athletes and performers change their relationship with pressure. As a former collegiate athlete, myself, I’m familiar with this cycle.

We’ll start by getting curious about what happens in the days leading up to a big moment, and where that pattern first began. From there, we’ll build practical tools to calm the pre-performance spiral, and a routine that helps you switch off once the game or show is over. We’ll also look at the beliefs running underneath it all, like the idea that one bad night says something about who you are.

What Therapy with Me is Like

Our sessions are a place where you don’t have to perform. There’s no scoreboard, no audience, and no wrong answer. You can show up in comfortable clothes and be yourself. Over time, you’ll walk into big moments feeling focused instead of frantic. You’ll be able to enjoy a win, let go of a mistake, and come home and actually be home.

Therapy for Teens

You’re the parent of a teen, and you know them better than anyone, but something has changed. Maybe you’ve noticed:

• Stomachaches, headaches, or tears before games and tryouts

• Silent car rides home after a loss

• Difficulty balancing academic and athletic responsibilities

• Snapping at you over small things

• Talking about quitting something they used to love

Between school, practice, playing time, and the pressure of what comes after high school, they’re carrying a lot. And when you ask, they say they’re fine.

You don’t have to figure out how to reach them on your own.

I work with teens who are struggling under pressure, especially high school athletes. Many teens find it easier to open up to someone outside the family, and I give them a space to say what they can’t say at home yet. Together, we’ll build tools for handling nerves before big moments, bouncing back after losses, and talking about pressure instead of bottling it up. We’ll also help them build a sense of who they are that isn’t defined by their stats.

Most teens walk in expecting one more adult telling them what to do. Instead, they find someone who listens. Over time, many parents notice their teen is calmer, more like themselves at home, and starting to enjoy the game again.

Therapy for Perfectionists

Good is never good enough.
A win feels like relief, not joy.
A mistake feels like proof of something you’ve feared all along.

Maybe you learned early that your value depended on how well you performed. Approval came after you got the perfect grade, and disappointment came after everything else. Now this inner critic follows you everywhere. You push harder to quiet it, or you numb it out by staying busy, working late, or having a few more drinks than you planned.

Perfectionism isn’t a personality trait you’re stuck with. It’s a pattern that once helped you feel safe, and patterns can change.

In therapy, I’ll help you understand the part of you that’s always pushing, and what it has been trying to protect you from. We’ll look at the stories you’ve come to believe about yourself and decide together whether they still fit.

In our sessions, you won’t be graded. You’ll be met with curiosity instead of criticism, maybe for the first time in a long time. Over time, the inner critic gets quieter, anxiety and depression decrease, and you’ll find a steadier sense of who you are that doesn’t depend on the next result.

In-Person & Online Therapy in Nevada

I offer sessions in our Las Vegas (Summerlin) office and online throughout Nevada. Whether you’re in Las Vegas, Reno, or anywhere in between, I’d love to support you.
Now accepting Aetna and Cigna insurance.