Anxiety Therapy For Women
with April O’Neill, LCSW
I’m an “anxious girlie” therapist who understands the best and the worst qualities of anxiety, and how to harness it for good. My specialty is helping women separate from their anxious thoughts without making them disappear.
Do you feel like your mind never shuts off?
Are you exhausted from worrying you might drop the ball?
Anxiety thrives when everything feels equally urgent. Your thoughts race, your body stays tense, and rest never really lands. You keep trying to optimize your way out, but doing more is only making it worse. I can help.
Clients Come To Me With
Racing thoughts
Overfunctioning
Inability to slow down
Sleep trouble
Avoidance
Constant edge
Unhealthy patterns
You can’t erase difficult thoughts from your head. But you can learn how to sit with them without getting spun out.
How Anxiety Therapy With Me Works
My sessions are about changing your relationship with anxiety, not fighting it.
We slow things down so anxiety stops feeling like an emergency. You learn how to notice thoughts without obeying them, reconnect with your sense of self, and take action based on what matters to you.
My Therapeutic approach
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ACT is the foundation of my work.
Rather than trying to eliminate anxiety, ACT focuses on changing your relationship with your difficult thoughts, feelings and sensations so you can live a meaningful, values-aligned life, even when discomfort is present.
We work on awareness, choice, and committed action so anxiety stops running the show.
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Values-based work is an ACT process that helps clarify what actually matters to you, beyond fear, urgency, or external expectations.
Instead of organizing your life around avoiding anxiety, we use values as a compass for decisions, boundaries, and behavior.
This is how change because sustainable, not performative.
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Psychological flexibility is a core outcome of ACT. It is the ability to stay present, open, and engaged in your life, even when difficult thoughts or feelings show up.
We build this by learning how to respond intentionally rather than react automatically, so anxiety can be there without dictating your choices.
This is what allows your life to expand instead of shrinking around fear.
Learn To Live Well
Work with a therapist who understands women’s anxiety from the inside out.
After Therapy With Me, Clients Report
Calmer days
Better sleep
Fewer spirals
Clear boundaries
Easier conversations
More self-trust
Work stays at work
Learn to carry hard things without worrying you’ll drop them.
About April O’Neill, LCSW
I know what it is like to overfunction. And to also have a boss who doesn’t respect your life outside of work and burns you out.
My anxiety therapy is centered on leveraging your values and using them as your north start of truth to center choices around. Sessions are collaborative, direct, and grounded. We focus on awareness and committed action so you stop overthinking and start living with intention.
I bring a dry sense of humor with a dash of sass and a lot of encouragement.
Outside of therapy I enjoy reading, mostly non-fiction books. I’m a mom of a daughter and she’s my whole world. I love the outdoors, hiking, camping and hot yoga- though I don’t consider myself granola. You’ll still find me in cute shoes perusing Sephora. I enjoy cooking and always making new recipes. The running joke is, “If you like it, eat as much as you can because I probably won’t make it twice.”
Availability: I work with clients via Telehealth across Utah.
Education, Credentials, & Trainings
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Utah
Regularly attend Acceptance and Commitment Therapy trainings
Bacground as a research analyst, shaping a practice, evidence-literate approach
3 Steps TO Get Started
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Fill out the contact form. If I am not the right fit, I will help you find someone who is.
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We will talk briefly to see if working together feels like a good match.
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We will start clarifying what is keeping you stuck and what you want your life to stand for.