Anxiety therapists

Family Therapist, LMFT, ATR, MFA

Sarah Eggers is a licensed marriage and family therapist and registered art therapist in Pasadena with 12 years in practice. She sees individuals, couples and families and especially enjoys working with teens and young adults dealing with depression, anxiety, eating disorders and trauma. She also supports clients through grief, life transitions and perinatal challenges. Her practice is trauma-informed and rests on the view that every person has worth, creativity and the capacity for connection. She recognizes how racism, sexism, homophobia and other forms of oppression affect mental health. Alongside talk therapy she uses art and expressive arts, EMDR, narrative and family systems work, and mindfulness. She offers sessions in person in Pasadena and online.

Psychologist, PsyD

Dr. Katie Strang is a licensed psychologist in Encino who works with teens, young adults, adults, parents and families. She focuses on intense emotions and emotion dysregulation, relationship difficulties and harmful behaviors, as well as anxiety, depression, OCD, borderline personality and substance use. She has more than ten years of experience delivering comprehensive DBT and CBT, is DBT-Linehan Board certified, and previously served as clinical director of a large group practice focused on CBT and DBT. She also uses exposure and response prevention. She brings a warm, collaborative, solution-focused style and is an LGBTQIA+ allied clinician who aims for an inclusive, culturally sensitive experience. She offers a free 15-minute consultation and sees clients in person in Encino and online.

Psychologist, PhD

Dr. Nicolette Zangari is a licensed psychologist in Long Beach who works with teens, adults, older adults and couples. Her focus areas include trauma and PTSD, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, sexuality and identity, and relationship concerns. Her research background is in gender and sexuality, and much of her clinical experience has been helping veterans recover from PTSD; she has also treated psychosis and personality disorders. Her integrative approach blends ACT, DBT, relational and psychodynamic methods, adapted to each client, with a strong emphasis on safety in the therapy relationship. She brings compassion and humor to the work. She offers a free 15-minute phone consultation and sees clients in person in Long Beach and online.

Family Therapist, LMFT

Kim Glenn is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Torrance with nine years in practice. She often works with high-achieving young adults and professionals, who look fine from the outside while struggling privately with anxiety, imposter feelings or burnout. She also supports people living with chronic illness that others cannot see, along with depression, trauma, OCD, grief and family concerns. Her approach is warm and cognitive, helping clients examine and reshape the thought patterns that keep them running in overdrive, and she also uses CBT for insomnia, narrative and solution-focused work. She offers a free consultation and sessions in person in Torrance and online.

Psychologist, PsyD

Dr. Chris Marrero is a licensed psychologist and the founder of Marrero Psychology, a holistic practice in Santa Monica centered on professionals at every career stage. She works with teens and adults on neurodiversity, including ADHD and autism, as well as anxiety, depression, bipolar and other mood disorders, and pregnancy and postpartum concerns. Her style balances seriousness with humor and acceptance with encouragement to change. She is certified in cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness, and she also uses ACT and biofeedback, which clients can practice from home. Her practice is fully remote, so sessions can fit into a lunch break without a commute. All sessions are offered online.

Family Therapist, MA, LMFT

Jaclyn Lieber is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Los Angeles who works with adults, older adults and couples. Her focus areas include relationship and couples concerns, anxiety, trauma, depression, grief, life transitions, and pregnancy and postpartum challenges. She sees self-acceptance as the starting point for change and believes each person has inner resilience to draw on. Her style is warm, open and collaborative. She draws on attachment theory, family systems, mindful self-compassion and relational Gestalt therapy, and her trauma-informed work includes somatic methods such as the Trauma Resiliency Model to help settle the nervous system. Sessions are in person in Los Angeles and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC

Sydney Shillinglaw is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Chicago who focuses on anxiety, adjustment to life changes and relationship concerns, and also helps with depression, trauma, ADHD, OCD, bipolar disorder, self-esteem and family conflict. Shillinglaw studied psychology at the University of Nebraska, earned a counseling psychology master's at The Chicago School, and has seen adults, adolescents, couples and families in outpatient and community mental health settings. The approach is collaborative, blending Adlerian, psychodynamic, relational and cognitive behavioral therapy with DBT and mindfulness, and tying sessions closely to each person's real-life goals. Clients can expect a calm, warm presence. Sessions are offered in person in Chicago and online.

Psychologist, PsyD

Dr. Matthew Landstrom is a licensed psychologist and clinical neuropsychologist in Schaumburg who sees toddlers, children, teens, adults and families. His work starts with thorough testing, using a personalized battery of assessments to pin down the main factors behind a problem along with smaller ones that may be easy to miss, so treatment can be more targeted. He evaluates and treats ADHD, anxiety, depression, trauma, autism, traumatic brain injury and other cognitive and emotional difficulties. Beyond evaluation, he follows clients and families through treatment and offers non-medication options such as neurofeedback, biofeedback and cognitive training. He also provides forensic and fitness-for-duty evaluations. He sees clients in person in Schaumburg and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LSW

Molly Sider is a licensed social worker in Oak Park with a Master of Social Work from Loyola University. Sider works with adults, older adults and couples, with particular attention to people in midlife and later years facing life transitions, identity shifts, relationship changes, aging, grief and loss, along with anxiety, depression and self-esteem. In 2021 Sider created and hosted a podcast featuring adults who changed course after age 40, and also performs and speaks about personal storytelling, which informs the use of story in therapy. The approach is empathic, curious and strengths-based, drawing on narrative therapy, CBT, DBT, emotionally focused and mindfulness-based methods. Sessions are offered online.