Anxiety counseling with licensed counselors in Scottsdale or by telehealth across Arizona helps you understand where anxiety shows up and what feeds it. Faith is welcome if you want it.
In person in Scottsdale · Telehealth across Arizona · Licensed clinicians
Anxiety does not always look like panic. For many people it looks like a mind that will not rest. You might recognize some of this:
You do not need a diagnosis to reach out. If you are not sure it is “bad enough” for counseling, that doubt is common, and worth saying out loud.
This is time set aside to understand your anxiety: where it shows up, what feeds it, and how you have been coping. Together you build a treatment plan around your needs and goals. Part of the work is practical coping strategies for between sessions. Part is slower: processing what lies underneath the worry.
Anxiety can also show up alongside depression, trauma, performance pressure, self-doubt, a hard life transition, or unhealthy coping. Your counselor will be honest with you, without sugarcoating, at a pace that feels right for you.
If you feel ashamed that you still worry after praying about it, you can say so here and be met with compassion instead of judgment. You can also leave faith out and keep your sessions on clinical goals. Faith is never imposed, and it is never a substitute for clinical treatment. The Christian counseling page explains more about how faith works at Ezra.
Ezra’s counselors are licensed clinicians, or pre-licensed therapists working under clinical supervision. This is psychotherapy. It is not Bible study, spiritual direction, or advice to simply trust more. Ezra provides counseling, not medication management. If you are taking or considering medication, your doctor is the right person to ask, and counseling does not replace medical care.
Your counselor chooses methods based on how anxiety shows up for you. Counselors at Ezra work with approaches that include these, and each profile lists what that counselor offers:
Anxiety often lives in the body. Somatic work helps you notice those signals and settle them.
A structured therapy for processing distressing memories that still intrude on the present.
An attachment-based approach to the emotions behind your reactions in close relationships.
Your counselor will explain what they suggest and why. Outcomes vary from person to person.
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This page is for adults. If you are under 18, or you are a parent looking for help for a child or teen, see anxiety and depression counseling for children and teens. If anxiety is putting pressure on a relationship, couples and marriage counseling may be the better place to start. You can also read about individual counseling more broadly.
Reaching out can be one of the harder steps with anxiety, so here is what comes next:
Schedule online, call (480) 448-2466, or send a question through the contact page if a call feels like too much. If you use the form, the team replies within 24 to 48 hours.
Use the free 20-minute consultation, with no obligation, to say what the worry is costing you.
The team helps you choose a counselor who works with anxiety and fits your week.
Your first session starts your plan.
Ezra’s office is in North Scottsdale, and telehealth is available anywhere in Arizona. Formats vary by counselor, and each profile lists what that counselor offers.
You do not have to sort that out first. If stress is costing you sleep, focus, or peace, that is reason enough to talk.
Ask about it when you reach out. EMDR by video depends on the counselor, and your counselor can talk with you about whether it suits the work you have in mind.
Ezra provides counseling, not medication management. If you are taking or considering medication, your doctor is the right person to ask. Counseling does not replace medical care.
No. Your faith is welcome, but you do not have to be a Christian to come, and you can keep your sessions on clinical goals.
Yes. Your counselor is a licensed clinician, or a pre-licensed therapist working under clinical supervision.
Fees vary by counselor. Current payment and insurance information is on the Providers & Policies page.
You do not have to calm down first or explain it perfectly. You only need to take the next step.
If you are in crisis, call or text 988. If you are in immediate danger, call 911.
Specializing in trauma, relationships, unhealthy coping, infidelity, anxiety, depression, grief, faith, and life transitions for all ages.
