Therapy for Anxiety in Lehi, Utah

.Anxiety sucks. The overthinking, the planning, the list-making, the “what ifs.” Oh, and the thinking about the thinking? Exhausting. Anxiety can make it hard to relax, be present, make decisions, sleep, or even enjoy day-to-day life. I get it. Personally and professionally, I know how overwhelming anxiety can feel.

The good news is that anxiety is highly treatable. I use evidence-based anxiety treatments including CBT, ACT, DBT, and ERP (basically the entire alphabet) to help people respond differently to anxious thoughts and emotions instead of feeling controlled by them. Together, we work on building practical coping skills, increasing emotional resilience, and helping you create a life that feels meaningful, connected, and actually enjoyable — not just manageable.

This approach works well for generalized anxiety, OCD, panic attacks, perfectionism, social anxiety, intrusive thoughts, and chronic stress.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Short answer… yes.

    Long answer… research consistently shows that therapy can be highly effective for treating anxiety, but the type of therapy used matters.

    A 2023 systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials examining psychotherapies for generalized anxiety disorder found that traditional Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) was associated with strong long-term effectiveness and was well tolerated by participants. (In non-research gobbledygook: researchers combined and compared results from many different high-quality studies to see which treatments worked best over time.)

    Other approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) also showed positive short-term improvement. However, CBT demonstrated the strongest evidence for maintaining improvements after treatment ended.

    Because of this, CBT is widely considered one of the first-line, evidence-based treatments for anxiety disorders. That said, effective therapy is never “one size fits all.” Different people respond to different approaches, and treatment should be tailored to the individual, their symptoms, and their goals. Ultimately, the relationship with your therapist is one of the strongest predictors of successful outcomes regardless of what intervention is used.

    Carpenter, J. K., Andrews, L. A., Witcraft, S. M., Powers, M. B., Smits, J. A. J., & Hofmann, S. G. (2018). Cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety and related disorders: A meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials. JAMA Psychiatry, 75(7), 694–704. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.0433

    Papola, D., Miguel, C., Mazzaglia, M., Franco, P., Tedeschi, F., Romero, S. A., Patel, A. R., Ostuzzi, G., Gastaldon, C., Karyotaki, E., Harrer, M., Purgato, M., Sijbrandij, M., Patel, V., Furukawa, T. A., Cuijpers, P., & Barbui, C. (2024). Psychotherapies for generalized anxiety disorder in adults: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. JAMA Psychiatry, 81(3), 250–259. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.3971

  • If you’re wondering if the symptoms you’re experiencing may be anxiety here are a few questions you can ask yourself.

    Over the last two weeks, how often have you been bothered by the following problems?

    Not at all (0)
    Several Days (1)
    More than half the days (2)
    Nearly every day (3)

    • Feeling nervous, anxious, or on edge

    • Not being able to stop or control worrying

    • Worrying too much about different things

    • Trouble relaxing

    • Being so restless that it’s hard to sit still

    • Becoming easily annoyed or irritable

    • Feeling afraid as if something awful might happen

    Add the scores for each question (0–3) for a Total Score: 0–21

    • 0–4: Minimal anxiety

    • 5–9: Mild anxiety 1

    • 0–14: Moderate anxiety

    • 15–21: Severe anxiety

    The GAD-7 screening tool was developed and validated by leading experts in psychiatry and clinical psychology to provide a brief, reliable measure of anxiety symptoms. Spitzer, R. L., Kroenke, K., Williams, J. B. W., & Löwe, B. (2006). The GAD-7. Archives of Internal Medicine, 166(10), 1092–1097. https://doi.org/10.1001/ archinte.166.10.1092