Generalized Anxiety Therapy
For the worry that never quite switches off. Generalized anxiety therapy in Ottawa, in person or online.
✓ Same-week ✓ Direct billing ✓ Sliding scale ✓ Licensed therapists
Book a free consultationFor the worry that never quite switches off. Generalized anxiety therapy in Ottawa, in person or online.
✓ Same-week ✓ Direct billing ✓ Sliding scale ✓ Licensed therapists
Book a free consultationEvery clinician is registered with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO) or the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW).
We want therapy to be financially accessible for everyone. Reduced rates are available case-by-case based on need and availability.
We submit directly to most major insurers, so you don't pay out of pocket upfront.
Our office is in Ottawa. All client records are stored in Canada and handled under PIPEDA and PHIPA.
Therapy is a space to slow down and look at what's underneath. These are some of the patterns people bring into the room.
FOR WHEN SOMETHING FEELS OFF
You resolve one concern and find another waiting. Good news doesn't bring relief, it brings the awareness of what could still go wrong. You've been told you're a "worrier," but it doesn't feel like a choice. It feels like a setting you can't turn off.
Muscle tension. Headaches. A stomach that feels unsettled most of the time. Fatigue that sleep doesn't fix. Generalized anxiety has a significant physical dimension, your body is living in a state of low-level alertness that adds up over time.
When your mind is perpetually ahead of where you are, planning for things that haven't happened, rehearsing conversations, preparing for worst cases, it's hard to actually be in the moment you're in. Many people with generalized anxiety describe a sense of never quite arriving in their own life.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is one of the most common presentations we work with, and one of the most responsive to therapy. The patterns that drive it, catastrophic thinking, intolerance of uncertainty, habitual worry, are learnable and changeable.
We may draw on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). CBT helps you examine the thought patterns that feed anxiety and develop more grounded, realistic responses. ACT complements this by helping you build a different relationship with worry itself, learning to observe it without being controlled by it, and to act based on what matters to you regardless of whether anxiety is present.
Sessions are practical. You'll develop tools you can use outside the therapy room, techniques for interrupting worry spirals, building tolerance for uncertainty, and grounding yourself in the present.
Because GAD involves broad worry across many areas, it often overlaps with more specific forms of anxiety. If health concerns are a primary worry, our health anxiety therapy page goes into that in more detail.
Email, phone, or fill out our booking form. There's no script and no pressure. You can share as much or as little as you want.
A real person, not a bot, will reply as soon as we can with a few options for a free 15-minute consultation.
We listen. You ask questions. No paperwork, no obligation. If we're not the right match, we'll point you toward someone who might be.
Direct billing where possible. Evening and weekend availability. Virtual or in-person in Ottawa.
Sessions are 50 minutes in length. Rates vary by therapist and are confirmed during your free consultation. We accept e-transfer and credit cards, and direct-bill most insurers.
Sliding-scale spots are available based on need. Ask during your free consultation.
Same 50-minute format, structured for two participants and shared concerns.
Registered Psychotherapist and Registered Social Worker services are covered by most extended health plans in Canada. We recommend confirming your specific coverage before your first paid session. Sun Life, Manulife, Canada Life, Green Shield, and most major insurers include coverage.
We direct-bill where your insurer allows it. Otherwise, you pay at the time of session and submit the receipt for reimbursement.
Every session generates a receipt listing the provider's license number, suitable for insurance reimbursement.
In-person sessions are held at our Ottawa office. Virtual sessions use a secure, PIPEDA-compliant video platform. You can switch between the two.
We ask for 24 hours notice on cancellations. Late cancellations and no-shows are charged the full session fee.
After the free 15-minute consultation, your first paid session is intake-focused. Bring questions, anything you have already tried, and any goals you have in mind.
QUESTIONS
GAD is persistent, hard-to-control worry across many areas, health, money, relationships, the future, often with physical tension, restlessness, and poor sleep. There is usually no single trigger; the worry attaches to whatever is nearby.
We may draw on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). CBT reshapes worry patterns; ACT helps you relate to worry differently and act on what matters regardless of it. Sessions are practical and tool-focused.
It is more than personality. GAD involves a nervous system stuck in a state of alertness, and the worry feels involuntary. The good news is the patterns that drive it are learnable and changeable.
Many people manage GAD well with therapy alone. Medication is a personal decision made with your physician; therapy works with or without it. We focus on skills that reduce worry and build a calmer baseline over time.
Therapy is a longer-term relationship. If you're in acute distress, please reach the services below first. They are free, confidential, and available right now.
