Anxiety Therapy in Atlanta & Virtually Across GA and SC

Anxiety doesn't always look like panic. Sometimes it looks like a racing mind at 2 a.m. Sometimes it's that constant low hum of unease, the over-thinking, the over-functioning, the inability to slow down. Sometimes it's the apology you didn't need to give, the email you re-read ten times, the catastrophic 'what-ifs' that visit uninvited.

Whatever anxiety looks like in your life, you're not alone — and you don't have to keep carrying it the way you have been.

What Is Anxiety?

Anxiety is your nervous system's natural response to perceived threat. In small doses, it's helpful — it keeps us alert, prepared, and responsive. But when anxiety becomes chronic, intense, or disconnected from real danger, it can disrupt sleep, relationships, work, and your sense of safety in your own body.

Anxiety can show up as generalized anxiety, social anxiety, panic attacks, health anxiety, performance anxiety, or the high-functioning anxiety many people carry without realizing it. Therapy can help with all of these.

Signs You Might Benefit from Therapy for Anxiety

• Constant overthinking, rumination, or worst-case-scenario thinking
• Difficulty falling or staying asleep due to a racing mind
• Physical symptoms: tightness in chest, shallow breathing, stomach issues, tension
• Panic attacks or moments of overwhelming fear that come on suddenly
• Avoiding situations, people, or experiences that feel too much
• Feeling 'on edge' even when nothing is wrong
• Perfectionism, people-pleasing, or over-functioning to feel safe
• Irritability or short-temperedness that feels out of character

How We Treat Anxiety

Anxiety isn't a flaw to fix — it's often a protective response that made sense at some point. Our approach goes beyond symptom management to look at the root causes of anxiety, while giving you real tools to find relief in your daily life.

• Internal Family Systems (IFS) — to understand the anxious parts of you and what they're trying to protect
• CPT and DBT skills — practical tools for managing anxious thoughts and reactions
• Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) — to work with the emotions underneath the anxiety
• Somatic and grounding practices — to help your nervous system feel safer in your body
• Trauma-informed care — because anxiety often has roots that go deeper than the surface

What to Expect in Anxiety Therapy

Therapy for anxiety isn't about silencing it — it's about understanding it, working with it, and reducing how much it runs your life. In our work together, we'll explore where your anxiety comes from, what triggers it, and what helps. You'll build tools you can use in the moment, and deeper insight that creates lasting change.

Who This Helps

• Adults navigating generalized, social, or high-functioning anxiety
• Parents whose anxiety is impacting how they show up at home
• Mothers in pregnancy or postpartum struggling with anxiety
• Couples whose relationship is being shaped by one or both partners' anxiety
• Anyone who feels like their anxiety is no longer manageable on their own

Work With a Therapist Who Specializes in Anxiety

Haylie Ann Yakrus, MS, LPC, NCC offers this work for individuals, couples, and families in Atlanta and virtually across Georgia and South Carolina — drawing from IFS, EFT, trauma-informed care, and more.