Calm Your Mind. Feel Like Yourself Again

If your mind is frequently racing, if you often replay conversations and dissect them, if you find you are constantly questioning your decisions, or if you struggle to quiet the worries that seem to never go away, you might be dealing with the symptoms of anxiety.

While symptoms of anxiety include overthinking or obsessive thinking, anxiety can show up in your body, too,as trouble sleeping, racing thoughts, dizziness, or panic that feels like it comes out of nowhere.

Managing anxiety can be exhausting.The good news is you don’t have to navigate it alone. With the right support, you can find relief and start feeling like yourself again.

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Find the right therapist for you

Tell us about your needs, preferences, and insurance—and we’ll match you with a therapist who fits you, not the other way around.

Specialities:

Anxiety, Depression, Life Transitions, Trauma

Specialities:

ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, EMDR, Grief, LGBTQ+, Life Transitions, Trauma

Specialities:

Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Life Transitions, Trauma

Specialities:

ADHD, Anxiety, Career Counseling, Depression, Family Therapy, Life Transitions, Trauma

Specialities:

Anxiety, Depression, Trauma

Insurance & Access

We work with major insurance providers and offer flexible options to make care accessible.

What a session with us feels like

Therapy is a space where you can finally exhale a little. In our sessions, you’ll have the chance to talk openly about what’s been weighing on you without fear of judgment.. We’ll go at a pace that feels comfortable for you, starting by getting a clearer understanding of what your anxiety feels like and how it’s showing up in your life. Along the way, we’ll explore patterns, gently shift unhelpful thought cycles, and discover practical tools that can help calm your mind and body. Therapy is a collaborative process—you won’t be doing it alone. Over time, many individuals begin to feel more grounded, more confident in their decisions, and less burdened by worry.

Phase 1: Safety and Stabilization

This phase builds awareness, grounding, and tools to reduce overwhelm and interrupt cycles of panic, avoidance, or constant worry.

Phase 2: Understanding and Processing

Once there is more stability, we explore the patterns beneath anxiety, including beliefs, past experiences, and emotional responses.

Phase 3: Confidence and Expansion

As anxiety loosens its grip, the focus shifts toward confidence, choice, and living with greater ease and intention.

How Anxiety Therapy Helps

Anxiety therapy supports meaningful, sustainable change by working with both the mind and body.

Reduces chronic tension, restlessness, and fight-or-flight responses.

Helps interrupt looping thoughts and build clarity and perspective.

Supports responding to stress without becoming overwhelmed.

Helps you engage more fully in relationships, work, and daily life.

Three easy steps

Talk with intake (free, 15 minutes)

Share what’s going on and what would feel supportive.

Get matched

We’ll recommend one to two Living Well therapists who fit your preferences and schedule.

Begin care

Start weekly sessions, build skills, and feel more like yoursel, in daily life and relationships.

Ready when you are

Overwhelm doesn’t have to define you. Together we’ll shift how stress shows up in your daily life.

We believe in offering support even if you can’t be in-person. Traffic, weather, childcare, packed calendars, none of that should keep you from getting help. 

We help many people remotely who may feel anxious, stuck, or simply not like themselves. You deserve care that fits your life and treats you as a whole human, not a diagnosis.

Warm, human-first care

We see the whole you. Sessions are warm, collaborative, and paced to your nervous system—not a protocol.

Thoughtful matching (not an algorithm)

Our intake team listens first, then hand-matches you with a best-fit clinician based on goals, style, culture, and lived experience.

Holistic + practical

We integrate talk therapy with somatic and experiential tools so change is felt, not just discussed.

Culturally responsive & affirming

Inclusive care for LGBTQ+ and BIPOC clients; we meet you where you are with curiosity and respect.

Secure & convenient

HIPAA-compliant platform, end-to-end encryption, evenings and lunch hours available, continuity when traveling in Illinois.

Insurance support

We’ll verify your benefits and outline costs up front, so there are no surprises.

Why Choose Living
Well?

Your answers to
popular questions

You don’t need to have everything figured out before starting therapy.

Anxiety therapy helps reduce excessive worry, overthinking, panic symptoms, and nervous system activation. At Living Well in Evanston, anxiety therapy is integrative and trauma-informed—combining evidence-based tools with nervous system regulation.

Anxiety counseling can help with racing thoughts, restlessness, irritability, trouble sleeping, panic attacks, social anxiety, fear of making mistakes, and avoidance. It can also help with physical symptoms like tight chest, stomach tension, or feeling constantly on edge.

Yes. Therapy for panic attacks can reduce the frequency and intensity of panic by addressing triggers, nervous system responses, and fear cycles. Many clients learn practical tools to calm the body and regain a sense of control.

Anxiety therapy works by helping you understand what drives anxiety, build regulation skills, challenge unhelpful thought loops, and address deeper causes (like trauma, chronic stress, or perfectionism). Your plan is tailored to your symptoms and goals.

Anxiety treatment may include CBT/ACT/DBT-informed skills, mindfulness, somatic therapy, EMDR (when anxiety is linked to past experiences), Internal Family Systems (IFS/parts work), and psychoeducation about the nervous system.

Stress is a response to current pressures; anxiety disorders involve persistent worry, fear, or physical symptoms that feel disproportionate or hard to control. A therapist can help assess whether you’re experiencing generalized anxiety, panic disorder, social anxiety, or stress-related anxiety.

The length of anxiety therapy depends on severity, triggers, and goals. Some clients benefit from short-term skill-building, while others continue longer to address underlying patterns and maintain long-term relief.

Yes. Online anxiety therapy can be highly effective, especially for skill-building, nervous system regulation, and exposure planning. Living Well offers secure telehealth statewide for individuals in Illinois.

Yes. Therapy for perfectionism and self-doubt helps reduce fear of failure, quiet the inner critic, and build confidence. Many clients learn to take action without being driven by worry.

Finding the right fit matters. Living Well offers thoughtful matching to connect you with an anxiety therapist in Evanston or via online therapy across Illinois.