ANXIETY THERAPY · BURNABY & BC ONLINE · UPDATED AUGUST 2026
Your mind never gets to rest
Evidence-based Approaches| Inclusive Care | Holistic Integration
Anxiety
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Healing
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Anxiety 〰️ Therapy 〰️ Healing 〰️ Through 〰️ Connection 〰️
UNDERSTANDING
What is Anxiety?
Anxiety is not just worry. For many people, it runs in the background constantly, quietly shaping your thoughts, your body, and the way you move through the world.
The tight chest before the day begins.
A heart that races when nothing is wrong.
Thoughts that loop back no matter how many times you've tried to reason through them.
A body that stays on alert even when you're safe.
It shapes what you do, and what you've stopped doing.
Places you no longer go.
Things you want to reach for that now feel out of range.
Note From Rachel
If you've found your way here, I imagine you've been carrying this for a while.
Anxiety has a way of becoming something you manage quietly, often without anyone around you fully knowing the weight of it.
What you're experiencing is real, and support is here.
BEGIN THE WORK TOGETHER
You don't have to keep doing this alone
If you've been living with constant worry, a body that won't settle, or the exhaustion of holding everything together, you deserve more than just getting by.
Therapy is a space to slow down, make sense of what's been happening, and build something steadier underneath you. You don't need to have it all figured out before you reach out. I am here to support you.
I invite you to book a free consultation to learn more about the process, and to see if this feels like the right fit for you.
DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?
You may recognize some of these.
✓ Replaying a conversation from yesterday, or last week, still turning it over for what you might have said wrong
✓ Feeling your heart race before a phone call, a meeting, or something your body treats as a threat before it has even started
✓ Cancelling plans you wanted to keep because by the time they arrived, getting yourself there felt impossible
✓ Lying awake running through everything that could go wrong, or everything you should have handled differently
Therapy Shaped Around You
Shaping the work around your experiences and a pace that feels right.
Compassionate & Evidence-Based Approach
Our approach to therapy is with care, curiosity, and respect for the complexity of your experience.
We’ll draw on multiple evidence-based approaches and tailor them to your needs and experiences.
Prioritizing Safety, Trust, and Connection
Therapy begins with creating a space where you feel safe, understood, and supported.
Your needs, experiences, and pace guide our work. We’ll focus on helping you feel more grounded, connected, and empowered through your healing journey.
Honouring Your
Lived Experience
Our culturally responsive and trauma-informed approach holds the broader context of your life.
This includes family expectations, cultural identity, intergenerational experiences, and social pressures that may shape how you grow.
What is anxiety therapy?
Anxiety therapy helps you understand and work with the thoughts, emotions, body sensations, relationship patterns, and life experiences that contribute to anxiety. It can support you in building coping tools, emotional regulation, self-trust, and more flexibility in how you respond to stress.
Do I need a diagnosis to start anxiety therapy?
No. You do not need a formal anxiety diagnosis to begin therapy. Many people seek counselling because they feel overwhelmed, tense, avoidant, stuck in overthinking, or unable to relax.
Can therapy help with panic attacks?
Yes. Therapy can help you understand panic symptoms, reduce fear of body sensations, and develop grounding tools for moments when anxiety feels intense or difficult to manage.
What if my anxiety is related to family or cultural expectations?
Anxiety is often shaped by family systems, culture, identity, and lived experience. At Pham Therapy, we offer culturally responsive anxiety therapy that makes room for intergenerational stress, immigrant family dynamics, belonging, responsibility, and the pressure to meet expectations.
Is online anxiety therapy available in BC?
Yes. Pham Therapy offers online anxiety therapy for clients located in British Columbia.
How do I know if anxiety therapy is right for me?
Anxiety therapy may be helpful if anxiety is affecting your sleep, relationships, work, school, confidence, boundaries, or ability to feel present in your life.
If you are unsure whether therapy is the right fit, you are welcome to book a free consultation call to ask questions and explore what support could look like.