Anxiety Therapy in Murray, Utah | Lionheart Counseling LLC
You're Exhausted From Living Inside Your Own Head
You know that feeling where your brain just won't stop? The constant replaying of conversations, the "what ifs" that spiral before you've even gotten out of bed, the tension in your chest that never fully goes away?
You've probably told yourself to “just relax”. To stop overthinking. To be grateful for what you have. And maybe for a moment it works — but then something happens, and you're right back in it.
Anxiety isn't a mindset problem you can think your way out of. It's something that's been wired into how you respond to the world. And it's something that therapy can genuinely help with.
What Anxiety Actually Looks Like Day to Day
Anxiety looks different for everyone. For some people, it's panic attacks. For others, it's a constant low-level hum of dread that never quite goes away. You might recognize yourself in some of these:
Your mind races through worst-case scenarios before anything has even gone wrong
You avoid situations, opportunities, or conversations because the anxiety feels too overwhelming
You second-guess yourself constantly — at work, in relationships, in everyday decisions
You feel physically tense, restless, or exhausted even when nothing stressful is happening
You've started saying no to things you actually want to do because anxiety makes it feel impossible
You feel like you're always waiting for the other shoe to drop
If any of that sounds familiar, you're not alone, and you don't have to keep white-knuckling your way through it.
How Anxiety Therapy Works at Lionheart Counseling
Anxiety therapy at Lionheart Counseling uses two of the most effective, research-backed approaches for treating anxiety: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and EMDR therapy.
Using CBT, EMDR, and IFS therapy, anxiety treatment at Lionheart Counseling addresses not just the surface symptoms of anxiety but the deeper patterns and past experiences driving them — so the change is lasting, not just temporary relief.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety
CBT helps you understand the connection between your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors while giving you practical tools to break the cycle. You'll learn to identify the thinking patterns that fuel your anxiety, challenge them, and replace them with responses that actually serve you. It's not about positive thinking. It's about learning to think more accurately and respond more intentionally.
EMDR for Anxiety Rooted in Trauma
Sometimes anxiety isn't just anxiety — it's the nervous system's response to experiences from the past that never fully got processed. If your anxiety feels tied to old wounds, EMDR can help your brain reprocess those experiences so they stop triggering such an intense response in the present.
What Sessions Feel Like
There's no pressure here. Anxiety therapy at Lionheart Counseling is a space where you can actually slow down, talk through what's happening, and start building a different relationship with your own mind. We go at your pace, and you're always in control of what you share and when. We collaboratively work together to help you figure out why you think the way you think, act the way you act, and feel the things you feel to determine the root causes of these self-sabotaging, anxiety-inducing thoughts and habits Then, we work to actively reframe and restructure them into healthier, more productive patterns.
Who This Is For
Anxiety therapy at Lionheart Counseling is a good fit for adults who:
Live with chronic worry that feels impossible to turn off
Experience panic attacks or overwhelming waves of fear
Avoid things they want to do because anxiety gets in the way
Struggle with self-doubt, perfectionism, or fear of failure
Know their anxiety is holding them back but don't know how to change it
Are ready to do something different instead of just pushing through
Panic attacks — sudden overwhelming waves of fear, racing heart, and difficulty breathing that feel completely uncontrollable
Social anxiety or performance anxiety that limits your relationships, career, or daily functioning
Adults throughout the Salt Lake Valley — including South Jordan, Sandy, Draper, Midvale, West Jordan, Taylorsville, Herriman, and Cottonwood Heights — searching for an anxiety therapist near them can access Lionheart Counseling in-person in Murray or via telehealth throughout Utah.
A Different Kind of Life Is Possible
Imagine waking up and not immediately bracing for the day. Imagine being able to sit with uncertainty without it sending you into a spiral. Imagine actually showing up for the things and people that matter to you — not just surviving them.
That's what anxiety therapy is built to help you find. Not a life without any stress, but a life where anxiety doesn't get to make all your decisions.
Ready to take that step? Book a session directly, and let's start working on this together.
Anxiety Therapy in Murray, Utah — In-Person and Online
Lionheart Counseling LLC is located at 5296 S Commerce Dr, Suite 206, Murray, UT 84107. In-person sessions are available Tuesday through Friday. Telehealth therapy is available to adults throughout the entire state of Utah — including Salt Lake City, South Jordan, Sandy, Draper, Midvale, West Jordan, Taylorsville, Herriman, and Cottonwood Heights.
Phone: (801) 921-7854
Email:dax@lionheartcounselingllc.com
Dax Johnson is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC, #13937032-6004) in the state of Utah, licensed through the Utah Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing (DOPL).