Anxiety Therapists in Charlestown, MA
If you are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, struggling with self-esteem, or finding it hard to manage the intense emotions that come with big life transitions, you don’t have to do it alone.
My approach is warm and collaborative. I integrate evidence-based tools like DBT and CBT with solution-focused talk therapy. I'll help you gain tangible skills to manage ADHD, stress, or relationship hurdles. We’ll honor your past experiences while staying focused on creating a healthier, more intentional future.
If you are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, struggling with self-esteem, or finding it hard to manage the intense emotions that come with big life transitions, you don’t have to do it alone.
My approach is warm and collaborative. I integrate evidence-based tools like DBT and CBT with solution-focused talk therapy. I'll help you gain tangible skills to manage ADHD, stress, or relationship hurdles. We’ll honor your past experiences while staying focused on creating a healthier, more intentional future.
I focus on feelings, unfulfilled desires, maladaptive defenses, and unsatisfying means of relatedness with past and present others - all of which generate anxiety.
In the treatment the clients gains affective knowledge that goes beyond insight with the power to promote change. My approach always remains open to change with the client's diagnosis, presenting problem, and treatment goals. The goal of the treatment is to allow the client to better know themself and enter a different life.
I focus on feelings, unfulfilled desires, maladaptive defenses, and unsatisfying means of relatedness with past and present others - all of which generate anxiety.
In the treatment the clients gains affective knowledge that goes beyond insight with the power to promote change. My approach always remains open to change with the client's diagnosis, presenting problem, and treatment goals. The goal of the treatment is to allow the client to better know themself and enter a different life.
You're someone who has a lot going for you, and you know it. You're capable, self-aware, and driven. Yet you keep finding yourself in the same place: the same patterns, the same crossroads, the same quiet frustration that you should have this figured out by now.
Maybe it shows up in your relationships. Maybe it's a decision you've been circling for months, or a transition you can't seem to move through. There's a gap between what you understand about yourself and what you're actually doing about it.
That gap is exactly where I work.
You're someone who has a lot going for you, and you know it. You're capable, self-aware, and driven. Yet you keep finding yourself in the same place: the same patterns, the same crossroads, the same quiet frustration that you should have this figured out by now.
Maybe it shows up in your relationships. Maybe it's a decision you've been circling for months, or a transition you can't seem to move through. There's a gap between what you understand about yourself and what you're actually doing about it.
That gap is exactly where I work.
I specialize in working with anxiety, depression, trauma, self esteem, anger management, grief and loss, eating disorders and career coaching.
I am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with a Masters in Social Work. I provide therapy to individuals and families to help overcome life stressors. My goal in therapy is to help you gain new skills to navigate current challenges, past trauma, and develop more healthy relationship patterns moving forward.
I specialize in working with anxiety, depression, trauma, self esteem, anger management, grief and loss, eating disorders and career coaching.
I am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with a Masters in Social Work. I provide therapy to individuals and families to help overcome life stressors. My goal in therapy is to help you gain new skills to navigate current challenges, past trauma, and develop more healthy relationship patterns moving forward.
Life is hard. Work is hard. Maintaining healthy relationships and raising kids is hard. Know what makes it easier? Talking about it. Because talking works. People in helping professions often experience burn out or compassion fatigue without knowing it. As a helping professional myself, I can tell you, you are not alone and it is possible to combat, process, and learn ways to regain your energy in life and reawaken your passion for helping others in your current role.
Life is hard. Work is hard. Maintaining healthy relationships and raising kids is hard. Know what makes it easier? Talking about it. Because talking works. People in helping professions often experience burn out or compassion fatigue without knowing it. As a helping professional myself, I can tell you, you are not alone and it is possible to combat, process, and learn ways to regain your energy in life and reawaken your passion for helping others in your current role.
Individual specialties include the treatment of OCD, anxiety, work-life balance and depression.
Are you wanting to strengthen your connection with your partner, resolve conflicts or improve communication? I will help you and your partner more effectively listen and understand each other. I provide skills to enhance intimacy, teach conflict resolution and help create a more loving relationship. While listening attentively, I compassionately provide expertise and insight to facilitate a stronger relationship. Pre-marital counseling and affair recovery are also offered. You will gain greater self awareness to better understand your own behaviors and reactions in dealing with loved ones. In person or telehealth available.
Individual specialties include the treatment of OCD, anxiety, work-life balance and depression.
Are you wanting to strengthen your connection with your partner, resolve conflicts or improve communication? I will help you and your partner more effectively listen and understand each other. I provide skills to enhance intimacy, teach conflict resolution and help create a more loving relationship. While listening attentively, I compassionately provide expertise and insight to facilitate a stronger relationship. Pre-marital counseling and affair recovery are also offered. You will gain greater self awareness to better understand your own behaviors and reactions in dealing with loved ones. In person or telehealth available.
