Online Anxiety Therapy for Overthinkers and High Achievers
Credentials at a Glance: LCPC (ID) • CMHC (UT) • LPC (CO, CT) • Telehealth registration (FL, DE, SC) • HeartMath Certified • Unyte SSP Certified • Solution-Focused Brief Therapy L1 • Breathwork Facilitator
Available online in Utah, Idaho, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, South Carolina, and Florida.
Does your lifestyle and the expectations you place on yourself contribute to your anxiety?
Do you spend so much time taking care of responsibilities, meeting expectations, or keeping other people happy that your own needs keep getting pushed aside?
Have overthinking, perfectionism, or trying to ignore your anxiety stopped working?
Anxiety is the ultimate saboteur of happiness. Even though you’ve worked hard to achieve your success, you may be consumed with intrusive thoughts and overthinking. Perhaps your inner critic keeps you stuck in a negative loop of self-doubt and indecision as you second-guess whether your life is headed in the right direction.
You Might Put Others’ Needs Ahead Of Your Own
If worst-case scenarios play out in your mind, you live in a perpetual state of panic. Maybe you imagine all the potentially negative outcomes you may face, like losing your job or relationship. All this catastrophizing can derail you from being your best self and prioritizing what’s important to you.
What’s more, you might avoid socializing as a way to protect yourself from the discomfort that being around others causes. Or, conversely, people-pleasing may be your default mode to ensure you’re accepted by others. Perhaps you don’t set healthy boundaries for yourself at work or home and often feel drained and emotionally exhausted by the end of the day.
If only you knew how to silence your inner critic and not worry so much. The good news is that anxiety therapy can equip you with the tools to address the symptoms that rob you of joy and contentment.
If anxiety has become part of a larger cycle of perfectionism and never feeling like you've done enough, read more about perfectionism and anxiety.
One In Four US Adults Suffer From Anxiety[1]
According to the Anxiety & Depression Association of America (ADAA), "Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States, affecting 40 million adults age 18 and older."[2] Even though these statistics attest to how common anxiety is, sadly, many of us suffer in silence and fear we must be going crazy when intrusive thoughts or panic attacks begin to disrupt our lives.
As humans, anxiety is part of our physiological wiring and how we naturally respond to external threats. While our normal “fight, flight, or freeze” response can serve us well in risky situations, an excess of fear and worry can become debilitating. In addition to the emotional toll, “an estimated 4.7 percent of U.S. adults experience panic disorder at some time in their lives.”[3]
The Disconnect Between What We Were Promised And Reality
Many of us were raised to believe we should shoot for the moon to achieve our dreams. However, as we become adults, we’re faced with the stark contrast of reality. In today’s grind culture, it seems like productivity is valued over everything else. Suddenly, the hopes and dreams that guided us are exchanged for the demands placed on us to achieve results at all costs.
If we’ve always been high-achievers and perfectionists, we may jump through hoops trying to please everyone and, in the process, find our anxiety has grown out of control. Sometimes success makes anxiety harder to talk about. Other people see that you're functioning, meeting expectations, and getting things done, while they don't see how much energy it takes to hold everything together.
Anxiety therapy gives us space to look at what keeps the cycle going, whether that's people-pleasing, perfectionism, harsh self-criticism, difficulty setting boundaries, chronic overthinking, or expectations that leave little room for your own needs.
Anxiety Therapy Can Help You Understand What's Keeping You Stuck
You might have accomplished a lot and still struggle to enjoy what you've built. Worry, self-doubt, perfectionism, and an overactive inner critic can keep your attention focused on the next problem instead of the life happening around you.
Anxiety therapy gives us a chance to work with both the thoughts driving anxiety and the physical stress response that accompanies them.
Depending on what fits you, our work might include identifying unhelpful thinking patterns, understanding your triggers, practicing nervous-system regulation skills, developing healthier boundaries, reducing avoidance, and finding practical ways to respond differently when anxiety shows up.
What To Expect In Sessions
I aim to provide a comfortable, accepting space where you don't have to hide how much anxiety has been affecting you. Early sessions focus on understanding who you are, what has been happening, what anxiety looks like in your life, and what you want to feel different.
We'll look at symptoms such as excessive worry, social anxiety, sleeplessness, panic, avoidance, physical tension, perfectionism, or chronic overthinking, along with the patterns underneath them. Once we understand what tends to trigger and maintain your anxiety, we can decide which strategies fit you rather than handing you a generic list of coping skills.
My goal is for therapy to feel useful outside the session, so you'll often leave with something practical to notice, practice, or experiment with before we meet again.
