Anxiety Therapy in Brooklyn & Queens, NY
If your mind won’t stop racing, if you're always bracing for the worst, or if you're exhausted from trying to hold it all together, this isn’t just stress. It might be anxiety.
Anxiety can feel like overthinking everything, second-guessing yourself constantly, or lying awake at night even when you're beyond tired. It might show up as tension in your chest, a sense of doom you can’t explain, or snapping at people you love when you're just overwhelmed.
You don’t have to keep pushing through it alone.
You don’t have to live in constant fight-or-flight.
Therapy can help you slow it all down, make sense of what’s happening inside, and begin to feel more grounded in your body and your life.
What Does Anxiety Feel Like?
Anxiety can be loud and obvious, or quiet and constant. It shows up differently for everyone, but some common experiences include:
Feeling “on edge” all the time
Racing thoughts you can’t shut off
Panic attacks or chest tightness
Trouble focusing or sleeping
Worrying about things that “shouldn’t” be a big deal
A constant sense that something bad is about to happen
Avoiding situations that feel overwhelming, even ones you used to enjoy
If any of this sounds familiar, you're not broken. Your nervous system may just be trying to protect you in ways that no longer serve you.
“Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it. ”
How Therapy Helps with Anxiety
Anxiety is more than a mental loop, it’s a full-body experience. Therapy offers a space where you can start to understand your patterns, regulate your nervous system, and develop tools that actually work in your real life.
What's underneath the anxious thoughts
How your body responds to stress (and how to calm it)
The roots of your anxiety, whether from trauma, family patterns, or current stressors
How to gently shift the way you respond to uncertainty and fear
In our work together, we’ll explore:
Our Approach to Anxiety Therapy
We take a trauma-informed, integrative approach that meets you where you are.
Mindfulness and somatic awareness to help you feel more present and safe in your body
Internal Family Systems (IFS) to explore the different “parts” of you, like the overachiever, the worrier, or the inner critic, and help them soften
Brainspotting and EMDR, powerful brain-based tools to process anxiety and stress held in the body
Psychoeducation so you can better understand how anxiety impacts your brain and nervous system
You don’t have to perform in therapy. You don’t need to have the “right” words. You just need space to show up as you are, and feel supported as you find your way back to yourself..
Local and Virtual Sessions Available
We offer anxiety therapy in person both at my Williamsburg office as well as my office in Ridgewood Queens, serving clients in neighborhoods like Bushwick, Park Slope, Brooklyn, and Crown Heights.
If you’re not able to make the commute or prefer the comfort of your own space, We also offer secure telehealth therapy throughout New York State.
Why MindfulSelf Therapy
Our approach is informed, integrative, and nonjudgmental. We understand that creatives often process the world with heightened sensitivity, deep emotional nuance, and unique internal rhythms.
Psychodynamic therapy to explore your inner world and self-narratives
Mindfulness-based practices to help you reconnect to the present moment
Somatic work to support nervous system balance and embodied healing
Relational therapy to address how connection (or disconnection) is shaping your sense of safety and belonging
What we will draw from:
We’re not just therapists, we’re collaborators in your self-discovery, here to support your voice, vitality, and creative integrity.
FAQs About Anxiety and Therapy
Do I have to have a diagnosis to start therapy?
Not at all. You don’t need a label to get support. If something feels off, that’s reason enough to reach out.
What if I’ve tried therapy before and it didn’t help?
That’s more common than you think. We use modalities that go beyond talk alone, like somatic work and EMDR and Brainspotting, to address the body’s role in anxiety.
Can therapy help with panic attacks?
Yes. Together, we can build tools to regulate your nervous system, reduce panic symptoms, and explore what’s contributing to the fear underneath.
How to Start
If you’ve been living with anxiety for so long that it feels like your “normal,” you deserve to know that it doesn’t have to be this way.
Therapy can help you reclaim your calm, your clarity, and your sense of control.
We invite you to:
Book a free 15-minute phone consultation
Ask questions about how therapy works
Tell us a little about your creative world, or nothing at all, we'll meet you wherever you are