Anxiety Counseling Across Missouri

compassionate online therapy for anxiety, overwhelm, and nervous system distress

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Why Anxiety Counseling Matters

Anxiety can feel exhausting, confusing, and isolating — even when others “don’t see” it. You might be experiencing:

  • Persistent worry or racing thoughts

  • Tension, irritability, or difficulty relaxing

  • Panic symptoms or fear of losing control

  • Avoidance of situations that once felt normal

  • Physical symptoms like tension, headaches, or gut discomfort

These patterns make life feel harder than it “should be,” but your response makes sense — your nervous system is trying to protect you. You don’t have to sit with it alone.

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How Therapy Helps

Anxiety counseling offers a safe, supportive space to:

  • Understand what’s driving your anxiety

  • Learn skills to regulate intense emotions

  • Reduce avoidance and rebuild confidence

  • Explore early attachment or trauma patterns that keep anxiety strong

  • Grow emotional resilience and self-trust

I use evidence-based and attachment-informed approaches that help you move from surviving anxiety to living with purpose and agency.

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Who this is For

This anxiety counseling is a good fit for you if you feel:

  • Overwhelmed by stress or pressure most days

  • Stuck in loops of worry, fear, or self-doubt

  • Physically tense, restless, or fatigued from anxiety

  • Limited by your anxiety in relationships or work

  • Like old patterns are getting in the way of who you want to be

Whether anxiety is a daily burden or something that shows up in certain moments, therapy can help you rebuild calm from the inside out.

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My Approach to Anxiety Therapy

I blend trauma-, attachment-, and emotion-focused therapy with mindfulness and nervous system regulation strategies to help you:

✔ Understand how your body and brain learned anxiety
✔ Create a compassionate relationship with your experience
✔ Shift out of “fight/flight/freeze” reactivity
✔ Cultivate lasting emotional stability and clarity

Healing is not about forcing positivity — it’s about understanding what keeps anxiety alive and transforming those patterns from a place of safety and support.

Telehealth Anxiety Counseling Across Missouri

🌐 Online therapy available statewide– serving clients in:

  • Springfield, MO

  • Kansas City, MO

  • St. Louis, MO

  • Columbia, MO

  • Bolivar, MO
    … and other communities via secure telehealth.

This means you can begin support from the comfort of your home — no commute, no waiting room stress, just focused one-on-one care.

Common Concerns I Support With

  • Generalized Anxiety

  • Panic attacks & fear responses

  • Performance anxiety

  • Health anxiety

  • Social anxiety

  • Anxiety + trauma history

  • Anxiety impacting relationships

If your anxiety feels like it’s affecting your quality of life, therapy isn’t a sign of weakness — it’s a proactive step toward more peace and connection.


What to Expect in Counseling

Your first sessions are gentle — we focus on:

  1. Getting grounded and building safety

  2. Understanding your anxiety patterns

  3. Learning practical emotion regulation skills

  4. Exploring deeper drivers of anxiety

  5. Integrating insight with real-life change

Therapy is collaborative — your lived experience shapes the pace and direction of the work.

How to Get Started

Free consultation — explore whether anxiety counseling feels like a good fit
✨ Secure Telehealth sessions across Missouri

👉 Click Book Now or Contact to schedule your first step toward relief and clarity.


Meet the Therapist:

Mattracea Wendleton, LPC

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