Anxiety and Perfectionism Therapy

Online and in-person counseling in Wellesley, MA

Are you stuck in a cycle of unmanageable anxiety and avoidance?

While it’s normal to experience occasional worry or self-doubt, sometimes these feelings can be difficult to manage and begin to impact how you live your daily life.  Anxiety can become intrusive when you are:

  • Worried all the time, and it’s interfering with your activities and relationships

  • Unable to make decisions out of fear that you would make the wrong decision

  • Spending too much time on tasks, so they are done “perfectly” thus missing out on time with your family and friends

  • Struggling with negative self-talk, which is stopping you from achieving your goals

  • Wishing you could just relax

The good news? Life doesn’t have to stay this way.

Individual therapy for anxiety can help you manage your worry thoughts so that you can make decisions, engage in relationships, and be present in your life.

Anxiety Counseling Can Help You:

  • Identify your hidden triggers

  • Recognize the cycle of anxiety, including the role of avoidance in exacerbating symptoms

  • Develop strategies to confront feared situations through gradual exposure

  • Learn mindfulness tools to keep you present when anxiety shows up

  • Integrate distress tolerance skills to decrease stress during challenging times

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I’ll help you through this process, tailoring each step to your unique needs and circumstances.

Through weekly or biweekly therapy sessions, using evidenced-based treatments such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), we can work together to help you improve your well-being and build the life you envision for yourself. 

Call today to book your complimentary consultation to see how therapy can help you take control of your life again.   

I offer in-person anxiety therapy sessions in my Wellesley, MA office as well as virtual anxiety therapy sessions for your convenience and privacy.

 FAQs

  • At the beginning of the session, we will identify the most important two to three topics you would like to address that day. Then, we will work through each topic by identifying triggers to anxiety, how you responded in the given situation and what are more adaptive ways to respond to a similar situation in the future. We will also address areas where you feel stuck and examine negative automatic thoughts and core beliefs that are holding you back from living life to the fullest.

  • We will incorporate a variety of skills including mindfulness, utilizing the five senses to self-soothe, self-compassion, and identifying and challenging negative automatic thoughts. My goal is by the end of treatment for you to have a toolbox of strategies that you can access on a daily basis to manage anxiety and worry thoughts, so they no longer control your life.

  • Click this link to schedule a complimentary 20 minute consultation call. During the call, we will go over what changes you are looking to make in your life and I can answer any questions you have for me and my approach to treatment. If we decide we are a good fit for each other, we will schedule a 60-min intake session. If for some reason we are not a good fit for each other, I will provide you with other resources in the community.