Online anxiety therapy for teens and adults in MA, WA + PSYPACT states

Anxiety doesn’t always look dramatic.

Sometimes it looks like:

  • Overthinking everything

  • Avoiding situations that “shouldn’t” feel scary

  • Trouble sleeping

  • Irritability or shutdown

  • Physical tension or panic

  • School refusal

  • Feeling constantly behind or not enough

Anxiety often hides under achievement or withdrawal. It can intensify during transitions, like starting high school or college, navigating independence, relationship changes, identity development, or major life adjustments.

Anxiety can shrink your world quietly.

Therapy helps you expand it again.

How I approach anxiety work

We start by understanding how anxiety operates — not just what it feels like.

Anxiety thrives on:

  • Avoidance

  • Reassurance

  • Mental over-engagement

  • Trying to eliminate uncertainty

Together, we:

  • Identify the patterns maintaining anxiety

  • Build tolerance for uncertainty

  • Practice responding differently to fear

  • Reduce avoidance gradually and intentionally

  • Strengthen flexibility during transitions and relationship stress

This work is structured but collaborative. We move at a pace that feels manageable — not overwhelming.

What changes over time

Clients often notice:

  • Less reactivity

  • More flexibility

  • Improved sleep and focus

  • Greater confidence navigating discomfort

  • Stronger boundaries in relationships

  • More ease during school, college, or life transitions

  • A wider range of experiences they’re willing to engage in

The goal isn’t zero anxiety. It’s freedom from anxiety running your life.

Common reasons people seek anxiety therapy

Many of the teens and adults I work with reach out during periods like:

  • Transitions at school, work, or in relationships

  • Pressure to meet high expectations or keep up with responsibilities

  • Social anxiety or relationship stress

  • Breakups, friendship shifts, or changes in support systems

  • Questions around identity, direction, or independence

  • Moves, job changes, or other life transitions

  • Uncertainty about the future or difficulty making decisions

Anxiety often intensifies during periods of change. Therapy provides structure and support to help you navigate those transitions with more clarity and confidence.

Interested in learning more about support for anxiety?