Anxiety Therapy For Illinois Residents

Get Relief from Anxiety, Overthinking, and Constant Stress

The idea that you must be twice as good to go half as far takes its toll. The pressure to get things done is doubled by the expectation that you please everyone in the process. (Oh, and don’t forget to smile.) As a result, you think you must be prepared for anything.

It’s stressful to always be on alert. To constantly be aware of every angle and the potential threat that could possibly be present. But you do it because you believe that you have to. That’s how you stay on top right? What if there were another way? At Living in Empathy Therapy, we provide online anxiety therapy in Illinois to help you better understand your thoughts, calm your nervous system, and regain control of your life.

YOU CAN release the limitations you’ve been operating under and learn to manage the negative thoughts and stress that come with doing all the things.

Many people go through life without seeking professional anxiety help and never get diagnosed. This means many don’t receive effective treatments or learn healthy coping skills to combat their anxiety symptoms.

How Do I Know If I Need Anxiety Therapy?

Anxiety is a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease typically about an imminent event or situation with an uncertain outcome. While feelings of anxiety are normal, some experience stress at a different and more intolerable level. This type of experience is called an anxiety disorder.

An anxiety disorder presents with feelings of worry, nervousness, or unease which does not go away and can get worse over time.

When anxiety becomes overwhelming, it can impact work performance, relationships, sleep and physical health and ability to focus or make decisions. Anxiety disorders lead you to avoid situations that trigger your anxiety at all costs, negatively affecting your education, work, and personal relationships. You may feel like you’re constantly “on edge” or stuck in your head.

Common Signs You May Need Anxiety Therapy:

Feeling on the edge most of the time
Intense worry or overthinking
Physical symptoms such as sweaty palms, chest tightness, racing heartbeat, headaches, muscle pains, etc.
Feeling afraid
Inability to concentrate or focus
Experiencing nightmares or flashbacks of a horrible event
Difficulty sleeping
Negative thoughts much of the time

Many people with anxiety disorders go through life without seeking professional anxiety help and never being diagnosed. This means many don’t receive effective treatments or learn healthy coping skills to combat their anxiety symptoms.

Nearly 30% of adults will experience an anxiety disorder in their lives. It’s one of the most common mental disorders today.

The Good News is…

Anxiety Disorders are treatable with therapy.

It is Anxiety… Now What?

You might be thinking, “But planning helps me get things done.” Or “If I don’t think this way everything will fall apart.” Well, you’re right. Planning and analyzing situations have many benefits, however, there are also drawbacks. The need to plan everything or rely on analysis to prevent negative experiences creates distress. Our anxiety will have us focus on the benefits of overthinking rather than the negative effects.

Some levels of anxiety are completely reasonable and appropriate. But when the worry doesn’t go away and gets worse that is when it is time to seek out an anxiety therapist to help you manage it.

Knowing how you experience anxiety helps you learn:

The skills to cope with thoughts that get in the way
The limitations of planning and when planning is an attempt to control
Why trying to stop anxiety doesn’t work and what to do instead
To distinguish effective stress from ineffective stress so that you can stop beating yourself up

What We Focus On Matters

High-Functioning Anxiety: When You Look “Fine” but Feel Overwhelmed

Many of our clients appear successful, organized, and driven - but internally feel exhausted and anxious.

You may:

Over-prepare or overthink everything
Feel pressure to be perfect
Struggle to relax or “turn off” your mind
Constantly anticipate worst-case scenarios

It may have worked before, but now it feels unsustainable.

Our Approach to Anxiety Treatment

We help you retrain your brain to focus on the paths that are most beneficial to you. We use proven, research-backed approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) , Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Strength-Based, Trauma-Informed care to help you learn to manage an unpleasant experience with anxiety.

Because what we focus on matters, you can train yourself to pay attention to a more positive narrative. What would happen if you reframed that nervousness and imagined the possibilities that may come with it? I wonder how your outlook on your future would change. I also wonder how you might approach situations differently. Our approach is: compassionate, culturally responsive, LGBTQIA+ affirming, and rooted in empowerment.

Ready to Focus on What Matters to You with Anxiety Therapy?

Anxiety is highly treatable with evidence-based therapy. Maybe you’re realizing that you’ve always had high-functioning anxiety. You’ve planned and controlled your way through life to manage unwanted feelings. It worked until it didn’t and now your anxiety is harder to control. Our anxiety therapists will help you understand your anxiety. With anxiety help at our counseling practice, you can finally put down the worry and express yourself more freely. Start learning how to relieve your anxiety in anxiety therapy by following these steps:

Contact us today to speak with a therapist
Make your first appointment with a caring and understanding therapist
Begin building tools to feel calmer and more in control

Schedule a Session

Other Therapy Services Offered

Our caring therapists offer other services besides anxiety therapy to help support your mental health and well-being. In addition to individual therapy, we also offer trauma therapy, depression and grief counseling, therapy for black men and women, and LGBTQIA2S+ therapy.