Anxiety therapists

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, LCSW-C, LCSW

Matt McQuilkin is a licensed clinical social worker in Washington, DC, practicing in the Barracks Row and Capitol Hill area, with six years in practice. He is also licensed in Maryland and Michigan. He works with adults on anxiety, depression, grief and loss, relationship and family concerns, questions of identity and sexuality, life transitions, and substance use or recovery, and he welcomes LGBTQ+ clients and men's issues. His approach is psychodynamic, relational and attachment-based, exploring how earlier experiences and relationships shape the present while moving at the client's own pace. He offers sessions in person in Washington, DC, and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC

Samantha Levinson is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Bryn Mawr with 18 years in practice and licenses in Pennsylvania and Florida. She works with toddlers, children, teens, adults, older adults, couples and families facing behavioral and emotional challenges. Her main areas are anxiety, ADHD, depression and other mood disorders, OCD, autism and trauma, and she also helps with eating concerns, grief and relationships. Her background spans in-home therapy, outpatient care and group practice. She uses person-centered therapy, CBT, DBT and play therapy, along with an understanding of child development, and she is gender-affirming and experienced with LGBTQ+ clients. She offers phone coaching between sessions and sees clients in person in Bryn Mawr and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Neal King is a licensed clinical social worker in Bryn Mawr, licensed in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He takes a direct, head-on approach to anxiety and stress, helping teens and adults understand the triggers that hold them back, and he also works with depression, self-esteem, trauma, ADHD, OCD and relationship and family concerns. He sees children, couples and families as well. A strength-based therapist, he emphasizes mindfulness, stress management, problem-solving and cognitive restructuring, and has developed mindfulness programs for more than 15 years. He is certified in EMDR and practices hypnotherapy, and also draws on Internal Family Systems and motivational interviewing. He sees clients in person in Bryn Mawr and offers telehealth.

Associate Professional Counselor, LAPC, MA, RYT-200, EOL, Doula

Roni Evans is a licensed associate professional counselor in Doylestown with five years in practice, who is also a registered yoga teacher and an end-of-life doula. They work with preteens, teens, adults, older adults, families and groups on trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, life transitions, self-esteem, OCD, eating concerns and chronic illness, including death and end-of-life planning. Their approach is trauma-informed, nonjudgmental and transparent, built around each client's strengths rather than a rigid manual, and draws on DBT, Internal Family Systems, exposure and response prevention and humanistic methods. They affirm neurodivergent and LGBTQIA2S+ clients and offer help with self-critical inner voices. Sessions are available in person in Doylestown and by telehealth.

BC-DMT, LPC

Keli Laverty is a Licensed Professional Counselor and board-certified dance/movement therapist in West Chester with 24 years in practice. She focuses on anxiety, trauma and eating disorders, and often works with women who seem capable on the outside but feel overwhelmed, stuck in overthinking or disconnected from their bodies, including those who have done talk therapy and still feel something is missing. She also helps with body image, depression, burnout, postpartum concerns and substance use. Her work combines movement, body awareness and conversation to help regulate the nervous system and build trust in the body; no dance experience is needed. She also uses ACT, DBT and mindfulness, and can integrate Christian faith on request. Sessions are in person and online.

Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, AS

Shelley Snapp is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Doylestown with 11 years in practice and licenses in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She works with teens and adults who people-please, over-function for others or hold themselves to impossible standards, and who feel anxious, burned out or unheard when they try to set boundaries. She also helps with trauma, grief, self-esteem, relationships, family conflict and LGBTQ+ concerns. Her style is direct yet compassionate, focused on new ways of communicating and setting limits with room for self-compassion. Her practice is trauma-informed, inclusive, gender-affirming and sex-positive, and she draws on attachment-based work, CBT, narrative therapy, family systems and Prolonged Exposure. Sessions are in person and online.

Psychologist, PsyD

Dr. Josiana Cetta, a licensed clinical psychologist, practices in Media, Pennsylvania, owns Blue Ocean Counseling and has 13 years in practice. Dr. Cetta is licensed in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, holds PSYPACT authorization, and is familiar with resources in South Jersey from earlier work in Marlton. The practice centers on anxiety disorders, OCD and neurodivergence, including autism, for children, teens, adults and families, along with ADHD, trauma, grief and learning differences. The approach is warm, collaborative and strengths-based, using CBT, cognitive therapy, ACT, mindfulness-based therapy, exposure and response prevention and social skills development, with basic training in EMDR. Daytime and evening appointments are available in person and by teletherapy.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW

Megan Matusky is a licensed clinical social worker in Ardmore with licenses in Pennsylvania, Maine and Ohio. Her specialty is helping adults work through trauma at its source, especially people who feel stuck or weighed down by the past even after years of talk therapy. She also works with anxiety, depression, grief, relationships and life transitions, and sees preteens, teens and families. Her work combines EMDR and Internal Family Systems; she is an EMDR consultant-in-training and Level 1 trained in IFS, and she offers EMDR and IFS intensives for those wanting focused work in less time. She earned her MSW at the University of Pennsylvania and a psychology degree from Lafayette College. Sessions are in person and online.

Psychologist, PhD, BCBA-D

Dr. James Chok is a licensed psychologist and neuropsychologist in West Chester, outside Philadelphia, and a doctoral-level Board Certified Behavior Analyst, with 21 years in practice. He works with people of all ages, from young children to older adults, and with families. His areas include anxiety and mood concerns, OCD, ADHD, autism spectrum disorder and panic disorder. He blends CBT, DBT and ACT principles and also applies behavior analysis. Alongside therapy he offers comprehensive neuropsychological testing of memory, attention and executive functioning, with a detailed feedback session on next steps. His training includes Penn State, UNC, and McLean Hospital at Harvard Medical School. He sees clients in person and online.