Hope+Wellness provides anxiety therapy through licensed psychologists and psychotherapists at our offices in Washington, DC, McLean, and Falls Church, Virginia. We serve individuals and families throughout the DC metropolitan area, including Arlington, Alexandria, Vienna, Great Falls, and surrounding communities.

Our clinicians work with children, teenagers, college students, and adults experiencing generalized anxiety, social anxiety, panic attacks, perfectionism, and related concerns. We draw on evidence-based approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and mindfulness-based interventions, while recognizing that effective treatment begins with understanding the individual behind the symptoms.

Hope+Wellness has an office in Newport Beach, California, serving Irvine, Costa Mesa, Laguna Beach, and surrounding Orange County communities.

Our practice provides individualized anxiety treatment for people navigating persistent worry, perfectionism, social anxiety, chronic stress, and difficulty managing uncertainty. Our approach combines evidence-based psychological treatments with a therapeutic relationship where you feel genuinely seen, heard and supported.

We believe therapy should offer more than temporary relief from anxiety. It should help you better understand yourself, develop greater confidence in navigating life's challenges, and move toward a life that feels meaningful to you.

Anxiety doesn't always look like someone who is visibly overwhelmed. Sometimes, it looks like the person who is always prepared and anticipates every possible problem.

For attorneys, executives, physicians, entrepreneurs, and other high-achieving professionals, anxiety may manifest as perfectionism, overthinking, difficulty delegating, fear of failure, or an inability to disconnect from work. What appears to others as diligence or ambition can sometimes be driven by an exhausting internal pressure to get everything right.

At Hope+Wellness, our psychologists help clients explore the relationship between anxiety, achievement, identity, and self-worth. We’re here to help you live a life of deep integrity, meaning and fulfillment — one that feels authentic to you.

For some gifted and high-achieving teenagers, anxiety can be difficult to recognize because it is intertwined with behaviors that adults often praise: working hard, being responsible, earning excellent grades, and striving to do their best.

Beneath these accomplishments, a teenager may struggle with intense fear of failure, constant comparison, excessive reassurance-seeking, procrastination, or a belief that their worth depends on their performance.

At Hope+Wellness, our psychologists and psychotherapists work with adolescents navigating anxiety, perfectionism, academic pressure, and questions of identity and belonging. We help teens develop skills to manage stress and difficult emotions, develop greater self-compassion, and confidence — to help them live a successful and meaningful life.

High-functioning anxiety is an informal term often used to describe individuals who experience significant anxiety while continuing to perform well in their daily lives. It is not a formal mental health diagnosis.

You might appear confident, organized, and successful while privately experiencing persistent worry, overthinking, difficulty relaxing, or the sense that you're always falling behind.

Sometimes, anxiety becomes so familiar that it is mistaken for a personality trait. You may believe that worrying keeps you prepared, that perfectionism helps you succeed, or that slowing down means falling behind.

Therapy can help you recognize when these patterns are no longer serving you and develop a different relationship with anxiety—one that allows you to pursue your goals without feeling constantly driven by fear.

Several psychological treatments have strong research support for anxiety disorders, particularly Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and exposure-based interventions.

CBT helps individuals recognize and change patterns of thinking and behavior that maintain anxiety. Exposure-based therapy helps people gradually approach feared situations and reduce avoidance. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) emphasizes psychological flexibility, helping individuals make room for uncomfortable thoughts and feelings while moving toward what deeply matters to them.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills can also be helpful, particularly when anxiety involves intense emotions, difficulty tolerating distress, or interpersonal challenges.

At Hope+Wellness, our clinicians draw from evidence-based approaches while tailoring treatment to each person's concerns, history, and goals. We believe the best therapy is both scientifically grounded and deeply human.

Yes. For many people, anxiety is maintained not only by what they fear, but also by the ways they attempt to prevent uncertainty, mistakes, or uncomfortable emotions.

You may find yourself replaying conversations, researching every possible outcome, seeking reassurance, or avoiding decisions until you feel completely certain. Although these strategies can provide temporary relief, they may also reinforce anxiety over time.

At Hope+Wellness, therapy helps clients recognize these patterns and develop greater flexibility in responding to uncertainty. The goal isn't to eliminate every anxious thought, but to help you feel less controlled by them.

Yes. Hope+Wellness provides anxiety therapy for college students, graduate students, and young adults navigating academic pressure, relationships, career uncertainty, perfectionism, social anxiety, and major life transitions.

This stage of life often brings questions about identity, belonging, independence, and the future. For some young adults, the pressure to make the right choices or keep pace with their peers can become overwhelming.

Our clinicians help young adults better understand their anxiety, develop practical coping skills, and build confidence in navigating uncertainty and change. We recognize that this work isn't simply about managing symptoms, but also about discovering who you are and how you want to live.

Finding the right anxiety therapist involves more than choosing someone who lists anxiety as a specialty. Consider their clinical training, experience treating your particular concerns, familiarity with evidence-based approaches, and whether their therapeutic style feels comfortable to you.

For example, someone experiencing panic attacks or phobias may benefit from a clinician with specific training in CBT and exposure-based therapy, while someone struggling with perfectionism and chronic worry may benefit from approaches that also address psychological flexibility, self-criticism, and emotional avoidance.

At Hope+Wellness, our psychologists and psychotherapists bring different areas of clinical expertise to their work. We encourage you to explore our clinicians' backgrounds, specialties, and treatment approaches to find someone with whom you feel understood and supported.