Therapy For Anxiety

You’re not “too sensitive.” You’re not being dramatic.

Whether your anxiety shows up as perfectionism, people-pleasing, overthinking, avoidance, restlessness, irritability, or panic—it’s exhausting. It can leave you feeling disconnected from yourself, stuck in your own head, and unsure how to break free from the cycle. Keep reading to learn how therapy can help you cope with anxiety.

Do you feel overwhelmed, stuck, or burnt out? Therapy for anxiety might help.

Are you suffering from racing thoughts, excessive worrying, and panic attacks?

Do you struggle with perfectionism and feel chronically critical or dissatisfied with yourself?

Has all your stress led to burnout and made you wish you had more time for self-care? Time for you?

What Anxiety Can Look Like

Anxiety doesn’t always look like panic attacks. Sometimes it’s more subtle—like:

  • Constantly worrying about what others think of you

  • Trouble sleeping or relaxing, even when you’re tired

  • Feeling overwhelmed by decisions or responsibilities

  • Difficulty being present or enjoying the moment

  • Overanalyzing your texts, emails, and conversations

  • Physical symptoms like stomach aches, tension, or a racing heart

Our Approach to Treating Anxiety

We believe that anxiety is not just a “you” problem—it’s often a natural response

to life experiences, stressors, and expectations that were never meant to be carried

alone.

In therapy, we’ll help you:

  • Understand your anxiety—where it comes from and how it shows up

  • Learn tools to manage anxious thoughts, feelings, and behaviors

  • Change the way you respond to your anxiety

  • Get curious instead of critical toward your emotions

  • Set boundaries that support your peace

  • Build a deeper sense of trust in yourself

We use evidence-based approaches, including mindfulness, somatic tools, and trauma-informed care—always with a warm, collaborative, and non-judgmental style.

You Deserve to Feel Safe in Your Own Mind

Anxiety doesn’t have to control your life. With the right support, you can learn to respond differently to stress, reconnect with your inner calm, and show up fully in your relationships, your work, and your life.

Therapy is a space where your worries are welcomed without judgment, and your healing is possible.

If it feels like anxiety is everywhere right now, that’s because… it kind of is. We’re living in a time that’s constantly demanding our attention, productivity, and emotional energy—with little space to actually pause, recharge, and process.

Between 24/7 news world cycles, economic uncertainty, social media, comparison, and a culture that praises hustle and “having it all together,” it’s no wonder your nervous system feels stuck in overdrive.

Many of us are navigating:

  • Information overload and a constant stream of bad news

  • High expectations to do more, be more, achieve more—often without rest

  • Fear of missing out or falling behind

  • Social pressure to appear perfect or always “okay”

  • A lack of community, connection, and real downtime

  • Fear of failing or being perceived as a failure

  • Global and political instability that makes the future feel uncertain

When you're living in a world that rarely lets you feel safe, slow down, or just be, anxiety isn’t a flaw—it’s a survival response. Therapy offers a space to understand that, to validate, and give you more options on how to respond.

It’s Not Just You—The World We’re Living In Is Anxious

Check out our blog for additional insights, tools for your toolbox and reflections, no appointment needed

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Check out our blog for additional insights, tools for your toolbox and reflections, no appointment needed *

What To Expect In Therapy

Starting therapy can feel vulnerable—especially when anxiety is already making you second-guess everything. If you're wondering what it’s actually like, here’s what you can expect:

A Space That’s Just for You

Therapy is your time. You don’t have to perform, have the “right” words, or explain everything perfectly. You’ll be met with curiosity, compassion, and zero judgment.

A Collaborative Approach

We’ll work together to explore what’s going on beneath the surface of your anxiety—where it comes from, how it’s affecting you, and what tools and strategies can help. You set the pace, and you’re always in control of your process.

Practical Tools You Can Actually Use

Yes, we’ll talk about your feelings—but we’ll also build skills. You’ll learn techniques to help calm your nervous system, challenge anxious thoughts, set boundaries, and respond more gently to yourself. You’re not “too self aware”. We incorporate both bottom up and top down therapy techniques to help get you out of your head and create real change.

Room for the Big Stuff and the Everyday Stuff

Some sessions may involve untangling long-held beliefs or past experiences. Others might focus on managing your week, preparing for a difficult conversation, or figuring out why you couldn’t sleep last night. It all matters.

Progress That’s Not Always Linear—but Always Possible

Therapy isn’t about “fixing” you. It’s about helping you feel more grounded, more empowered, and more like you. Growth may not happen in a straight line, but over time, you’ll notice shifts—more ease, more clarity, and more self-trust.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Delaying therapy often means that emotional pain quietly grows in the background—until it demands your attention in louder, more disruptive ways. What might have been manageable with early support can become more complex over time, leading to longer, more intensive treatment down the road. Starting therapy sooner is a proactive investment in your well-being. When you tend to anxiety early, you create space for quicker healing and long-term resilience.

  • That depends on what you’re looking for. Many high-functioning people have done the self-awareness work—but still feel stuck in patterns of overthinking, perfectionism, or burnout. In our work together, we go beyond insight to help you build real tools, shift ingrained patterns, and address the deeper roots of your anxiety—without pathologizing your ambition or drive.

  • We get it—your calendar is full, your responsibilities are real, and downtime is rare. But therapy can actually help create more space: mentally, emotionally, and practically. Sessions are structured and intentional, so your time is respected and well spent. Many clients say that therapy becomes the one hour a week where they don’t have to hold it all together.

  • You’re smart, capable, and used to solving problems. So it’s frustrating when anxiety doesn’t respond to logic, checklists, or willpower. But anxiety isn’t a “problem” you can outthink—it’s often rooted in deeply wired patterns, nervous system responses, and old beliefs that can’t be shifted by mindset alone.

  • You don’t need to hit rock bottom to deserve support. If anxiety is taking up mental space, affecting your relationships, keeping you up at night, or just making life feel harder than it needs to be—it’s enough. You don’t have to do it all alone.

It’s Okay to Want More Than Just “Managing”. Ready to Feel Different? Let’s Get Started

At The Third Space Collective, our mission is to help you cope with anxiety so that you can be fully present in your relationships and reconnect with your sense of joy. To learn more about our approach to anxiety counseling, we encourage you to contact us or book an appointment. You can find additional resources for anxiety in our blog posts, here and downloadable resources, here.

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