Anxiety Counseling in Austin, TX
Regain Control of Your Life
Anxiety can make it feel like your thoughts are racing ahead of you — rehearsing disasters, replaying conversations, never quite letting you rest. Therapy combines self-awareness, practical tools, and real empathy so you can meet each day feeling prepared instead of braced.
4.9★
Average rating in our most recent client survey
15 years
Serving Austin since 2011
4,000+
Clients served
30 therapists
With varied licensure and levels of experience
Brittany Tyrrell, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
A Massachusetts transplant who loves family, reading, baking, traveling, and the outdoors.
Jadese Jasper, Internship Student
Supervised by
Marla Sanderson, LMFT‑SI love meditation, music-filled dog walks, new recipes, and history rabbit holes.
Craig Lesley, LPC-A
Supervised by
Laurie Stevens‑Beck, LPC‑SI'm happiest with my dogs, open-water swimming, grilling, and yoga.
Karla Chamberlain, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
I love reading, writing, gardening, cooking, nature walks, and caring for animals.
Sydney Loza, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor
I work out almost every day — it keeps me sane (my husband agrees).
Karla Corro, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor
I love time with my three dogs and husband — hikes and road trips!
Teresa Gross, LPC
Senior Therapist
Yoga, meditation, and recharging in calm, quiet spaces keeps me grounded, grateful, and present.
Amber Arellano, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Weekly dance, daily reading, and time in nature keep me grounded.
JonTayé Bonds, LPC-S
Senior Therapist
I recharge with yoga, drawing, bullet journaling, and singing in the car.
Laurie Stevens-Beck, LPC-S
Senior Therapist
I can't start my day without grounding, a little yoga, and morning meditation.
Jennifer Kirsten, LMSW
Supervised by
Gianna Viola, LCSW‑SI'm happiest swimming, hiking, cooking, or journaling in nature.
Eleni Milliken, LPC-A
Supervised by
Colleen Bardelli, LPC‑SI recharge in nature with my dog, through movement and creative expression.
Sarah Becker, LPC-A
Supervised by
Rosalie Piedra, LPC‑SI'm a big hobbyist — circus arts, rock climbing, and hands-on DIY.
Amy Nikitenko, PsyD
Clinical Psychologist
I love camping with family, trekking the wilderness, and crafty DIY projects.
Looking for a therapist? We’ll help you find a perfect match.
Matcha is our matching tool. It’s free, there’s nothing to sign up for, and it takes about a minute.
- Narrow by insurance, availability, and how a therapist works
- Save the ones you want to come back to
- Or just describe what you’re going through, and let it find the fit
Recognize the Hidden Strain
Anxiety rarely announces itself. It shows up as tension, avoidance, and a mind that fast-forwards to the worst-case version of everything. Signs we hear about most often:
- Worry that starts before your feet hit the floor
- Muscle tension, jaw clenching, or headaches with no other explanation
- Racing thoughts at bedtime — and 3 a.m. wake-ups
- Avoiding calls, invitations, or decisions to keep the dread down
- Irritability or restlessness that surprises even you
- Feeling fine on the outside while running on fumes inside
Recognize a few of these? Reach out — a short conversation with our team can tell you a lot, with no commitment.
Take Charge Early
Anxiety tends to expand into the space you give it. Early intervention interrupts that arc — before everyday worry hardens into panic, chronic tension, or a shrinking comfort zone. In the first few sessions we map what sets your anxiety off, how it moves through your body and your schedule, and what a realistic plan looks like.
Your first anxiety session, start to finish
No couch clichés, no interrogation. Your therapist asks what brought you in, listens for the pattern underneath — when the worry shows up, what it costs you, what you’ve already tried — and starts sketching a plan with you, not for you.
Most people leave the first session with two things: a sense of relief at finally saying it all out loud, and one concrete tool to try before session two.
Wondering if it’s time? Ask for a call — we’ll tell you honestly what we’d suggest.
