Online therapy for driven teens and young adults
Anxiety-focused therapy for high-achievers navigating pressure, perfectionism + reassurance cycles
Serving Massachusetts and PSYPACT states
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15 minutes · Ask questions · No pressure
Services offered
Anxiety-focused therapy for driven teens and young adults
Structured therapy designed to help you navigate:
Anxiety, overthinking, and perfectionism that won’t shut off
Intrusive thoughts, checking behaviors, or reassurance cycles
High-achieving pressure and difficult school or college transitions that feel overwhelming
Executive functioning challenges or ADHD-related difficulties
Parent support using the SPACE intervention
A structured, evidence-based program developed at Yale that helps parents:
Reduce accommodations that unintentionally reinforce anxiety
Respond to anxiety and OCD with calm, consistent support
Step out of reassurance cycles and conflict loops
Support independence without escalating anxiety
Create meaningful change — even if your teen resists therapy
Meet Dr. Rene — Offering structured, anxiety-focused therapy for meaningful change
You may be used to handling things on your own. Pushing through pressure, overthinking decisions, or holding yourself to standards that rarely feel “good enough.”
Many of the driven teens and young adults I work with look capable and high-functioning on the outside, yet feel stuck in cycles of anxiety, perfectionism, avoidance, or internal pressure underneath.
My work focuses on helping clients:
Understand the anxiety-driven patterns keeping them stuck
Shift perfectionistic and reassurance-based cycles
Strengthen executive functioning and follow-through
Build flexibility and confidence — without losing their ambition
Navigate relationships in ways that reduce pressure rather than reinforce it
I also support parents in learning practical, evidence-based ways to respond to anxiety and reduce accommodations.
I combine structured, research-informed strategies with deeper insight work so clients don’t just cope — they develop skills and self-understanding that create lasting change.
Together, we build clarity, resilience, and habits that support long-term growth.
Taking the first step toward therapy can feel like a big one — and that’s completely okay.
Together, we’ll build a space where we can examine the anxiety and perfectionism patterns shaping your decisions
Not sure how to find the right therapist?
Finding someone who feels like the right fit can feel overwhelming.
If you’re wondering what to look for — or how to tell whether therapy is actually helping — I wrote more about what makes a strong therapeutic fit and how to evaluate it.
Not quite ready to start therapy?
No problem.
Not everyone is ready for therapy — and that’s okay. I’ve created free, self-guided toolkits for managing anxiety, executive function challenges or difficulties parenting anxious teens to help you take small, meaningful steps forward.
Whenever you’re ready.
Start where it feels comfortable.