What Anxiety Therapy Helps With
Anxiety can affect your thoughts, your body, and your daily routines. It can show up as constant worry, sudden panic, or a sense that your mind never fully shuts off.
Many people seek therapy when they notice:
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Persistent worry or racing thoughts
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Feeling on edge or unable to relax
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Panic attacks or sudden waves of fear
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Difficulty concentrating or staying present
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Trouble sleeping or waking up anxious
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Physical symptoms such as tightness, nausea, or rapid heartbeat
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Avoiding situations that feel overwhelming
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Irritability or restlessness
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Feeling stuck in patterns of overthinking
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Anxiety is common and highly treatable. Therapy helps you understand what fuels your symptoms and gives you tools to manage them with confidence.
How We Treat Anxiety
Our approach to anxiety therapy is practical, structured, and grounded in evidence based methods. We help you understand the patterns that keep anxiety going and build skills that support long term relief.
Treatment may include:
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CBT to challenge anxious thoughts and reduce worry
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DBT skills for emotional regulation and grounding
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Exposure based strategies for panic and avoidance
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Mindfulness and relaxation techniques
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Nervous system regulation and stress reduction
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Support for co occurring depression, trauma, or substance use
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Values based work to rebuild confidence and clarity
Therapy helps you understand your anxiety, reduce its intensity, and regain a sense of control in your daily life.
What to Expect in Therapy
Your first session focuses on understanding your symptoms, your history, and what you want to change. We will talk about what triggers your anxiety, what helps, and what feels overwhelming.
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In ongoing sessions, we will:
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Identify patterns that contribute to worry and overthinking
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Build coping skills for anxious thoughts and physical symptoms
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Strengthen emotional regulation
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Reduce avoidance and increase confidence
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Improve sleep, routines, and stress management
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Address underlying stressors or past experiences
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Support long term stability and resilience
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Therapy is collaborative and paced to match your needs. You do not have to manage anxiety alone.
Anxiety Therapists
Select an available specialist below to schedule your free consultation directly through our client portal
Tanya Howard, LPCC
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor
​Specialties: Anxiety, trauma, PTSD, depression, stress, substance use, co occurring disorders, life transitions.
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Approach: Tanya brings a calm and grounding presence to therapy. She integrates ART, trauma informed care, and CBT and DBT based skills to help clients understand the emotional and physical roots of anxiety. Her style is steady, supportive, and paced to match each client's comfort level.
Insurances accepted: Aetna, BlueCross BlueShield, Cigna and Evernorth, HealthPartners, Medica, Minnesota Medicaid (Medical Assistance), Medicare, Optum, UCare, UMR, UnitedHealthcare, and Out of Network self pay.
Rachelle Lewis LADC, PRE-LPCC​
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Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor & Pre-licensed professional clinical counselor
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Specialties: Anxiety, depression, substance use, co occurring disorders, life transitions, mindfulness based behavior change.
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Approach: Rachelle uses a supportive, person centered style that helps clients increase insight, strengthen coping skills, and reduce anxious patterns. She integrates CBT, DBT, Motivational Interviewing, and mindfulness to support emotional balance and clarity.
Insurances accepted: Aetna, BlueCross BlueShield, HealthPartners, UCare, and Out of Network self pay.
Laurie Wollman, LICSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
​Specialties: Anxiety, depression, grief, life transitions, stress, relationship concerns, couples therapy.
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Approach: Laurie offers a warm and steady therapeutic presence. She uses CBT, person centered therapy, and strengths based approaches to help clients understand their anxiety, build coping skills, and feel more grounded in daily life.
Insurances accepted: Aetna and Out of Network self pay.