Anxiety & OCD Treatment
Evidence-based treatment for anxiety, OCD, panic, and intrusive thoughts in Media, PA.
Anxiety has a way of convincing you that you’re less capable than you actually are. It encourages avoidance, creates doubt, and makes uncomfortable thoughts and feelings seem more dangerous than they really are. My approach to therapy is designed to help you change that relationship with anxiety—not by eliminating every anxious thought or feeling, but by becoming more confident in your ability to handle them.
ANXIETY TREATMENT
Anxiety can show up in many different ways. Some people experience constant worry and overthinking. Others struggle with panic attacks, health anxiety, physical symptoms, perfectionism, or avoidance.
I work with clients experiencing:
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Generalized anxiety and chronic worry
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Panic attacks and panic disorder
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Health anxiety
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Social and performance anxiety
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Stress and overthinking
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Perfectionism and fear of failure
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Avoidance driven by anxiety
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Anxiety related to major life transitions
Anxiety often becomes stronger when we organize our lives around trying not to feel it. Therapy involves learning to recognize that pattern and gradually doing things differently.
MY APPROACH TO ANXIETY & OCD
My treatment approach is grounded primarily in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and evidence-based behavioral treatment for anxiety and OCD. I also incorporate elements of mindfulness and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help clients become less reactive to uncomfortable thoughts and emotions. When appropriate, clinical hypnosis may also be incorporated as an additional therapeutic tool.
But therapy with me isn’t simply about talking about anxiety. I will challenge you. Anxiety tends to underestimate your ability to tolerate discomfort, uncertainty, and fear. Over time, people can begin believing that anxious voice and structuring their lives around what it tells them they cannot handle. Our work involves testing those assumptions.
For OCD, this work may include Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)—learning to face triggers and uncertainty while reducing the compulsions that have been keeping the OCD cycle alive.
The goal is to become someone who trusts themselves even when anxiety shows up.
