Lamisa Shaik, LMHC
Anxiety therapy
Virtual anxiety support in Bengali and English
Anxiety can show up as constant planning, physical tension, irritability, avoidance, or the sense that you can never fully switch off. Therapy offers a place to understand those patterns and practice more flexible ways of responding.
What may bring you in
A collaborative approach
Anxiety therapy can create room to understand what your nervous system is responding to and how worry has learned to protect you. We can look at immediate coping needs without losing sight of the relationships, expectations, and experiences around them.
Sessions may draw from cognitive behavioral, mindfulness-based, multicultural, person-centered, interpersonal, and psychodynamic approaches. The specific pace and tools depend on your goals rather than a one-size-fits-all formula.
Inside the work
Identify triggers, thoughts, body cues, avoidance, and reassurance-seeking so anxiety feels more understandable and less automatic.
Build grounding, communication, boundary, and coping skills that can be practiced between sessions in everyday situations.
Explore how culture, family roles, migration, faith, identity, and responsibility may influence the pressure you carry.
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