Go deeper on the AMC blog
COMING SOONWhat a Panic Attack Is — and Isn’tCOMING SOONWhen Worry Becomes Generalized AnxietyDevelop Coping Tools
You’ll leave therapy with tools, not just insight: breathing techniques that calm a nervous system in real time, grounding practices that work in a grocery store, and cognitive-behavioral skills for catching the worry spiral before it picks up speed.
Every technique is matched to your specific pattern — what works for social anxiety isn’t what works for 3 a.m. dread — and practiced until it holds up under pressure, not just in the therapy room.
Foster Self-Compassion
Anxious minds tend to be harsh minds — the inner critic and the worry loop feed each other. We help you notice that voice, question it, and practice a steadier one, because reshaping how you talk to yourself changes what your nervous system braces for.
Medication, therapy, or both?
It’s one of the most common questions we get, and the honest answer is: it depends on your situation, and it’s your call. Therapy alone helps many people significantly; for others, medication prescribed by a physician or psychiatrist makes the therapy work faster and stick better.
Our therapists don’t prescribe, but we’re glad to coordinate with your prescriber — or point you to one — and we’ll give you our straight read on what we’re seeing, either way.
Want to talk it through? Ask for a call.
Go deeper on the AMC blog
COMING SOONMedication and Therapy: How They Work TogetherCOMING SOONWhy Self-Criticism Feeds AnxietyEmbrace Lasting Change
The goal isn’t a life with zero anxiety — it’s moving from fear-driven reactions to calm, intentional responses. That shift compounds: better sleep, easier decisions, relationships with more room in them. Most clients can feel the difference within the first several weeks.
We work with several insurance plans and offer clear self-pay rates — see Rates & Insurance, or get in touch and we’ll check your coverage before you begin.
The Anxiety Therapy Journey
From first call to calm that holds — here’s the whole arc.
1Reach out
A short, low-pressure conversation about what’s been going on. It takes just a few minutes, and there’s no commitment.
2Get matched
Matcha, our custom matching platform, pairs you with the therapist best suited to your kind of anxiety — because fit is what makes the work go.
3Map the worry
Early sessions trace your anxiety’s pattern — triggers, body signals, what it’s costing you — and turn that into a plan you both believe in.
4Practice tools that travel
Breathing, grounding, and CBT skills rehearsed in session until they work where you actually need them — meetings, traffic, 3 a.m.
5Calm that holds
We track progress together and say so when you’re ready — the summit is a nervous system that recovers on its own.
How We Treat Anxiety
Every anxious mind runs its own pattern, so your therapist draws from several evidence-based approaches and follows your lead.
Mindfulness-based therapy
Noticing anxious thoughts without being run by them — the skill underneath every other skill. Every AMC therapist is also a trained mindfulness teacher.
Cognitive behavioral therapy
The link between thoughts, feelings, and actions — examined honestly, so the worry spiral loses its automatic quality.
Breathing & nervous-system regulation
Techniques that calm the body directly — because you can’t think your way out of a fight-or-flight response, but you can breathe your way down from one.
Gradual, consent-based exposure
For avoidance that’s shrunk your world, we rebuild range one manageable step at a time — at your pace, never as a dare.
Self-compassion practices
Turning down the inner critic that keeps the nervous system braced — reshaping harsh self-talk into something you can actually live with.
EMDR for anxiety with roots
When anxiety traces back to something that happened, EMDR helps the memory lose its charge — paced carefully, always with consent.
Find the right therapist for your anxiety
Choose whichever way feels easier. Scroll down to meet the AMC therapists who treat anxiety and request someone by name.
Or answer a few questions in Matcha, our custom AI-assisted matching tool, and we’ll suggest therapists whose experience and availability may fit your needs.
What our clients are saying about us
The breathing technique, being gentle to myself, and learning to recognize when I am not living in the present moment, among other coping skills my therapist has been teaching me have helped me tremendously with anxiety. She is easy to talk to, gentle, and listens without judgement. I am so thankful I found her and recommend her to everyone.