Compassionate Anxiety Therapy to Help You Thrive
Anxiety can show up as persistent worry, unease, or physical symptoms like a racing heart or nausea. When it becomes overwhelming, it can disrupt daily life and create a sense of disconnection from yourself.
Through evidence-based approaches like EMDR, ERP, narrative therapy, and ACT, I can help you understand anxiety’s impact, develop coping strategies, and reconnect with your authentic self—keeping you at the center of our work.
My Anxiety Therapy Services
Therapy provides a safe space to explore how anxiety impacts your life, develop practical techniques to manage it in the moment, prevent symptoms from escalating, and guide you toward reconnecting with your authentic self.
One-on-one virtual or in person therapy sessions, whether weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly, can help you learn how to manage behavioral symptoms while also re-connecting with yourself through values clarification, exploring and re-shaping the interactions you have with your problems, and developing empowering narratives driven by your hopes, dreams, commitments, and beliefs.
Evidence-based approaches to anxiety therapy include Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP), Eye-Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR), Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Narrative Therapy.
Group therapy is also a valuable option for those looking to change their relationship with anxiety.
How I can help you
My clients arrive from different walks of life with diverse concerns and worries. However, anxiety tends to work on our lives in similar ways, meaning that people having problems with anxiety face similar symptoms such as “thought spirals,” a sense of impending doom, persistent and intrusive worry, or a general sense of unease. In therapy, you can expect to work on the following goals:
Increase sense of self-worth and self-confidence, while decreasing the influence of anxiety and perfectionism
Decrease intrusive, recurring thoughts while increasing mindfulness + stress management skills
Increase ability to tolerate discomfort (typically in response to anxiety) to increase anxiety management skills
Increase sense of self, including confidence
Increase skills in identifying + implementing strategies for decision-making, managing anxiety, separation anxiety from self, and managing stress
Learn tools to make confident decisions
Develop (or renew) a sense of self and identity, with a better understanding of who you are and what you want out of life
Why work with Open View?
To make the most of the therapy, we must practice a stance of curiosity and imagination. When we can do so, we’re empowered to see possibilities other than what’s in front of us. If we can’t imagine new possibilities and opportunities, we stay stuck. When my clients aren’t yet ready to hold curiosity or imagination, I hold it for them.
My role as a counselor is to gently challenge, push, and confront blind spots as these are where learning and growth happen. It is also my responsibility to hold space for my clients – time and energy that may not otherwise be reserved to slow down and look around.
In some ways, I am also a teacher and guide as clients develop self-compassion, mindfulness, and acceptance skills and develop new behaviors and ways of being.
I am laid-back, warm, and down-to-earth. I believe it’s important for clients to be able to approach me so that we can have honest, helpful conversations to get you the support that you need. Clients often describe me as friendly and easy to talk to while also gently challenging to push you toward new insight.
My process: what to expect
consult call & Intake
I do an initial consult call with every potential client to make sure that we are a good fit to work together. We’ll schedule a 20-minute conversation to talk about what you’re looking for. I’ll share about my typical work with anxiety and answer any questions you have. If we both feel like it’s a good fit, we can discuss logistics and payment and schedule a session.
First session
Our first session (and sometimes second!) to address anxiety typically covers your history with the problem of anxiety, how you’ve been managing it so far, and learning more about you, your daily life, your hopes for therapy, and so on.
ongoing work
In our ongoing work, we’ll begin making a plan to manage anxiety that is based on narrative therapy, Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), or a combination of these approaches.
Ongoing work can include anywhere from 6-8 sessions or more; many clients prefer to come to therapy long-term for more support, at least initially. Sessions are ~50-60 minutes each and we usually meet weekly or every other week.
Check-ins or wrap up
Anxiety therapy doesn’t end up abruptly; typically once you are feeling comfortable and confident with the changes that have come about from therapy, we’ll taper off by meeting every other week or monthly before saying goodbye. Once we’ve finished our work together, you’re always welcome to return if needed.
Frequently asked questions about anxiety therapy
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If anxiety interferes with your daily life, relationships, work, or sleep, and feels overwhelming or uncontrollable, professional help might be beneficial for you. If you’re struggling to manage the problem on your own, seek help from a therapist.
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Length of anxiety therapy can vary based on how influential the anxiety is on your life. Some clients feel better after 4-8 sessions, while others prefer to continue therapy longer-term.
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Most clients prefer to attend weekly or every other week. I recommend weekly to start for about 4 weeks, to gain momentum. As we get farther into our work, sessions can be more spaced out.
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Often times, our work can reduce the influence of anxiety so much that you don’t even notice it anymore! And when you do, you’ll know how to respond to it. I can never promise that anxiety will go away completely, but part of our therapy together is working on the confidence and capability that if it does pop up, you can handle it.
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Typically, no. Some health insurance plans may require a referral but this is not common. If you are planning on paying out of pocket and not using insurance, you do not need a referral.
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Yes! I offer both virtual and in-person sessions for anxiety therapy. Virtual therapy is just as effective as in-person; our conversations and work together will be the same.
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Yes! We can discuss these more in-depth during therapy, but activities such as journaling, grounding techniques, visualization exercises, and meditation can be helpful alongside therapy.
To get started, schedule a free consultation so that we can talk about what you’d like to work on and what you’re looking for.
I can share more background on my approach and therapy style, and we can chat about logistics and scheduling.