So to give some background, my partner has had some form of anxiety all her life, with anticipatory anxiety being the most prevalent. Recently her triggers have been falling asleep and being away from home. She's attending weekly therapy sessions, taking her meds, and doing all the things that have helped in the past; I suppose I can't speak for her entirely, but she seemed to be managing it well despite everything life threw at her. That is, she had been until the new year. 

This last month has been much much harder. We got back from a weeklong trip to visit family over the holidays and only had a few days at work before both testing positive for COVID. Ten days later, and with our routine in pieces, we returned to work, but now she can't make the commute home without panicking. 

As I mainly work from home with flexible hours, she's asked me to escort her home, driving alongside her in separate vehicles. I've indulged her anxiety thus far, but knowing what I do, I feel I can only be making the situation worse. I've been on the phone with her doing guided breathing and grounding techniques (3 things and body scans), but all the tools I know how to use aren't as effective as they once were.

It may be correlation and not causation to assume it's the loss of a routine that has resulted in this drop, but I haven't seen any other change that might have caused this (if anything tangible truly caused this). I'm at a loss of what to do to help, and I feel emotionally drained by the end of the day, which only makes her feel worse about asking me to help.

Any advice or alternative grounding techniques to try would be greatly appreciated. I'm really open to anything at this point.