Anxiety Therapy for Women
Online therapy for women navigating anxiety, overthinking, perfectionism, and the constant pressure to keep everything under control. You might be good at handling things. You get things done. People depend on you. You think ahead. You notice what could go wrong. You hold yourself to a high standard. The problem is that your mind rarely lets you rest. You replay conversations. Anticipate problems that haven't happened. Revisit decisions you've already made. Feel responsible for getting everything right. Maybe you know you're overthinking and still can't seem to stop. Sometimes anxiety looks like worry. Sometimes it looks like perfectionism, irritability, procrastination, over-preparing, avoiding decisions, or needing everything to feel just right before you can move on.
When anxiety starts taking your time
Anxiety isn't only uncomfortable. It can be expensive in ways that don't show up on a bill. Hours spent worrying. Decisions that take far too long. Sleep interrupted by your brain running through tomorrow. Conversations replayed after they are already over. You may be functioning. You may even be functioning very well. But you're spending far more energy than you want to spend doing it.
Sometimes anxiety is not actually the whole story
Anxiety can be part of several different clinical pictures.
Sometimes it's generalized anxiety. Sometimes it's perfectionism and chronic self-pressure. Sometimes ADHD has created years of overwhelm and compensating. Sometimes intrusive thoughts and reassurance seeking are actually OCD.
Understanding what is driving the anxiety matters because the treatment should match the problem.
I won't assume every anxious thought needs to be challenged or every uncomfortable feeling needs to be calmed down.
How I work with anxiety
We'll start by understanding what your anxiety is actually doing. What are you afraid might happen? What do you do when that fear shows up? What are you avoiding, checking, controlling, or overthinking? And what is all of that costing you? From there, treatment might draw from CBT, ACT, DBT skills, or ERP depending on what's actually happening. The work is collaborative and direct. I'll give you space to get comfortable and understand what's going on before we start asking you to do things differently.
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Common Questions
Before you reach out
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No. Many people start therapy without a formal diagnosis — they know something isn't working and they want support figuring it out. You don't need a label to deserve help. If a diagnosis becomes relevant through the course of therapy, that can be explored — but it's not a prerequisite for starting.
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Yes. Research consistently supports that virtual therapy delivered via telehealth is as effective as in-person therapy for most presentations including anxiety, depression, and trauma. All sessions at Through the Woods are fully virtual — you attend from wherever you have privacy.
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Brittaney draws on evidence-based frameworks including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and trauma-informed approaches. The framework used is chosen based on what fits the individual client and their presenting concerns- not applied uniformly to everyone.
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It depends on what you're working on. Some people find meaningful progress in a few months; others work longer on more complex or long-standing patterns. The pace and duration are shaped around what you need — there's no fixed length imposed at the start.
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Individual therapy is available virtually in Colorado, Idaho, and South Carolina via secure telehealth. Sessions can be attended from home, your car, your office — anywhere you have a private space and a reliable connection.
Therapy isn't about becoming someone who never feels anxious.
It's about getting your time and energy back from anxiety so it doesn't get to make every decision for you.