Find a Therapist for Anxiety
Therapy is available on weekdays, evenings, and weekends. In-person or virtual, depending on your location. Covered by most benefits providers.
Understanding anxiety
~1 in 7 Canadians
Anxious feelings are common, especially in times of stress or change. But when anxiety starts to feel constant or hard to manage, therapy can help.
If anxiety is affecting your daily life, working with a therapist gives you a space to understand what you're experiencing and build strategies to manage it.
Types of anxiety
Note: PTSD and OCD are often mistaken for anxiety disorders, however, they are distinct conditions with their own treatment approaches, even though anxiety may show up alongside them.
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Therapy approaches for anxiety
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Identify patterns, reshape thoughts, strengthen resilience.
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
Increase awareness, manage emotions, and build calm through mindful practice.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
Process trauma, reduce distress, restore calm.
How Layla supports you in finding an anxiety therapist
How Layla makes it easier
Complete our brief intake form and connect with a care coordinator who will support with finding the best therapist match for you.
Therapy through Layla may be eligible for reimbursement under your health or workplace benefits plan. Please explore our FAQs if you have questions.
How Layla guides you towards finding a therapist for depression
Tell us what you’re looking for
Complete our intake form to help us understand what your goals, preferences and needs are.
Complete the therapist matching call
Over the phone, a Care Coordinator will ask a few questions to guide their selection of therapists who they think best align with you.
Start your first session
After you choose your therapist, you’ll book your first online or in-person therapy session.
Take the first step
Then you'll connect with a Care Coordinator who will support you through the matching process.
Frequently asked questions
Layla's therapists use a range of evidence-based approaches, including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), internal family systems (IFS), somatic therapy approaches, mindfulness-based, trauma-focused, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), eye movement desensitization reprocessing (EMDR), psychodynamic approaches and emotion-focused therapy (EFT). The approach used is tailored to each person's needs and you don’t need to know how these work before starting, your therapist can help explain and guide you to the approach that’s right for you.
Our therapists operate out of their own location, provide sessions in-person, online, or by phone.
Today, our therapists are located in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and Nova Scotia
We are across many cities, including: Toronto, Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Ajax, Barrie, Beamsville, Brampton, Burlington, Georgetown, Guelph, Hamilton, Kitchener, Markham, Milton, Mississauga, Newmarket, Niagara Falls, North York, Oakville, Orangeville, Oshawa, Ottawa, Petawawa, Pickering, Richmond Hill, Scarborough, St. Catherines, Thornhill, Vaughan, Whitby, and Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, Red Deer, Sherwood Park, Kelowna, Vancouver, Victoria, Halifax and many more.
We are continuously building out our community.
At Layla we do not offer direct billing yet. If you are planning to use health benefits, our network of therapists includes Registered Social Workers (RSW), Registered Psychotherapists (RP) and Registered Psychologists (C.Psych), Psychological Associates (C.Psych.Assoc.), Registered Clinical Counsellors (RCC), and Registered Counselling Therapists (RCT) in select regions. When looking at your benefits package, we advise that you check to see if you are covered for any of those providers.
View our guide to finding a therapist covered by your health benefits.
Learn more in our Guide to Canadian Mental Health Care Providers.
View our detailed breakdown of student mental health coverage by universities and colleges across Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia.
Please reach out to info@layla.care for help figuring out your benefits coverage.
Individual and Couples Therapy sessions are typically 50 minutes long. In some cases, your first session with the therapist will be a little longer.
Therapy can range from short-term to longer term depending on the client’s case and their goals. This can be discussed with your therapist, and the two of you can always collaboratively assess your timeline and progression.
Several approaches are commonly used, including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), mindfulness-based techniques, and EMDR. However, it’s important to note that there is no single answer for the best therapy approach for anxiety, because everyone’s experience, history, and what feels right for them is different. Layla's care coordinators take your specific needs into account to help find a therapist suited to your needs.
Ultimately, you decide which therapist you want to proceed with based on your care coordinator's recommendations that are informed by the details you provide in your intake form and in your matching call. If you don't feel like the options suggested match what you are looking for, your care coordinator will be happy to discuss other options.
Several of our therapists offer sessions on weekends, and you can let us know of that preference when you sign up and we will do our best to accommodate.
Yes, Layla’s community includes therapists experienced with a variety of anxiety types, whether that’s social anxiety, specific phobias, panic attacks, or something else. When you share your concerns during your therapist matching call with the care coordinator, they will help to find a therapist suited to your needs and preferences.
Layla takes your privacy and the security of your information seriously. Electronic personal information shared with Layla is stored in a secure and encrypted way. Video sessions are not recorded. You can learn more about our privacy practices here.
Layla's support for therapist matching extends to re-matching when needed. Simply let us know what wasn’t quite working and we will match you with a therapist who better aligns with what you're looking for. We are also very interested in client feedback after instances such as these. Feedback will help us improve our matching process for future clients.
Layla can help match you with a therapist who has experience in anxiety-related concerns and approaches that support you and your goals. You don't need to know what therapist credential or modality is right for you before getting started. Your care coordinator can help you find the right support for your needs.
No, you don’t need a formal referral or diagnosis from another provider to access our therapy services. Fill out our intake form to book a call with a care coordinator who will discuss how we can assist you with your unique challenges and/or goals.