I am most experienced working with anxiety, athletic performance/injury, identity development, and eating disorders.
I believe that the therapeutic relationship is a powerful vehicle for healing and growth and that, through it, impactful change can take place in people’s lives. You can expect me to be active and attentive in sessions while you take the driver's seat in your treatment. I look forward to meeting you and embarking on this journey together towards healing.
I am most experienced working with anxiety, athletic performance/injury, identity development, and eating disorders.
I believe that the therapeutic relationship is a powerful vehicle for healing and growth and that, through it, impactful change can take place in people’s lives. You can expect me to be active and attentive in sessions while you take the driver's seat in your treatment. I look forward to meeting you and embarking on this journey together towards healing.
Hi, I am a licensed clinical social worker who has been in the field for over 2 decades. Over the years, I've cultivated expertise in working with both young adults and adults. I am dedicated to providing a safe and affirming space for all clients. In my practice, I hold the firm belief that trust and relationships are integral components of the recovery journey. I strive to create an atmosphere of acceptance, respect, and empathy, where you can openly explore your concerns and work toward positive change.
Hi, I am a licensed clinical social worker who has been in the field for over 2 decades. Over the years, I've cultivated expertise in working with both young adults and adults. I am dedicated to providing a safe and affirming space for all clients. In my practice, I hold the firm belief that trust and relationships are integral components of the recovery journey. I strive to create an atmosphere of acceptance, respect, and empathy, where you can openly explore your concerns and work toward positive change.
I specialize in grief/loss, trauma, and also work with a wide range of adults who are navigating everyday stressors, life transitions, and anxiety.
Welcome- I'm so glad you are here! Whether this is your first time considering therapy or you're returning to it, I want to acknowledge the courage it takes to reach out. Finding the right therapist is an important and personal step, and I’m honored you’re exploring that journey.
I specialize in grief/loss, trauma, and also work with a wide range of adults who are navigating everyday stressors, life transitions, and anxiety.
Welcome- I'm so glad you are here! Whether this is your first time considering therapy or you're returning to it, I want to acknowledge the courage it takes to reach out. Finding the right therapist is an important and personal step, and I’m honored you’re exploring that journey.
Life’s challenges, whether rooted in trauma, depression, anxiety, or major transitions, can leave you feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected.
Sessions are grounded in compassion, evidence-based practices, and cultural sensitivity. You can expect a safe, supportive space to explore your experiences, navigate emotions, and grow at a pace that feels right for you.
Life’s challenges, whether rooted in trauma, depression, anxiety, or major transitions, can leave you feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected.
Sessions are grounded in compassion, evidence-based practices, and cultural sensitivity. You can expect a safe, supportive space to explore your experiences, navigate emotions, and grow at a pace that feels right for you.
Are you living in infertility limbo with everything from career to vacations to buying a home on hold? Infertility seeps into every part of your life and you've lost control and lost yourself. Whether you’re trying to conceive naturally, through IUI, IVF, or egg or sperm donors, you deserve to regain some clarity and boundaries in your daily life, feel like yourself again, process your fertility experiences, and stop feeling guilt for your normal, human feelings (yes, it’s okay to have emotions when your friend gets pregnant on the first try). You don't have to choose between your mental health and IVF.
Are you living in infertility limbo with everything from career to vacations to buying a home on hold? Infertility seeps into every part of your life and you've lost control and lost yourself. Whether you’re trying to conceive naturally, through IUI, IVF, or egg or sperm donors, you deserve to regain some clarity and boundaries in your daily life, feel like yourself again, process your fertility experiences, and stop feeling guilt for your normal, human feelings (yes, it’s okay to have emotions when your friend gets pregnant on the first try). You don't have to choose between your mental health and IVF.
Are you feeling depressed or anxious and having trouble dealing with your home or work life?
I have worked for 40 + years helping people like you manage their lives and feel better about their choices and themselves. I have helped them make decisions, solve problems and deal with debilitating anxiety, depression and a range of other difficult feelings. My therapy style is direct but compassionate.
Are you feeling depressed or anxious and having trouble dealing with your home or work life?
I have worked for 40 + years helping people like you manage their lives and feel better about their choices and themselves. I have helped them make decisions, solve problems and deal with debilitating anxiety, depression and a range of other difficult feelings. My therapy style is direct but compassionate.
That's not anxiety.
Most of my clients are self-aware. They've done the work. They just still feel stuck and that's not a failure, that's a sign the work needs to go deeper.
Together we'll get underneath the patterns driving your anxiety, trauma responses, and ADHD not just understand them, but actually shift them. In your body, not just your head.