HeartMath and Nervous-System-Informed Anxiety Therapy
Anxiety doesn't only happen in your thoughts. Your breathing, heart rate, muscle tension, attention, and sense of threat can all become part of the experience.
HeartMath describes coherence as a state in which the heart, mind, and body work together in greater cooperation and flow.[4] When appropriate, I incorporate HeartMath techniques and heart-rate-variability biofeedback into anxiety therapy to help you practice shifting your physiological response to stress.
HeartMath's approach uses practices such as heart-focused breathing and intentional attention to help people work with anxiety at a physiological level.[5] Independent research on HRV biofeedback also supports this broader approach. A meta-analysis of 24 studies found HRV biofeedback was associated with meaningful reductions in self-reported anxiety and stress, although the researchers noted that more well-controlled studies are still needed.[6]
We may pair this work with cognitive approaches that help you recognize and challenge patterns such as catastrophizing, all-or-nothing thinking, excessive responsibility, or constantly expecting the worst. This allows us to work with both the thoughts that fuel anxiety and the physical stress response accompanying them.
The goal isn't to eliminate every anxious feeling or keep your nervous system calm all the time. It's to help you recognize when your system is becoming activated, practice ways to regulate it, and have more choices in how you respond when anxiety shows up.
But Maybe You’re Not Sure If Anxiety Therapy Is Right For You…
Does having to attend therapy for an anxiety disorder mean I’m crazy?
Everyone experiences anxiety at one time or another. And even if your anxiety is more severe and requires treatment, it doesn’t mean you’re crazy.
One thing anxiety is good at is making a problem seem bigger than it really is. When you’re in the throes of worry and panic, it can feel like a lot is going on all at once and that no solutions exist.
But as you begin to understand your anxiety and learn helpful strategies for reducing “what if” thinking, regulating your nervous system, and responding differently to anxious thoughts, you can become better equipped to manage your symptoms before they take over.
I’m concerned that anxiety treatment won’t work for me.
If you’ve lived with anxiety for a long time, you may have convinced yourself that your symptoms are irreparable and that therapy will be wasted on you.
Fortunately, I have several different approaches to draw from, so we can tailor treatment to what works best for you rather than relying on a single method. Some symptoms or patterns may take more time to work through than others, but part of therapy is figuring out which skills and approaches fit your personality, circumstances, and goals.
The aim is to help you find strategies that feel useful in your actual life and give you more ways to respond when anxiety shows up.
What if I can’t afford anxiety therapy?
Understandably, the expense of receiving anxiety treatment may be a concern. I want you to have clear information about cost before you begin so you can decide whether therapy fits your circumstances.
Insurance availability varies by state and plan. Delaware and South Carolina are private pay, while insurance options are available in select other states. You can find my current rates, insurance information, and payment details on the Fees page.
Throughout our work together, I also aim to make sessions practical. That often includes tools, exercises, or things to practice between appointments so the work you’re doing in therapy carries into the rest of your week.
Experience More Space Between You and Your Anxiety
You don't have to wait until anxiety becomes unbearable before talking with someone.
I offer online anxiety therapy for adults in Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Delaware, and South Carolina.
If you'd like to see whether we're a good fit, start with a free 15-minute consultation. You can tell me a little about what has been happening, ask questions about therapy, and decide whether you'd like to move forward.
Online anxiety therapy is available across Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Delaware, and South Carolina.
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Meet The Therapist
Taylor has over 10 years of professional experience providing therapy for anxiety, LGBTQ+ identity development, and nervous system regulation. He is the founder of Inner Heart Therapy, a telehealth practice serving clients across multiple states. Taylor combines established psychotherapy approaches with nervous-system-informed strategies to help clients understand anxiety, develop practical regulation skills, and change patterns that keep them stuck.
Licensure:
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, Idaho (LCPC – 7150)
Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Utah (12797238-6004)
Licensed Professional Counselor, Colorado (LPC.0018672)
Licensed Professional Counselor, Connecticut (LPC 8118)
Out-of-State Telehealth Registration, South Carolina (TLC 93 PC)
Out-of-State Telehealth Registration, Delaware (MI-0000005)
Out-of-State Telemental Health Provider, Florida (TPMC 1034)
Certifications: HeartMath Certified • Unyte SSP Certified • Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Level 1 • Breathwork Facilitator
[1] https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/any-anxiety-disorder
[2]https://adaa.org/understanding-anxiety/facts-statistics
[3] https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/panic-disorder
[4] https://www.heartmath.org/heart-coherence/personal/
[5] https://www.heartmath.org/resources/solutions-for-stress/overcoming-anxiety/
Last Clinically Reviewed: August 27, 2026
Clinically Reviewed by: Taylor Garff, LCPC, CMHC, LPC, CCATP
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