Your mind is trying to protect you, even when it feels overwhelming and together, we can help it find steadiness again.
Therapy for Depression and Anxiety in NYC
Where Growth Meets Healing
At Mindful Self Therapy, we offer therapy for depression and anxiety for adults and creatives across New York City, helping you calm your mind, regulate your emotions, and regain a sense of safety and control. Our approach is grounded in curiosity, authenticity, and collaboration because we believe healing happens with you, not to you.
We understand that living with anxiety or depression isn’t about overreacting or being “too sensitive”; it’s about navigating a world that can feel unpredictable and overwhelming. Beneath the worry, exhaustion, tension, or constant “what ifs,” there’s often a quiet question:
“Will I ever feel at ease again?”
We’re here to help you explore that with compassion, not judgment.
What Helps With Anxiety and Depression?
When your mind never slows down or when everything feels heavy and hard to move through, it’s easy to wonder what actually helps. The truth is, both anxiety and depression respond well to evidence-based therapy, nervous-system regulation, and having a safe space to understand what’s happening inside you.
During therapy for depression and anxiety, we help you identify the patterns your mind is using to cope and gently shift them so you feel steadier, clearer, and more in control. Healing begins with understanding, not pressure.
In our work together, you’ll learn to make sense of:
Racing thoughts or constant “what ifs”
Emotional heaviness or lack of motivation
Tension, restlessness, or interrupted sleep
Overthinking small moments or anticipating worst-case scenarios
Feeling disconnected or unable to be present
You deserve more than survival mode, you deserve to feel safe and steady within yourself again.
What Is the Best Therapy for Anxiety and Depression?
Psychodynamic Therapy — explores your inner world, emotional patterns, and the self-narratives shaping how you respond to stress, fear, or sadness.
Mindfulness-Based Practices — help you reconnect to the present moment, soften spiraling thoughts, and listen to what your mind and body are communicating.
Somatic Work — supports nervous system regulation, releases stored tension, and helps you experience safety and grounding in your body.
Relational Therapy — examines how connection, disconnection, and early experiences influence your sense of safety, belonging, and emotional stability.
While there’s no single “best” therapy for everyone, research shows that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and mindfulness-based approaches are highly effective for both depression and anxiety. These modalities help you understand how your thoughts shape your emotions and behaviors — and how to break out of cycles that keep you stuck.
At Mindful Self Therapy, your treatment may include:
These are all signs that your mind and body are asking for support. You do not have to wait for burnout or overwhelm to begin healing.
Can You Treat Anxiety and Depression at the Same Time?
Absolutely. Most adults experience anxiety and depression together at some point, which means integrated care is not just possible — it’s essential.
In therapy for depression and anxiety, we address both conditions simultaneously by helping you:
Understand overlapping symptoms
Break the cycle of avoidance, fear, and emotional shutdown
Regulate both high-energy anxiety and low-energy depression
Build habits that stabilize mood and calm the nervous system
Reconnect with motivation, clarity, and self-trust
When you treat both conditions together, healing tends to happen faster because you’re supporting the whole picture — not just one part of it.
You don’t have to choose which struggle “deserves” attention.
They both do. And we help you hold them with care.
When you learn to work with your mind instead of against your anxiety, your focus, calm, and sense of control can finally begin to grow and return.
What Is the New Treatment for Anxiety and Depression?
Newer approaches focus on supporting the mind–body connection, regulating the nervous system, and using modern tools to understand your emotional patterns more deeply.
At Mindful Self Therapy, we stay up-to-date with emerging treatments while prioritizing safety and evidence-based care.
Somatic and polyvagal-based strategies that calm the body
Lifestyle psychiatry insights (sleep, movement, nourishment)
Mindfulness-based interventions, proven to reduce relapse in depression
Modern CBT techniques refined from the latest clinical research
Your plan may include:
