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Anxiety is exhausting. Not the kind of exhaustion other people can see, but the kind that comes from a brain that won’t stop running scenarios, scanning for threats, and convincing you that the worst case is the most likely case. Maybe it’s the constant knot in your stomach before meetings. Maybe it’s the spiral that starts at 2 a.m. and doesn’t stop until you’re catastrophizing about things that haven’t happened yet. Maybe it’s the way your heart races in social situations, or the panic attacks that come out of nowhere and leave you convinced something is seriously wrong.
Whatever form it takes, anxiety is your nervous system working overtime. And while it might feel like something is broken, the truth is your brain learned to protect you this way. The goal of therapy isn’t to eliminate anxiety entirely. It’s to help you understand it, respond to it differently, and stop letting it run your life.
We don’t take a one-size-fits-all approach to anxiety treatment. Your therapist will work with you to understand what’s driving your anxiety and match the approach to what fits.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is our most common starting point for anxiety. It helps you identify the thought patterns and behaviors that maintain your anxiety cycle and teaches you concrete skills to interrupt them. If you’re dealing with social anxiety, CBT includes gradual exposure to the situations you’ve been avoiding. If it’s generalized anxiety, we work on challenging the distorted thinking that keeps you stuck in worst-case-scenario mode.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is especially useful when anxiety comes with intense emotions that feel hard to control. DBT builds skills in mindfulness, distress tolerance, and emotional regulation that help you manage the physical and emotional overwhelm that anxiety produces.
EMDR may be part of your treatment if your anxiety is rooted in past traumatic experiences. Unprocessed trauma often shows up as chronic anxiety, hypervigilance, or panic, and EMDR helps your brain process those memories so they stop triggering your nervous system in the present.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps you change your relationship with anxious thoughts rather than trying to eliminate them. Instead of fighting the anxiety, you learn to notice it, make room for it, and act in line with your values anyway.
We also treat specific anxiety presentations including panic disorder, health anxiety, performance anxiety, and the anxiety that frequently travels alongside ADHD.
Anxiety is one of the most treatable mental health conditions there is. You don’t have to just push through it, manage it with willpower, or wait for it to get worse before you ask for help.
All sessions are virtual across New York, New Jersey, and North Carolina. We accept Aetna, Cigna, BCBS (NC), Northwell Direct (NY), and offer a sliding scale starting at $25 per session. Visit our Insurance & Fees page for details, or contact us to get started.
CBT is the most well-researched treatment for anxiety disorders and is typically the first approach we use. Depending on your specific presentation, your therapist may also draw from DBT, EMDR, or ACT. We match the modality to you rather than applying the same approach to everyone.
It depends on the severity of your symptoms and what’s driving them. Many clients notice a meaningful reduction in anxiety within 8 to 16 sessions. Some people benefit from longer-term work, especially if anxiety is connected to trauma, ADHD, or relational patterns.
Yes. Therapy alone can be highly effective for anxiety. Many of our clients manage their anxiety entirely through the skills they learn in sessions. If you’re also working with a psychiatrist or prescriber, we’re happy to coordinate care.
Yes. Panic disorder is one of the anxiety presentations we treat regularly. CBT for panic includes understanding the panic cycle, reducing avoidance behaviors, and building skills for managing the physical sensations of panic so they stop feeling life-threatening.
