ANXIETY THERAPY
in Arlington, VA and Washington D.C.
Do You Feel Like Anxiety Is Silently Running The Show?
Anxiety doesn’t always kick the door in. Sometimes it moves in quietly—little by little—until it feels less like a symptom and more like a way of life. You might notice yourself worrying about everything from relationships to money to your health, even when part of you knows you’re imagining the worst.
Over time, that constant “what if?” can drain the joy out of everyday moments, chip away at your confidence, and make it hard to feel fully present in your own life. If you’ve been considering anxiety therapy, it may be because you’re tired of watching life happen from the sidelines, and you’re ready to become the main character in your story once again.
Anxiety Can Change Your Life Without You Even Noticing
Anxiety can show up as negative thoughts, social anxiety, panic attacks, or a creeping sense of self-doubt that turns into self-sabotage. It can also land in the body: insomnia, restlessness, muscle tension, fatigue, and that “revved up” feeling that never quite shuts off.
Many people cope through avoidance—skipping plans, withdrawing from friends, and neglecting basic self-care—without realizing how much smaller their world has become. And because the shift is gradual, you may not recognize how far it’s gone until your relationships strain, your health starts waving red flags, or someone close to you says, “Hey… you don’t seem like yourself anymore.”
The good news is that anxiety responds incredibly well to treatment, and awareness is a powerful turning point. With the support of a compassionate anxiety therapist trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), you can learn to understand what fuels the worry, calm your nervous system, and rewrite your story—step by step.
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Anxiety Can Feel Like It’s Everywhere Lately
If it seems like anxiety is showing up more often—in your life, in your friends’ lives, and in the wider world—you’re not imagining it. Anxiety-related concerns are one of the most common reasons people seek counseling. Work pressure, nonstop bad news, social media comparisons, and our “always-on” status can keep our nervous system stuck in high gear. For a lot of people, anxiety isn’t one clear fear—it’s a constant hum in the background that makes everything feel harder than it used to.
Why Anxiety Is So Hard To “Just Push Through”
While genetic and biological factors can play a role in anxiety, a lot of people are anxious because the ground keeps shifting under their feet. Economic uncertainty, rising housing costs, and grocery bills that seem to climb every week can keep your mind and body braced for impact. It’s hard to get perspective when you’re constantly managing the next problem, the next payment, the next decision. Anxiety thrives in that kind of pressure—because there’s rarely enough time to slow down, reflect, and see patterns clearly.
So you do what capable people often do: you push harder. You white-knuckle it. You stay busy. You try to outthink it, outwork it, or “power through” with sheer will. But anxiety can run quietly in the background, shaping your choices and coping habits in ways that are tough to recognize without support. Fortunately, all of these things are workable—with support.
In anxiety therapy, I’ll help you name what’s happening, understand the motivating forces behind it, and build practical tools that create real relief—not just temporary distraction. With the right approach to anxiety treatment, you can learn to steady your mind and body, turn down the volume on negative thoughts, and respond to stressors with more balance and confidence.
Anxiety Therapy Offers A Warm, Nurturing Space To Heal
For most people living with anxiety, the first thing they want isn’t advice—it’s to feel genuinely seen, safe, and validated. As an anxiety therapist, my goal is to offer a calming, supportive space where you can let your guard down and tell the truth about what you’ve been carrying.
And while we may talk about heavy things occasionally, I don’t believe therapy has to feel intense every minute. Rather, I want to meet you with warmth, gentleness, and even humor if it helps your body relax and your real self come forward. You deserve a place where you can show up exactly as you are—and that’s what anxiety therapy is all about.
Tailoring Anxiety Treatment To Your Passions, Routines, And Daily Life
In the beginning, we’ll talk through what brought you here and what you want to be different. From there, we’ll shape an anxiety treatment plan together—one that’s intuitively guided, flexible, and built around your needs and goals.
I also focus on practical support you can use right away, not just insight. If you’re seeking treatment for social anxiety, panic attacks, or even life stress unrelated to an anxiety disorder, therapy can teach you breathing, grounding, and calming strategies that provide immediate relief when you need it.
Just as importantly, I work through a holistic lens, looking at the whole person: we’ll explore sleep, diet, movement, stress load, and daily rhythms—and we’ll weave in what matters to you. If sports, yoga, nature, music, or art helps you feel like yourself, we’ll make that central to our work in anxiety therapy, not a side note.
How CBT For Anxiety Helps You Disrupt The Cycle Of Fear And Doubt
The core approach I use in anxiety treatment is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which focuses on the relationship between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Anxiety often runs beneath the surface—automatic interpretations, old self-beliefs, and coping habits (like avoidance, over-preparing, or constant reassurance-seeking) that accidentally keep the cycle strong.
In anxiety disorder counseling, CBT helps us slow things down so you can recognize the pattern, question the thoughts you’ve been taking as fact, and practice new responses that better support your well-being. That might include identifying triggers, defusing thought spirals, building distress-tolerance skills, and trying gentle, “real-life” experiments that grow confidence over time. That way, change isn’t just something you understand, it’s something you can actually feel.
There’s A Path Through This—Even If It’s Hard To See Right Now
If anxiety has started to feel bigger than you, please know this: it’s highly treatable. Healing usually isn’t a dramatic leap—it involves consistent, compassionate baby steps that add up. With the support of anxiety counseling, you can regain a sense of control, reconnect with yourself, and start noticing a greater sense of ease, energy, and joy returning to everyday moments.
You May Have Questions About Anxiety Therapy
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Concerns about time and money are real; however, addressing anxiety early often keeps it from affecting your sleep, focus, relationships, and overall well-being. If you’ve been struggling with anxiety for a while now, just think of how much time and energy you’ve lost trying to make peace with it on your own.
Instead of just getting through the day and surviving, anxiety counseling is a practical investment that can help you interrupt unhelpful habits and overcome limiting beliefs, freeing up time and energy you can spend on what truly matters to you.
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Yes. My practice is HIPAA-compliant, and the telehealth platforms I use are secure. As an anxiety counselor, my priority is helping you feel safe and respected. If there are things you’ve never shared—about panic symptoms, social anxiety, or painful, even traumatic experiences that still affect you—you can talk about them here in counseling without worrying that your privacy will be compromised. This is a space where you don’t have to perform, edit yourself, or keep it together for someone else.
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Most people are juggling a lot, and it can feel tough to carve out time for anxiety therapy. That’s why my scheduling is flexible, with options in the morning, at lunchtime, and in the evening. Even with a full calendar, your mental health deserves a place on it. Just as we would seek medical care even though we’re busy, we should treat mental health counseling and anxiety therapy the same way—as an essential form of care that’s integral to our overall well-being.
Let’s Revitalize Your Sense Of Safety, Peace, And Joy In Life
If stress at work, home, or in your relationships has started to feel like too much to bear alone, I would be honored to help you carry that weight. To get started, call or text 703-485-7457 for a free 30-minute phone consultation. You can also connect with me via email or through the contact form on my website.
I currently offer both in-person anxiety counseling sessions and secure telehealth appointments for clients in Washington D.C., Arlington, VA, Northern Virginia, and throughout the state.
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