Anxiety Therapy
Anxiety can be exhausting. For many people, it shows up as constant worry, racing thoughts, physical tension, irritability, difficulty sleeping, or a chronic sense of being “on edge.” Others experience anxiety more internally—overthinking and re-playing conversations, rethinking decisions, or feeling overwhelmed by everyday responsibilities. Over time, anxiety can interfere with work, relationships, and your overall quality of life.
Sun Psychological offers individual anxiety therapy for adults, provided by Dr. Cleveland, a licensed psychologist, using evidence-based, integrative, and personalized approaches. Therapy is designed to help you understand your anxiety, reduce distress, and both develop and practice effective tools to feel more grounded, confident, and in control.
Understanding Anxiety
Therapy focuses on identifying the patterns that keep anxiety going and helping you develop new ways of responding—both mentally and physically.
Anxiety is a nervous system response that triggers your brain to exaggerate your fear response and leads to physical symptoms. While anxiety can be helpful in certain situations, it becomes problematic when it is chronic, disproportionate, or begins to limit your life.
Common concerns addressed in therapy include:
- Generalized anxiety and constant worry
- Social anxiety and fear of judgment
- Panic attacks and panic-related avoidance
- Health anxiety
- Work-related stress and performance anxiety
- Anxiety related to life transitions or burnout
Therapy focuses on identifying the patterns that keep anxiety going and helping you develop new ways of responding—both mentally and physically.
A Thoughtful, Evidence-Based Approach
Anxiety Therapy is grounded in research-supported treatments while remaining flexible and individualized. Rather than a one-size-fits-all protocol, therapy is tailored to your specific symptoms, history, and goals.
Treatment may incorporate:
- Cognitive-behavioral strategies to change unhelpful thought patterns
- Skills for emotional regulation and distress tolerance
- Mindfulness and acceptance-based approaches
- Nervous system regulation and stress management strategies
- Discussion of behavioral changes that are known to decrease anxiey
The goal is not to eliminate anxiety entirely, but usually it is to reduce its intensity and impact, so it no longer controls your decisions or limits your life.
Anxiety and Daily Functioning
Anxiety often affects emotions, concentration, sleep, decision-making, and follow-through when anxiety is high. You may find yourself procrastinating, avoiding tasks, or feeling mentally exhausted by constant overthinking.
Therapy helps you:
- Reduce mental and physical tension
- Improve focus and clarity
- Increase tolerance for uncertainty
- Break cycles of avoidance
- Feel more confident navigating daily challenges
Sessions are practical and goal-oriented, while also providing space to process experiences and emotions that may have gone unaddressed.
A Supportive and Collaborative Therapy Experience
Therapy is a collaborative process. From the beginning, you will work together with Dr. Cleveland to clarify goals, track progress, and adjust strategies as needed. Sessions are paced thoughtfully and tailored to your comfort level.
Clients often describe therapy as:
- Supportive and validating
- Structured but flexible
- Practical and applicable to real life
- Focused on long-term skills, not just short-term relief
YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE EVERYTHING FIGURED OUT BEFORE STARTING THERAPY!
Also, don’t let finances be a deciding factor in getting the help you need. Sessions can be less frequent and/or time-limited (set number of sessions) to make the most out of the therapy experience for the least amount of money. Anxiety therapy is a place to gain insight, build confidence, and practice new ways of relating to stress.
Who Anxiety Therapy Can Help
Anxiety therapy may be a good fit if you:
- Feel constantly worried or mentally overwhelmed
- Experience panic attacks or intense physical anxiety
- Avoid social or other situations due to fear or discomfort
- Struggle with perfectionism or fear of making mistakes
- Feel burned out, tense, or emotionally exhausted
- Want tools to manage anxiety more effectively
Whether anxiety has been present for years or has emerged more recently, therapy can help you regain a sense of balance and control.
Take the First Step Toward Relief
Living with anxiety can feel isolating, but you don’t have to manage it alone. With the right support, anxiety becomes more understandable—and more manageable.
Working with a clinical psychologist can help you develop skills that last beyond therapy, allowing you to approach life with greater calm, clarity, and confidence.
If you are ready to begin anxiety therapy, reaching out is an important first step toward lasting change.