KATE CLARK THERAPY
You Handle Everything.
And You Still Can’t Fully Relax.
Anxiety Therapy for High-Functioning Adults
in DC, Northern Virginia, and Maryland
High-functioning anxiety takes many forms
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chronic overthinking
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self-monitoring
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emotional overresponsibility
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perfectionism
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relational anxiety
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inability to rest
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appearing successful while internally overwhelmed
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heightened sensitivity to interpersonal tension or subtle shifts in others
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equating rest with laziness, selfishness, or loss of control
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feeling most comfortable in the role of helper, fixer, or organizer
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persistent muscle tension, hypervigilance, or stress activation
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difficulty delegating or trusting others to follow through
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maintaining high standards that are difficult or impossible to sustain
Therapy is relational. Finding the right fit matters.
If you’re a high-functioning adult struggling with chronic anxiety, overthinking, perfectionism, or emotional exhaustion, therapy can help you better understand the patterns shaping your relationships, stress, and sense of self.
I work with adults throughout Northern Virginia, Washington, DC, and Maryland who want more than short-term coping strategies—they want meaningful, lasting change.
You’re capable, thoughtful, and highly functional—but internally, you live with persistent worry, overthinking, self-monitoring, or emotional exhaustion.
When anxiety becomes woven into identity, relationships, and self-worth, it can be difficult to imagine another way of living—even when life appears successful from the outside.
Therapy creates space to understand these patterns with greater clarity, compassion, and depth so that your life will no longer feel organized around tension, vigilance, or emotional overfunctioning.
We can begin with a brief, confidential conversation about what brings you here and whether this work feels like the right fit.
Kate Clark, MA, LCSW, LICSW
LICENSED IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA & VIRGINIA
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