Anxiety Therapy in North Carolina | Online Counseling for Anxiety in Winston-Salem, NC
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Online Anxiety Therapy in North Carolina
You’ve felt anxious before, but you’ve never felt anxiety like this. All of the sudden, you’re worried about having another anxious episode or panic attack. You’re finding yourself avoiding certain places or people, because you don’t want to experience these uncomfortable feelings. You find your life getting smaller and smaller. You know you need to do something different, but you’re not really sure where to start. That’s where I come in.
As a licensed psychological associate offering online anxiety therapy in North Carolina, I help adults struggling with worry, panic attacks, and burnout find relief through proven, evidence-based anxiety treatment. In my practice, I often use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Narrative Therapy.
I provide virtual anxiety therapy throughout North Carolina and the surrounding areas, including Winston-Salem, Greensboro, High Point, and Raleigh. With a Masters concentrating on rural mental health, I often work clients in rural areas, including Boone, Mount Airy, Clemmons, Yadkinville, Elkin, Statesville, and Lexington. Therapy can help you feel, calmer, more supported, and better able to take back control of your life.
Common Anxiety Symptoms
People struggling with anxiety often feel constantly on edge, overwhelmed, and unable to relax. You may find yourself stuck in cycles of overthinking, worrying about the “what ifs,” or replaying conversations long after they’ve ended. Or, your anxiety may be showing up in your body. Regardless of your presentation, anxiety can show up as a combination of mental and physical symptoms.
Anxiety Symptoms may include
Racing thoughts
Difficulty concentrating
Irritability
Tightness in chest
Rapid heartbeat
Trouble sleeping
Even when things seem “fine” on the outside, you might feel exhausted, restless, or like your mind won’t shut off. If you’re searching for relief from anxiety, know that these experiences are common—and effective anxiety therapy can help you feel calmer, more grounded, and back in control. I provide online anxiety counseling to adults across North Carolina, including Winston-Salem, Greensboro, and surrounding areas in the Triad; and, I can help you learn tools to better manage these symptoms.
Therapy for Anxiety
Did you know that a certain amount of anxiety is actually a good thing. Over thousands of years, our nervous system has developed two systems: one for relaxing and one to respond to stress. Our stress system, or also referred to as our “fight-or-flight system” is designed to keep us safe.
If we were walking out in the woods and we came upon a bear, we would either need to “freeze,” “flee,” or “fight” the bear. Our “fight-or-flight system” would become active and try to keep us safe. We wouldn’t want our “relaxation system” activated at this time, because we wouldn’t have the energy to respond to the stressor. This is important. Ultimately, anxiety tells us there is something in our environment that we need to attend to and can help us respond to the stressor. Some anxiety is actually a good thing, but an overactive “fight-or-flight system” can be a problem.
In our modern world, we don’t come upon bears in the woods (as often), but our stress response system is still there. For people with anxiety disorders, their “threat system” is becoming more frequently activated, even if its not a life-threatening situation. In general, people with anxiety disorders often have an overactive “fight-or-flight system,” resulting in feeling overly anxious.
Anxiety Counseling can help you learn tools to better manage your anxiety. I provide online anxiety therapy to adults across North Carolina and the Triad, including Winston-Salem, Greensboro, and High Point. I often provide help with anxiety management to individuals in rural areas, including Lexington, King, Elkin, Boone, Clemmons, Kernersville, Statesville, and Mount Airy.
In my clinical experience, I’ve worked with many different presentations of anxiety, and I commonly work with:
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Phobias
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Panic Disorder
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Research shows that having moderate levels of anxiety actually improves our performance, with too much anxiety being a problem and too little leaving us under prepared. We want a moderate amount of anxiety to improve our performance. All this to say, we want the “sweet spot” of anxiety. Too much anxiety and we can’t focus and too little anxiety we don’t care.
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Your anxiety is a problem when it is functionally impacting your day-to-day life. This can show up as:
Avoiding situations that feel uncomfortable or uncertain
Procrastination
Over-preparing or under-preparing
People pleasing or saying no to hard things
Checking behaviors (e.g., locks or emails)
Impacting workplace/school performance
Your anxiety is keeping you from making meaningful connections with others, your workplace performance is suffering, or you’re not doing well at school. Anxiety counseling can provide tools to help better manage your anxiety and improve your overall life quality. Tranquil Talk Therapy is accepting new clients and will respond to all email inquires within 24-hours.
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There are several evidence based interventions to treat your anxiety. This includes the following:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for anxiety
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for anxiety
Exposure Therapy for Anxiety
Exposure and Response Prevention for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Mindfulness for Anxiety
Online Anxiety Counseling is safe and effective. Together, we will work to look at your thoughts, challenges these thoughts, and gradually work to build distress tolerance to things that make us anxious. Together, we will find a treatment plan that works for you and find symptom relief.
