Steady
Therapists available this week

The first full exhale
after holding your breath.

Licensed therapists who meet you in your living room — still in the clothes you slept in, fifteen minutes after the panic settled.

Anxiety Pattern Score

How much is anxiety running your week?

Takes 90 seconds. No account needed.

Your Score

Updates as you move the sliders

15

out of 30

Sleep disruption

Racing thoughts at night, waking early, lying awake

5
RarelyEvery night

Avoidance frequency

Canceling plans, delaying decisions, avoiding calls

5
RarelyDaily

Physical symptoms

Chest tightness, shallow breathing, jaw tension, headaches

5
RarelyConstant

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12,400+ people have taken this assessment this month

Anxiety specialist
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50-min sessions
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Panic specialist
New parent support
Student-friendly
Anxiety specialist
Licensed & verified
Available this week
No waitlist
50-min sessions
Video from home
HIPAA compliant
HSA/FSA accepted
Cancel anytime
Panic specialist
New parent support
Student-friendly
Recognize yourself

Anxiety doesn't always look
like a panic attack.

Scroll through. Notice which ones land. No one is counting — but your nervous system is.

You rehearse conversations before they happen — replaying them until they feel safe.

Social anxiety

You arrive early everywhere to avoid the stress of being late.

Anticipatory anxiety

You check your phone for messages you already read.

Reassurance-seeking

You catastrophize — the worst-case scenario arrives before the situation does.

Cognitive distortion

You say yes when you mean no, then lie awake resenting yourself for it.

People-pleasing

You feel exhausted by mid-afternoon even when you slept enough.

Nervous system fatigue

You cancel plans at the last minute and feel relief, then guilt.

Avoidance cycle

You Google symptoms at 2am and convince yourself something is wrong.

Health anxiety

You struggle to enjoy things because part of you is always on watch.

Hypervigilance

You apologize for things that aren't your fault — just to reduce tension.

Fawn response

Recognizing the pattern is the first step. A Steady therapist helps with the rest.

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Plain-language neuroscience

Your brain isn't broken.
It's miscalibrated.

Anxiety is a survival mechanism running on outdated software. Here's what's actually happening — and exactly how therapy recalibrates it.

Rehearsing conversations

What's happening in your brain

Your amygdala flags social situations as potential threats. It's not overthinking — it's a threat-detection system stuck on high alert.

How Steady addresses this

Cognitive reappraisal techniques teach your brain to re-label social uncertainty as neutral, not dangerous.

Physical symptoms

What's happening in your brain

Chronic anxiety keeps cortisol elevated. Your body physically can't tell the difference between a deadline and a predator.

How Steady addresses this

Somatic exercises and breathing protocols activate the vagus nerve, shifting you from fight-or-flight to rest-and-digest in under 5 minutes.

The avoidance cycle

What's happening in your brain

Each time you avoid something anxiety-provoking, your brain logs it as a confirmed threat. Avoidance feels like relief — but it's actually reinforcement.

How Steady addresses this

Exposure-based therapy gradually retrains the threat-response. Not exposure therapy from 1995 — modern, paced, collaborative work.

Meet the team

Therapists who've heard it before.
And know what to do next.

Every Steady therapist is licensed, credentialed, and specializes in anxiety — not generalists who also see anxiety.

4.9

Average therapist rating

from 12,400+ sessions

2 days

Average wait time

to first session

91%

Report improvement

within 6 sessions

Dr. Sarah Chen, a woman with dark hair in professional attire, smiling warmly in a calm office setting

Dr. Sarah Chen

PhD, Licensed Psychologist

Top Rated
Anxiety & OCD SpecialistCBT · ACT · Mindfulness

94% of clients report reduced symptoms in 8 sessions

Available Tue & Thu evenings

Marcus Williams, a man in a navy blue shirt, calm expression, seated in a well-lit therapy room

Marcus Williams, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

New Parent Specialist
Panic & TraumaEMDR · Somatic · DBT

3AM sessions available — no extra charge

Available Mon, Wed & Fri

Priya Nair, a woman with warm brown skin and a confident smile, in a soft-lit professional setting

Priya Nair, LPC

Licensed Professional Counselor

Students Welcome
Workplace & Performance AnxietyCBT · Narrative · IFS

Avg. 2-day wait time for first session

Available Sat & Sun mornings

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Therapy that fits your
actual life

No waitlists. No 8-week intake process. First session available in 2 days.

Single Session

Try it once. No pressure, no commitment.

$75

per session

  • 50-minute video session
  • Licensed therapist match
  • Session notes emailed to you
  • Reschedule up to 12 hours before
Most chosen

Monthly Plan

4 sessions/month. The pace that actually moves the needle.

$55

per session

  • 4 × 50-minute sessions
  • Same therapist every week
  • Between-session messaging
  • Progress tracking dashboard
  • Cancel anytime

Intensive

For when anxiety is actively interfering with your life.

$180

per week

  • 3 sessions/week
  • Priority scheduling
  • Crisis support line access
  • Personalized anxiety protocol
  • Monthly check-in report
HIPAA Compliant
Licensed & verified therapists
Cancel anytime
HSA/FSA accepted
"I booked my first session at 11pm on a Tuesday. By Thursday I felt like myself again for the first time in months."
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