That's not anxiety.
Most of my clients are self-aware. They've done the work. They just still feel stuck and that's not a failure, that's a sign the work needs to go deeper.
Together we'll get underneath the patterns driving your anxiety, trauma responses, and ADHD not just understand them, but actually shift them. In your body, not just your head.
Populations and Issues I specialize in: Anxiety, relationship issues/enrichment, difficulty experiencing or feeling your emotions, different forms of perfectionism, women's issues, mothers and working mothers, balance seeking, work/career relates issues, and high achievers/high pressure careers.
My therapeutic approach values a strong therapeutic relationship. I use a collaborative, experiential approach that is influenced most by: The STAIR method, Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB), Memory Reconsolidation, Parts Work (internal family systems + blended parts work modalities), Attachment Science, and the work of Brene Brown.
Populations and Issues I specialize in: Anxiety, relationship issues/enrichment, difficulty experiencing or feeling your emotions, different forms of perfectionism, women's issues, mothers and working mothers, balance seeking, work/career relates issues, and high achievers/high pressure careers.
My therapeutic approach values a strong therapeutic relationship. I use a collaborative, experiential approach that is influenced most by: The STAIR method, Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB), Memory Reconsolidation, Parts Work (internal family systems + blended parts work modalities), Attachment Science, and the work of Brene Brown.
In particular, I have focused on the perinatal experience and how to support women, and other caregivers, through the challenges of postpartum depression/ anxiety, partner issues and other barriers to attachment and connection.
For all of us, life brings transitions and challenges. We may struggle with current experiences, as well as the way we are carrying the past with us. Transitions in life are often filled with overwhelming emotions and a therapeutic relationship can provide space and a place to navigate these moments. We all possess strengths and, in our work together, we will uncover those and provide opportunities to manage challenges. My approach is trauma-informed, strengths-based and client-centered. I believe that we all benefit from a place to explore and understand our own story.
In particular, I have focused on the perinatal experience and how to support women, and other caregivers, through the challenges of postpartum depression/ anxiety, partner issues and other barriers to attachment and connection.
For all of us, life brings transitions and challenges. We may struggle with current experiences, as well as the way we are carrying the past with us. Transitions in life are often filled with overwhelming emotions and a therapeutic relationship can provide space and a place to navigate these moments. We all possess strengths and, in our work together, we will uncover those and provide opportunities to manage challenges. My approach is trauma-informed, strengths-based and client-centered. I believe that we all benefit from a place to explore and understand our own story.
We work with clients of all ages who are struggling with eating disorders, an oncology diagnosis, anxiety, depression and adjustment disorders.
Life can feel overwhelming at times — like you’re stuck on a hamster wheel with no way out. If you’ve been wondering whether therapy can really help, you’re not alone, and you’re in the right place.
Our goal in therapy is to help individuals navigate life’s challenges, heal from past trauma, and develop practical skills to reduce emotional pain and regain a sense of balance and control.
While we may not get to choose how our story begins, we do have the ability to shape where it goes from here. Life can be really amazing!
Reach out today — we’d be honored to support you on your journey.
We work with clients of all ages who are struggling with eating disorders, an oncology diagnosis, anxiety, depression and adjustment disorders.
Life can feel overwhelming at times — like you’re stuck on a hamster wheel with no way out. If you’ve been wondering whether therapy can really help, you’re not alone, and you’re in the right place.
Our goal in therapy is to help individuals navigate life’s challenges, heal from past trauma, and develop practical skills to reduce emotional pain and regain a sense of balance and control.
While we may not get to choose how our story begins, we do have the ability to shape where it goes from here. Life can be really amazing!
Reach out today — we’d be honored to support you on your journey.
Life is difficult at times. Creating change within oneself that is lasting and meaningful sometimes requires a little assistance. I provide evidence based psychotherapy that helps to restore the balance lost in everyday relationships. I specialize in grief and loss issues, resolving trauma, and navigating through life's transitions. Psychotherapy is always collaborative and client centered. Although life can be challenging at times, there are ways to renew purpose, reconnect, and re-establish a sense of trust. As such, my primary goal as an independent psychologist is to assist clients in achieving their very best life.
Life is difficult at times. Creating change within oneself that is lasting and meaningful sometimes requires a little assistance. I provide evidence based psychotherapy that helps to restore the balance lost in everyday relationships. I specialize in grief and loss issues, resolving trauma, and navigating through life's transitions. Psychotherapy is always collaborative and client centered. Although life can be challenging at times, there are ways to renew purpose, reconnect, and re-establish a sense of trust. As such, my primary goal as an independent psychologist is to assist clients in achieving their very best life.
