Therapy for Anxiety

In-person Sessions

Meet in a calm, private space where we can explore what's beneath your anxiety and work toward releasing it from your body and life.

Virtual Sessions

Meet online from home or another private space while we work together to ease anxiety and create more room for rest and focus.

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Anxiety Therapy

What to Expect

At Rae Therapy Group, we understand that anxiety doesn’t look the same for everyone. For some, it shows up as panic or social anxiety; for others, it’s perfectionism, overworking, people-pleasing, or a constant “what if?” loop that’s hard to turn off, especially for high-achievers, creatives, parents, and LGBTQ+ clients living with extra layers of pressure.

In our work together, you can expect a pace that feels thoughtful and grounded. Early sessions focus on getting to know you, your story, your history, your identities, and the specific ways anxiety shows up in your body and relationships. From there, we’ll begin to explore what your anxiety might be protecting you from, offer tools for calming your nervous system, and gently untangle patterns that no longer serve you. Therapy becomes a place where you don’t have to manage it all alone.

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The benefits of Anxiety Therapy

Anxiety therapy offers more than a set of coping skills. It gives you a place to understand why your system feels activated, and to feel unfelt, suppressed feelings that might be creating the anxiety in the first place. Together, we slow things down enough to notice patterns, quiet racing thoughts, identify how anxiety might be serving you, and work with the physical tension that anxiety can create in your body. Over time, many people feel more grounded, less reactive, and better able to meet stress without immediately going into overdrive.

Therapy also helps you relate differently to yourself and to others. As you begin to recognize triggers and question old beliefs, you can set clearer boundaries, show up more honestly in relationships, and feel less ruled by fear, perfectionism, and intrusive thoughts. The goal is not to eliminate anxiety completely, but to help you trust yourself more and move through life with greater ease, flexibility, and choice.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Therapy for anxiety can help if worry, tension, or panic are starting to affect your sleep, relationships, work, or ability to relax. If you feel like you are constantly on edge or trying to manage your anxiety on your own and it is not getting better, it is a great time to reach out.

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Therapists at Rae Therapy Group work relationally, drawing from psychodynamic and somatic modalities to help you feel supressed feelings, and to notice and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. We tailor these methods to your needs rather than following a rigid, one size fits all plan.

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Yes. While therapy cannot remove all stress and worry from life, especially in the face of worldy trauma, it can help lower the intensity of your anxiety, increase your ability to cope with triggers, and reduce patterns like perfectionism or people pleasing that often keep anxiety in place.

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Many people experience significant improvement in anxiety through therapy alone, especially when they explore the roots of their anxiety and practice new ways of responding to it. In some cases medication can also be helpful. If needed, your therapist can talk with you about that option and help you connect with a prescribing provider.

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Yes. While therapy cannot remove all stress from life, it can help lower the intensity of your anxiety, increase your ability to cope with triggers, and reduce patterns like perfectionism or people pleasing that often keep anxiety in place.

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In most situations, what you share in therapy is private and not shared with anyone without your permission. Your therapist will explain the few legal and ethical exceptions, such as serious safety concerns, so that you know exactly what to expect.

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Yes, Rae Therapy Group offers secure online sessions for clients who prefer or need virtual therapy. Many people find that meeting from home or from a private space makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy or unpredictable schedule.

Ready to Find Relief from Anxiety?

You don’t have to carry the weight of worry and overwhelm by yourself. With the right support, you can quiet your mind, feel more grounded in your body, and move through life with a greater sense of ease.