You’re constantly on edge and it’s hard to turn off the anxious thoughts in your mind

You find yourself getting stuck in your anxious thoughts. Your friends and family try to help, but you can’t stop worrying no matter what they say.

You avoid doing things that make you anxious, but pretty soon, you find yourself more worried than ever. You are constantly on edge with uncontrollable feelings of anxiety and you’re exhausted.

You’re afraid that people will notice that you aren’t who they think you are. On the outside, it seems like you have it all together, but inwardly, you can’t help but feel as if you don’t.

With therapy for anxiety, you no longer have to feel alone. It can help to speak with a therapist to help decrease your feelings of anxiety, regain your sense of self, and increase your sense of peace, wellness, and confidence to get out of your mind and into the life you want.

Free your life from anxiety

Anxiety therapy in Northern Virginia, Maryland, and Washington DC

It can be overwhelming to deal with all of life’s stressors and the anxieties they bring. Here at Hope+Wellness, you will work with an anxiety therapist to feel safe and supported while learning specific skills for managing anxiety. Using research supported treatments for anxiety including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and acceptance and mindfulness based approaches, we will help you learn how to identify negative patterns of thinking, feeling, and living to help you move toward a greater sense of peace and purpose.

Potential benefits of anxiety therapy

Therapy for anxiety involves significant time and commitment. There are no guarantees in therapy, but potential benefits of working with us to get help and support for anxiety include the following:

• Greater self-compassion toward yourself as you work to face your fears.

• Develop healthier habits to build a life that is meaningful and valued to you even in the face of anxiety

• Gain insight into unhealthy behaviors that maintain the anxiety versus healthy behaviors that help you break free of anxiety

• Connect with others without letting anxiety or fear get in the way.

• Feeling more comfortable in your own skin, and feel more accepting of yourself and others no matter what life brings your way

• Learn how to cultivate peace even in the midst of stressful events

• Develop healthy, balanced ways of looking at life

• Learn to sit with anxiety with nonjudgment, acceptance, and curiosity to gain space and freedom from it

• An improved sense of wellness and wellbeing

Getting started with anxiety therapy

We are passionate about providing you with a supportive therapy space that is genuine and authentic — where you truly feel cared for. A space that is human and compassionate, where you feel deeply seen.

We work with kids, teens, young adults, and adults experiencing various types of anxiety, including generalized anxiety, social anxiety, panic attacks, intrusive thoughts, and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). We can help with all types of anxiety.

We are passionate about offering treatments based in research that are designed and found to be effective. Treatment approaches we specialize in include cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), emotion focused therapy, mindfulness and acceptance based therapies, relaxation training, and stress management.

It is important that you find the therapist that you are comfortable with and feel a strong, genuine connection to. Therefore, we invite you to learn more about us, read our blog, and to read about getting started and frequently asked questions. When you are ready, you can reach out to us to ask a question or to schedule an initial consultation appointment.

Who we help

Our therapists specialize in treating anxiety, depression, stress, life adjustment and more

• Anxiety

• Generalized Anxiety

• Social Anxiety

• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

• Specific Phobias

• Child Anxiety

• Teen Anxiety

• Acute Stress

• Stress Management

• Depression

• Mood Disorders

• Situational or Existential Depression

• Depression and Stress

• Persistent Depressive Disorder

• Bipolar Disorder

• Seasonal Affective Disorder

• Cyclothymic Disorder

• Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

• Depression related to a Medical Illness

• Self-Care

• Adjustment Difficulties

• Life Transitions

• Grief & Loss

• Struggling to Launch

• Discovering Your Identity