Telehealth and in-person exposure therapy for anxiety and OCD, serving adults in St. Petersburg, FL

Building Confidence Beyond Anxiety

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Anxiety + OCD therapy for adults in St. Pete

Finally, compassionate and evidence based counseling for Anxiety and OCD in the Sunshine City. Reclaim your confidence, expand your world, and learn to live less interrupted by Anxiety.

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If you ever

Experience unwanted, intrusive thoughts that don’t seem to go away, despite your best efforts

Feel the urge to avoid certain people, places, or situations for fear of feeling triggered or panicked

Get stuck thinking about “what if” worst case scenarios and spend long amounts of time ruminating

Repeat actions like checking, cleaning, rereading or redoing until it feels just right before you can move forward

life doesn’t have to feel like this

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Helping you regain the life you love

Hi, nice to meet you! I’m Sophie, a licensed mental health counselor in sunny St. Petersburg, Florida.

If you’ve struggled with intrusive thoughts, anxiety that won’t quit, or sensations of panic, I know how hard it is to feel seen in the therapy room. Sometimes, no matter how often we practice mindful breathing or try to explore the “why” behind the feeling - the urge to avoid, escape, and hide won’t go away. You’re not alone, and there is a way forward.

Over the last 5 years I’ve specialized in working with individuals who struggle with anything in the anxiety disorder category from generalized anxiety to OCD, agoraphobia, panic disorder, and a few others.

Functional and individualized care is incredibly important to me. Research backed therapy and collaboration are core values at the center of my clinical practice. With each client, I work to develop a personalized treatment plan customized to their unique needs.

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A therapy format that works for you

Treatment begins with Telehealth, on my secure HIPAA compliant platform, Simple Practice.
In your first few sessions, I’ll get to know you, your anxiety, and we can build an exposure hierarchy together.
Then, if you'd like, we can integrate community based sessions where we get to practice exposure exercises in settings anxiety has caused dysfunction.
With Specific Phobias and other Anxiety Disorders, traditional office therapy has its limits in completing Exposures.
"Community based" means that I meet you in a public setting where we can practice functional exposures that you wouldn’t get to try in an office.
*At this time, Community Based sessions are limited to St. Petersburg. Sessions in surrounding areas may be available for an additional fee on a case by case basis
Reason for seeking therapy: Social Anxiety
- Setting: Busy Grocery Store
- Exposures: Make small talk with 3 employees, ask for directions to an item, make a “mistake” while speaking
Reason for seeking therapy: Fear of Flying
- Setting: The Airport
- Exposures: Ride tram to terminal, Read Fearscript at airport gate, Participate in interoceptive exposure