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Anxiety Therapy Across Colorado

Treatment for persistent worry, panic and anxiety that disrupts sleep, with licensed Colorado clinicians.

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When anxiety affects daily life

Anxiety can make ordinary responsibilities feel overwhelming. You might worry repeatedly about work, finances or family, struggle to concentrate, or spend hours anticipating what could go wrong.

It can also cause physical tension, restlessness and avoidance. You may find yourself checking emails repeatedly, declining invitations or avoiding situations that make you anxious.

At night, worry may make it hard to fall asleep or return to sleep. Poor sleep can then make anxiety harder to manage the next day. Our clinicians help with both.

Approaches we use

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

CBT helps you recognize anxious thoughts, examine how accurate they are and gradually approach situations you have been avoiding. You agree on practical exercises with your clinician and review what you learn.

Mindfulness

Mindfulness teaches you to notice thoughts and physical sensations without immediately reacting to them. Your clinician may use it to help you respond more calmly to worry.

Solution-Focused and Motivational Work

Solution-focused therapy helps you choose practical steps toward a specific goal. Motivational interviewing can help when you feel uncertain about making a change.

When anxiety and insomnia occur together, the same clinician can provide insomnia treatment alongside anxiety therapy. The plan reflects your symptoms, priorities and progress.

Work and career stress is a focus for Tristen Vieaux and Lindsay Fahey . Their profiles describe their experience and approach.

A Two-Minute Anxiety Self-Check (GAD-7)

The GAD-7 is a seven-question screening tool that asks about anxiety over the past two weeks (Spitzer, Kroenke, Williams & Löwe, 2006). Your score is calculated on this page; your answers are not sent anywhere.

The result measures symptom severity but cannot diagnose an anxiety disorder. A clinician can help interpret it alongside your health history and circumstances.

Over the last two weeks, how often have you been bothered by the following problems?

1. Feeling nervous, anxious, or on edge
2. Not being able to stop or control worrying
3. Worrying too much about different things
4. Trouble relaxing
5. Being so restless that it is hard to sit still
6. Becoming easily annoyed or irritable
7. Feeling afraid, as if something awful might happen
How the GAD-7 is scored

Each answer scores 0 (not at all), 1 (several days), 2 (more than half the days) or 3 (nearly every day), so the total runs from 0 to 21. A total of 0–4 reads as minimal anxiety, 5–9 as mild, 10–14 as moderate and 15–21 as severe. A score of 10 or more is where clinicians usually look more closely.

Colorado Clinicians Who Treat Anxiety

Meet some of our clinicians who treat anxiety. The full Colorado roster includes credentials and booking links for clinicians taking new patients.

Tristen Vieaux

Tristen Vieaux

LPC, CBT-I, Insomnia Specialist

Specialties: Insomnia, Anxiety, Career and work stress, Life Transitions

Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness, Coping Skills

Tristen Vieaux is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC) with a Master's degree in Community Counseling from Northern Arizona University and nearly two decades of clinical experience. She has completed specialized training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) and is a Level II EMDR therapist. Tristen takes a trauma-informed, integrative approach — working with the whole person, mind, body, and spirit — to help clients find their voice, heal old wounds, and build new patterns of relating. She works with individuals, couples, and families navigating anxiety, life transitions, and emotional exhaustion, guiding clients through difficult terrain with empathy, structure, and clarity.

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Lindsay Fahey

Lindsay Fahey

LPC, CBT-I, Insomnia Specialist

Specialties: Insomnia, Anxiety, Life Transitions, Career and work stress

Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational interviewing, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Lindsay Fahey is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Colorado (LPC) and New York (LMHC) with over a decade of experience across all levels of care, including crisis, inpatient, residential, outpatient, and private practice. She has worked with a wide range of clients, from children and adolescents to adults and those facing end-of-life concerns. Lindsay draws on a variety of evidence-based approaches, including CBT, DBT, EMDR, Emotional Freedom Technique, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused therapy, and has completed specialized training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I). She believes her clients are the experts in their own lives, and approaches each session with curiosity, empathy, and patience.

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Cynthia Rehberg

Cynthia Rehberg

LPC, CBT-I, Insomnia Specialist

Specialties: Insomnia, Anxiety, Depression, Trauma and PTSD, Veterans

Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational interviewing, Solution-focused

Cyndy Rehberg is a cognitive-behavioral therapist who brings deep curiosity about the mind and a collaborative, strengths-based approach to her work with clients. She specializes in supporting individuals navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, and adjustment concerns, and has a particular passion for working with military and veteran populations, injured athletes, and women in perimenopause. Cyndy has completed specialized training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), equipping her with evidence-based tools to address the thoughts, behaviors, and patterns that interfere with restorative sleep. Grounded in the belief that clients possess a profound capacity for growth and healing, she works collaboratively to uncover strengths, identify actionable strategies, and create lasting, meaningful change — helping clients move from simply receiving life to actively shaping it.

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Insurance for Anxiety Therapy in Colorado

Anxiety therapy is billed as outpatient behavioral health care. We currently bill Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna / Evernorth, Medicare, UnitedHealthcare / Optum and UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage. Share your plan details when booking so we can check your benefits and expected costs. If your insurer is not listed, ask about out-of-network options.

What People Ask Before Their First Session

Can I work on anxiety and insomnia at the same time?

Yes. Your clinician can address anxiety and insomnia in one treatment plan, combining strategies for worry with CBT-I for sleep. You decide together which concerns to work on first.

How do I tell whether this is panic or just bad sleep?

Panic can involve a sudden surge of fear, a pounding heart or breathlessness. Poor sleep can also worsen anxiety. Symptoms overlap, so you do not need to distinguish them yourself before booking. Your clinician will assess what is happening and discuss appropriate care.

I live in a mountain town. Do I have to come to Denver for sessions?

No. Most patients meet with Colorado-licensed clinicians by video from anywhere in the state. Limited in-person appointments are available; ask about availability when you book.

How many sessions does anxiety therapy tend to take?

Many patients notice improvement over eight to twelve weekly sessions, though the timeline varies. When insomnia is also being treated, CBT-I usually takes six to eight sessions. You and your clinician review progress and decide whether more sessions would help.

Do I need to be taking medication for therapy to work?

No. CBT for anxiety works on its own, and for many people it is the entire treatment. If you already take something, you can begin therapy while taking it, and any change after that is a decision for you and whoever prescribes it. If your clinician thinks a medication conversation would help, they will say so and can coordinate with your doctor.

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Book an evaluation to discuss anxiety, sleep or both. If you are also considering testing, read about whether you need a sleep study.

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