Anxiety Therapy in Chicago
Living with anxiety can feel exhausting. Your nervous system adapted to keep you safe. It helped you succeed. But now it’s working overtime, and you’re paying the price. Things such as:
- Panic attacks
- Social anxiety
- Performance anxiety
- Insomnia
- Intrusive thoughts
- Burnout
With Marra, our therapists can help you become a steadier version of yourself that’s no longer driven by fear.
Book a Free Consultation with Marra Therapy.
How Marra is More Than Just Therapy
We can help you recalibrate yourself by seeing therapy less like repair work and more like having a strategic partner who helps you understand exactly what sets your anxiety off, and what to do in the moment it starts.
At Marra, we help you identify your specific triggers, break cognitive patterns that fuel overthinking, build tools for emotional regulation, and practice tolerating discomfort without letting it derail you.
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What Our Clients Experience After Visiting Marra
At Marra, our clients often experience the following after seeing our therapists:
- Reduced racing thoughts and overthinking
- Improved sleep and physical relaxation
- Stronger emotional regulation
- Clearer boundaries in relationships
- Increased confidence in decision-making
- Less avoidance and more follow-through
- Deeper sense of control over their reactions.
While we use our shared humanity as a starting point, our work is deeply informed by current research, data, and evidence-based psychotherapy. We integrate personal insight with science-based approaches to help our clients manage anxiety with greater clarity and care.
Our Space
This isn’t a clinic. It’s a space for reflection, connection, and real-life pause — because therapy should feel as comforting as your favorite corner of your home.
Located in the River West neighborhood of Chicago, our space was created to feel warm, grounded, and thoughtfully designed. We’ve intentionally moved away from anything clinical or sterile. Instead, you’ll find natural light, calming tones, and spaces that invite stillness — a place where you can truly relax, reset, and reconnect with yourself.
Our Chicago therapy space is designed to remind you that care can feel beautiful, intentional, and human. In addition to in-person sessions, we also offer virtual therapy for adults throughout Illinois.
We foster relationships built on trust
What You Can Expect as a Result
Reduced Racing Thoughts
No more mental loops that keep you up at night. You'll learn to interrupt overthinking before it spirals and build the kind of mental clarity that lets you actually be present.
Better Sleep
Fall asleep without replaying your day. Wake up without dread. Your body learns that it's safe to rest, to let go, to truly power down.
Stronger Boundaries
Say no without guilt. Speak up without rehearsing. Set limits that protect your energy and honor what matters most to you.
Emotional Regulation
Feel your feelings without being hijacked by them. Build the capacity to stay grounded even when life gets triggering or overwhelming.
Decision-Making Clarity
Stop second-guessing yourself into paralysis. Make choices with confidence, without spiraling into every possible worst-case scenario.
Less Avoidance
Stop shrinking from what scares you. Build the confidence to move toward the life you want, not away from what you fear.
FAQS
What to expect from your visits
Bring yourself, your questions, and whatever you’re feeling—exactly as you are.
Individual and couples sessions are 55 minutes. Think of it as a focused hour: enough time to get traction, end with intention, and set you up for real-life follow-through.
What you share in therapy is completely confidential except for a few exceptions. This includes information regarding wanting to harm yourself or others.
Our entire team is in-network with Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO plans. In addition, some Marra providers are paneled with UnitedHealthcare, Cigna, and Aetna—coverage varies by clinician.
If you plan to use United, Cigna, or Aetna, tell us when you book and we’ll match you with an in-network provider when available.
If your ideal therapist isn’t in-network with your plan, you can still work with them using self-pay, and we’ll provide a superbill so you can submit for any out-of-network benefits.
We run a courtesy benefits check before your first appointment, but final costs are determined by your plan (deductible, copay/coinsurance, and any visit limits).
Payment is due at the time of service.
You don’t need to be in crisis to benefit from therapy. It’s a dedicated hour to know yourself better, maximize your strengths, and keep your relationships thriving.
People start therapy for all kinds of reasons—navigating a life transition, caring for an aging parent, getting engaged, welcoming a new baby, starting a new job or relationship, or simply noticing the duality of joy and stress at the same time.
You don’t have to hit rock bottom to ask for support.
Absolutely. Marra offers in-person therapy at our River West office in Chicago and many clients prefer the feel of being in the room together.
We also provide secure, HIPAA-compliant virtual sessions you can take from the comfort and privacy of your home (or office) anywhere in Illinois.
You’re welcome to stick with one format or mix in-person and telehealth based on your schedule and preferences—just let us know your preference when you book.
It depends on your goals. Therapy is a flexible space where we can look back to make sense of your story, work with what’s happening right now, and look ahead to possibilities and next moves. Some weeks feel reflective and meaning-making; other weeks are more practical and action-oriented.
We’ll tailor the pace and style to you—sometimes conversational and exploratory, sometimes structured—with evidence based approaches.
