anxiety Archives - Gina Davis, PsyD

Fawn Response and Anxiety: Healing Strategies That Work

Sep 14, 2025

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Struggling with anxiety and people-pleasing? Learn how the fawn trauma response and anxiety-related compulsions can overlap, and how therapy (EMDR, ERP & mindfulness) can help. You’re at a work meeting. The project lead asks if anyone can stay late to finish a task. Your heart drops — you already promised yourself tonight would be a…

Unlocking Life Lessons from The Legend of Zelda: You’re Not Failing, You’re Learning

Apr 23, 2025

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Gina Davis, PsyD

in Anxiety & Performance

Honest Disclaimer: I haven’t played the game myself (yet!). But recently, a client shared some powerful insights from their time exploring Hyrule, and it struck me how many parallels there are between Zelda and, well…life! From trial-and-error learning to reframing mistakes, the game models so much of what we work on in therapy as it…

Have You Connected With Someone Today?

Mar 19, 2020

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Gina Davis, PsyD

in Attachment & Relationships

I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, and as you may know, my hometown has been ordered to shelter-in-place until at least April 7. We’re the first in the country to do this. I’m not going to lie. This is a scary and uncertain time. Over the past week, I’ve observed (and experienced) intense fear, sadness…

Managing Performance Review Anxiety: Ten Guidelines for Women in Tech

Dec 2, 2019

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Gina Davis, PsyD

in Anxiety & Performance

2020 is less than a month away! With the end of the year (and decade) comes new chapters, new beginnings, as well as evaluations and reflections on the past six months (or “half” as they say in the tech world) at work. Performance reviews are a special season unto themselves, and they can create quite…

Tag: anxiety

Fawn Response and Anxiety: Healing Strategies That Work

Unlocking Life Lessons from The Legend of Zelda: You’re Not Failing, You’re Learning

Have You Connected With Someone Today?

Managing Performance Review Anxiety: Ten Guidelines for Women in Tech