Treatment Areas · Anxiety Therapy
Anxiety Therapy in Burlington & Across Ontario
Spend less time trying to stay one step ahead of anxiety.
Anxiety can keep you overthinking, anticipating what might go wrong, and avoiding uncertainty. Therapy can help you understand what keeps it going and begin changing the patterns around it.
Session Fee
Free Consultation
$180
15 minutes
50-minute session
No charge
In person in Burlington
Format
Availability
Daytime & evening
Virtual Across Ontario
Appointments available
Anxiety can make everything feel like something to solve.
About · Anxiety
Anxiety often starts with a “what if?”
Anxiety is a normal response to uncertainty and potential threat. But when it starts taking up more space, your mind can become focused on anticipating what might happen, what could go wrong, or how you can prevent it.
You might overthink decisions, plan for every possibility, seek reassurance, research, avoid situations that feel uncertain, or repeatedly revisit things you thought you had already figured out.
These strategies can help you feel more prepared or certain in the moment. But when your brain learns that uncertainty needs to be resolved before you can move on, there can always be another possibility to consider.
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Through therapy, we may help you…
better understand patterns of anxiety and chronic worry
reduce overthinking and reassurance-seeking
improve tolerance for uncertainty and discomfort
feel calmer, more emotionally regulated, and present
build greater confidence, flexibility, and self-trust
Anxiety Therapy at Ascend
At Ascend, we use evidence-based approaches including CBT, ACT, and exposure-based therapy to understand what keeps anxiety going and help you change your relationship with worry, discomfort, and uncertainty.
Therapy is individualized to how anxiety shows up for you. Together, we may work on reducing avoidance and reassurance seeking, stepping back from unhelpful thinking patterns, approaching situations anxiety has made harder, and becoming more comfortable moving forward without needing to feel completely certain first.
The goal isn’t to never feel anxious. It’s to help anxiety take up less space in your life and have less influence over the choices you make.
Meet Our Anxiety Therapists
Our therapists specialize in anxiety and understand how it can show up in ways that go beyond simply feeling worried. We use evidence-based approaches including CBT, ACT, and exposure-based therapy to help you understand your anxiety, reduce the habits that keep it going, and feel more confident navigating uncertainty.
Jordan Best
Emma Weber
Frequently Asked Questions About Anxiety Therapy
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We work with many forms of anxiety, including generalized anxiety and chronic worry, social anxiety, health anxiety, panic attacks, phobias, perfectionism, and anxiety that does not fit neatly into one category.
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We use evidence-based approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and exposure-based therapy. Your therapist will tailor treatment based on what you are experiencing, what seems to be maintaining the anxiety, and your goals for therapy.
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Therapy can help you understand what keeps worry going, including attempts to predict what might happen, mentally solve uncertainty, seek reassurance, or avoid uncomfortable feelings. Rather than trying to find the perfect answer to every worry, treatment can help you change how you relate and respond to it.
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Understanding where your anxiety comes from can be helpful, but insight alone does not always change it. Therapy can also focus on what happens when anxiety shows up, including avoidance, reassurance seeking, rumination, checking, and other responses that can keep the cycle going.
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It can. Exposure therapy involves gradually approaching situations, sensations, or experiences you have been avoiding because of anxiety. When exposure is appropriate, you and your therapist will work collaboratively to decide what to practice and at what pace.
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No. Anxiety is a normal human emotion, and the goal is not to never feel anxious again. Therapy focuses on helping anxiety have less influence over your decisions and your life, even when uncomfortable thoughts or feelings are present.
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There is no set number of sessions that works for everyone. The length of therapy depends on your concerns, goals, treatment approach, and how things progress along the way.
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Yes. We offer virtual anxiety therapy across Ontario, as well as in-person sessions in Burlington.
Therapy that fits your life.
Meet with your therapist face-to-face at our Burlington office, located at The Therapy Commons. In-person sessions are available for teens and adults.
In Person · Therapy In Burlington
Virtual · Therapy Across Ontario
Meet with your therapist securely online from wherever you are in Ontario, making it easier to fit therapy into your schedule without needing to travel.
How To Get Started
Finding the right support can start with a conversation.
Complete the form below and we'll be in touch to help you connect with a therapist who fits what you're looking for. You can also book a free 15-minute consultation if you'd like to speak with us first.
Email Us
info@ascendanxietyclinic.ca
Visit Us
3425 Harvester Road Unit 213, Burlington, ON, L7N 3M7, Canada