Therapy for People Who Live in Their Heads
Do any of these sound familiar?
- "I overthink absolutely everything."
- "I can't tell what I'm feeling."
- "I intellectualize instead of experiencing my emotions."
- "People ask how I feel and I genuinely don't know."
- "I'm constantly analyzing myself."
- "I know what my therapist means...I just can't feel it."
- "I live from my neck up."
- "I don't trust myself to make decisions."
- "I feel disconnected from my body."
- "I keep trying to think my way out of anxiety."
If you're nodding your head...
You're exactly the kind of person I love working with.
You Don't Need More Insight
You analyze every conversation.
You replay decisions.
You understand why you feel anxious, stuck, or disconnected…
But understanding yourself hasn't changed how you feel.
Healing doesn't happen through more thinking.
It happens when your mind and body finally begin working together.
Through somatic techniques, EMDR, and Acceptance and Commit
You analyze every conversation.
You replay decisions.
You understand why you feel anxious, stuck, or disconnected…
But understanding yourself hasn't changed how you feel.
Healing doesn't happen through more thinking.
It happens when your mind and body finally begin working together.
Through somatic techniques, EMDR, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), I'll help you reconnect with your emotions, regulate your nervous system, and develop a relationship with yourself that feels grounded instead of exhausting.
You Need Connection
Maybe you've read the books.
Listened to the podcasts.
Gone over every possible explanation in your mind.
You know exactly why you're anxious.
Why your relationships are difficult.
Why you struggle to relax.
Yet somehow...nothing really changes.
That's because insight alone rarely creates lasting change.
When you've spent years relying on your
Maybe you've read the books.
Listened to the podcasts.
Gone over every possible explanation in your mind.
You know exactly why you're anxious.
Why your relationships are difficult.
Why you struggle to relax.
Yet somehow...nothing really changes.
That's because insight alone rarely creates lasting change.
When you've spent years relying on your mind to protect you, your body often becomes the place you avoid. Emotions feel confusing, overwhelming, or distant. Decisions become impossible because you can't tell the difference between fear, intuition, and overthinking.
Therapy helps you rebuild that connection.
Not by forcing feelings—but by learning how to safely notice them, understand them, and trust them.
My Approach
My Approach
I combine evidence-based therapies—including somatic techniques, EMDR, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)—to help you move beyond simply understanding yourself.
Together we'll work to:
- Feel more connected to your body and emotions
- Calm an overactive nervous system
- Process experiences that continue to affect you today
- Build confiden
I combine evidence-based therapies—including somatic techniques, EMDR, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)—to help you move beyond simply understanding yourself.
Together we'll work to:
- Feel more connected to your body and emotions
- Calm an overactive nervous system
- Process experiences that continue to affect you today
- Build confidence in your own intuition
- Reduce overthinking and self-doubt
- Respond to emotions instead of avoiding or analyzing them
- Develop greater flexibility, presence, and self-trust
If you have any questions about the therapies I use or what our work together might look like, please don't hesitate to reach out!
I'm in network with UHC, Optum, and Aetna.
Meet Ariel
Ariel Craig, LCSW - New York
I'm a New York therapist who helps adults reconnect with themselves when they've been living in their heads for far too long. Many of my clients are insightful, high-functioning people who understand their struggles intellectually but feel disconnected from their emotions, bodies, and inner sense of direction.
Using somatic techniques, EMDR, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), I help clients build greater emotional awareness, nervous system regulation, and self-trust.