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Yes, for many individuals anxiety often presents has physical symptoms. These symptoms may include:
Shortness of breath
Rapid heart beat
Upset stomach
Dry mouth or difficulty swallowing
Tight muscles
Tingling in the hands and feet
Sweating
Tiredness
Difficulty Sleeping
If you notice yourself experiencing several of these symptoms, you may benefit from talking with a licensed therapist to further assess your symptoms. I am a licensed therapist in the state of North Carolina who provides online anxiety assessment and support. In our work, we can learn tools to better manage our symptoms and improve our quality of life.
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Anxiety often builds over time, resulting in you feeling keyed up or on edge. You might experience sleep difficulty, feeling tense throughout the body, or experiencing racing thoughts. In contrast, panic attacks usually present suddenly. You’ll likely experience feelings of shortness of breath and might happen in response to a trigger. People often mistake the feeling of a panic attack for a heart attack. People often experience feelings of racing heart beat, sweating, and shortness of breath. Even though panic attacks are scary and uncomfortable, no one has ever died from feeling anxious or having a panic attack.
With both anxiety and panic attacks, people tend to avoid anxious triggers. In doing so, it actually increases their anxiety in the long run, because they do not learn how to deal with these feelings. Working with a licensed therapist can help you address these anxious thoughts. At Tranquil Talk Therapy, I am a licensed psychological associate who provides online anxiety support and will teach you new skills to better manage your anxiety. As a provider who accepts insurance, I will help you access affordable treatment. Tranquil Talk Therapy is an AI free institution, meaning your information is safe with me.
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Yes, therapy can be helpful in the treatment of anxiety. In plain language, individuals with anxiety often try to avoid the uncomfortable feelings of anxiety. In doing so, this actually makes your anxiety worse, because you never learn that you can cope with the situation. I view anxiety similarly to a “Chinese finger trap.” With anxiety, you often want to pull away from the uncomfortable experience, resulting in becoming more “trapped.” To get out of the “finger trap,” we actually need to lean into the trap and experience the feelings that come along with it. By doing so, we actually find that we are able to create a little more space in our life and wiggle out of the trap.
Online anxiety therapy can help you develop new skills to better manage your anxiety and reduce the hold that anxiety has on your life. I am a licensed therapist with a decade of clinical experience. I’m in-network with several insurance, making therapy more affordable than ever. I am an independently owned business, and I do not partner with any online therapy platforms, use AI in my business, or use 3rd-party billing practices. In plain language, your information is safe with me.
Anxiety Therapy FAQs (North Carolina)
Fast Access to Anxiety Therapy
If anxiety is running the show, with symptoms of constant worry, racing thoughts, tension that never seems to shut off, then it may be time to seek treatment. I specialize in online anxiety therapy for adults who are high-functioning on the outside but feel overwhelmed, stuck, or exhausted on the inside.
I’m a psychologist with over a decade of experience and am licensed to practice therapy in North Carolina, I help clients reduce anxiety using evidence-based approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Therapy with me is practical, supportive, and focused on helping you feel more grounded, confident, and in control of your life again. My clients may request help with the following concerns:
Therapy for Health Anxiety
Therapy for Generalized Anxiety
Therapy for Social Anxiety
Anxiety therapy for high-achieving adults
Anxiety therapy for women
Anxiety Therapy for students
Anxiety Therapy for professionals
Anxiety Therapy for parents
Why Choose Tranquil Talk Therapy for online anxiety therapy?
I get it. Choosing a therapist can be intimidating. In today’s market, we are oversaturated with advertisements from online therapy platforms, with many of their therapists having limited clinical experience.
I am a licensed therapist with over a decade of direct clinical experience. I am not a new graduate who is straight out of school, and I’m also not a clinician who has just entered the field following another career. I am someone who loves psychology and has devoted her entire academic and professional career to the study of psychology. I am an independently licensed psychological associate who has countless clinical hours and has been licensed for 10-years.
Throughout my career, I have worked in several anxiety clinics focusing on providing affordable anxiety treatments to children, adolescents, and young-adults. In our work, you’ll have a non-judgmental space to talk about your concerns with someone who gets it. Together, we will work on having fast-relief from anxiety symptoms, and we will work towards building a life that you love.
At Tranquil Talk Therapy, I am also in-network with several insurances, including Aetna, Aetna State Health Plan, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Meritain Health, and Medcost. I will personally look at your benefits and file the claims, ensuring you can use your health insurance. At Tranquil Talk Therapy, I do not partner with online virtual therapy platforms or use AI in my practice, resulting in an increased layer of confidentiality.
You don’t have to do this alone. Anxiety support is essential for all people. If you want to see if we are a good fit, please reach out. I respond to all emails within 24-hours and try to schedule clients within the week. If we meet and determine that we aren’t a good match, I will refer you to one of my amazing colleagues who can help you. Reach out today to finally get the support you deserve.
If you’re looking for an experienced anxiety therapist who understands both the emotional and practical sides of anxiety, I’d be glad to help. Tranquil Talk Therapy is accepting new clients, with all emails being responded to within 24-hours.
Start Online Anxiety Therapy in North Carolina Today and take the first step toward feeling calmer and more like yourself again.