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.
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We Are Here to Help
Stress is typically tied to a specific external situation and tends to ease once that situation resolves. Anxiety tends to linger beyond the trigger, often showing up as persistent worry, physical tension, or a sense of dread that does not have a clear cause. A therapist can help you sort out what you are experiencing and what kind of support makes the most sense.
Individual and couples sessions are 55 minutes. Think of it as a focused hour: enough time to build traction, close with intention, and leave with clarity about what to carry into your week.
Bring yourself, your questions, the areas you feel stuck in and what to set as goals There is nothing you need to prepare perfectly or “figure out” in advance.
What you share in therapy is completely confidential, with a few specific legal exceptions. Some examples include situations involving risk of harm to yourself or others. Your therapist will review these limits clearly so you know exactly what privacy looks like from the start.
Yes. Evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and EMDR are widely supported in anxiety treatment research. Sessions are tailored to your goals and pace rather than applying a rigid, one-size-fits-all approach.
You do not need to be in crisis to benefit from therapy. Many people begin during life transitions such as getting engaged, starting a new job, welcoming a baby, caring for a parent, or navigating a new relationship. Therapy is a dedicated space to understand yourself better, strengthen what is already working, and address what feels heavy.
Our entire team is in-network with Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO plans. Some providers are also paneled with UnitedHealthcare, Cigna, and Aetna, with coverage varying by clinician. Let us know your plan when booking and we will match you with an in-network therapist when available.
If you choose to work with a provider who is out-of-network, self-pay is available and we provide a superbill for reimbursement. We run a courtesy benefits check before your first appointment, though final costs depend on your plan’s deductible, copay or coinsurance, and any visit limits. Payment is due at the time of service.
In-person sessions are available at our River West office in Chicago. We also provide secure virtual therapy across Illinois. You can choose the format that fits your schedule or alternate between in-person and telehealth.
Therapy is shaped around your goals. Some sessions focus on understanding patterns from your past, others work through current challenges, and some are practical and forward-looking. The pace and style adjust to you, sometimes conversational and exploratory, sometimes more structured, always grounded in evidence-based care.