Julia Cadena
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
1 Endorsed
Charlestown, MA 02129
Waitlist for new clients
I’m an LICSW with 8 years of experience in mental health care. I work with clients 15 and up from all backgrounds and identities. I specialize in eating disorders, substance use, OCD, neurodivergence, and co-occurring diagnoses. I’ve worked with clients who experience trauma, complex trauma, disability, and chronic illness. I also focus on LGBTQ+ and cultural contexts. I use a mix of modalities tailored to each person’s needs and areas of concern. My approach is affirming, strengths-based, and autonomy-focused. I believe in helping clients regain a sense of empowerment in achieving their goals.
I’m an LICSW with 8 years of experience in mental health care. I work with clients 15 and up from all backgrounds and identities. I specialize in eating disorders, substance use, OCD, neurodivergence, and co-occurring diagnoses. I’ve worked with clients who experience trauma, complex trauma, disability, and chronic illness. I also focus on LGBTQ+ and cultural contexts. I use a mix of modalities tailored to each person’s needs and areas of concern. My approach is affirming, strengths-based, and autonomy-focused. I believe in helping clients regain a sense of empowerment in achieving their goals.
My areas of focus include supporting individuals dealing with eating disorders, anxiety, trauma, and the unique challenges of pregnancy and postpartum experiences.
Creating a comfortable, supportive space is at the heart of what I do as a therapist. I specialize in guiding young adults and professionals through life's twists and turns. Particularly when it comes to relationships with others and themselves. I'm a strong believer of integrating mind and body to help my clients embark on their journey of self-discovery and healing. Together, we can tackle those everyday stressors that can pile up and weigh us down. I'm here to empower you to find that sweet spot where work, relationships, and personal well-being align harmoniously.
My areas of focus include supporting individuals dealing with eating disorders, anxiety, trauma, and the unique challenges of pregnancy and postpartum experiences.
Creating a comfortable, supportive space is at the heart of what I do as a therapist. I specialize in guiding young adults and professionals through life's twists and turns. Particularly when it comes to relationships with others and themselves. I'm a strong believer of integrating mind and body to help my clients embark on their journey of self-discovery and healing. Together, we can tackle those everyday stressors that can pile up and weigh us down. I'm here to empower you to find that sweet spot where work, relationships, and personal well-being align harmoniously.
Whether you're navigating anxiety, burnout, grief, identity questions, or just need a space to breathe and be, I’m here.
You deserve support that feels safe, meaningful, and attuned to you. My style is warm, eclectic, and rooted in genuine care—with a touch of humor when it helps lighten the load. I draw from Internal Family Systems (IFS), mindfulness, somatic practices, and relational therapy to gently explore your story—so every part of you can be seen, heard, and honored.
Whether you're navigating anxiety, burnout, grief, identity questions, or just need a space to breathe and be, I’m here.
You deserve support that feels safe, meaningful, and attuned to you. My style is warm, eclectic, and rooted in genuine care—with a touch of humor when it helps lighten the load. I draw from Internal Family Systems (IFS), mindfulness, somatic practices, and relational therapy to gently explore your story—so every part of you can be seen, heard, and honored.
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Anxiety Therapists
When should I seek treatment for anxiety?
Everyone feels anxious at times, but when anxiety causes disruption to your daily life, it may be time to seek help. Such disruption can be mental, physical, or both: having fear dominate your thoughts, avoiding situations or objects that bring on feelings of anxiety, or experiencing shortness of breath, sweating, dizziness, or panic attacks. When these symptoms are recurrent and distressing, it may be time to talk to someone.
What are the most common types of treatment for anxiety?
Talk therapy, particularly cognitive behavioral therapy, is the most common treatment for anxiety. Studies have shown it is equally effective as medication. Other popular forms of therapy are popular, depending on a patient’s experience. Exposure therapy, for instance, can be useful for people dealing with fears and phobias, or who have experienced traumatic events. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy may be useful for patients who need help with emotion regulation. Anxiolytic medications, like benzodiazepines, can also help with calming a person enough to focus on the skills they’ve learned, and physical exercise has been shown to help symptoms of anxiety across the board.
How long does therapy for anxiety take to work?
The amount of time needed to alleviate symptoms depends on the severity of a person’s condition. Some therapies may take 5-20 weekly sessions to show results. Anti-depressant medications typically take two to four weeks before a benefit is felt. Anti-anxiety medications are felt typically within 20-30 minutes. Medications are best used to offer a patient a better headspace in which to work on techniques learned in therapy. Exercise, improved sleep habits, and meditation are effective, but takes weeks or months to show results.
How effective is treatment for anxiety?
Treatment for anxiety has been shown to be moderately to highly effective, according to a large body of psychology studies and analyses. For some people, treatment using CBT or exposure therapy alone is effective. Others respond best to a combination of medication and therapy.