Houston-Willowbrook office · in person and online
Anxiety Treatment in Houston Willowbrook, TX
For the replay at 2am, the bracing for things that have not happened, and a body that will not stand down. Weekly one-to-one counseling for anxiety at our Haynes Road office off 249, or by video from anywhere in Texas.
- 12807 Haynes Rd, Houston 77066
- Insurance billed at your plan’s rate
- Self-pay $150, or $100 with an associate
- Mon–Fri, 10am–6pm
- Usually seen within about a week
In crisis or thinking about suicide? Call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, any time.
If someone is in immediate danger, call 911.
Counselors at this office
What it can look like
What anxiety can feel like from the inside
Many people arrive after a long stretch of calling it stress and hoping it would pass.
The replay at 2am
The conversation, the email, the thing you should have said runs again as soon as the lights go out. Sleep waits until it has finished.
Bracing for what has not happened
Your mind runs ahead to the worst version of next week and starts preparing for it. Even good news comes with a catch you are already looking for.
A body that stays on alert
A tight chest, a clenched jaw, a stomach that will not settle. It can feel physical long before it feels like worry.
In the sessions
What anxiety counseling works on
- The what-if that will not stopSpotting the loop as it starts, and letting a thought be a thought instead of a plan you have to act on.
- Needing to be sure firstMaking a choice with some doubt still in the room, because waiting for certainty is where the hours go.
- The call you keep putting offSmall, planned steps toward what worry has been talking you out of, so the list of avoided things gets shorter.
- Slowing your body downBreathing and grounding skills practiced in session, for use at your desk or stuck in traffic.
How the work goes
Anxiety treatment at our Houston-Willowbrook office
The work is practical: noticing the worry loop early, testing what it predicts, and doing the things it has been talking you out of.
Most of it draws on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).
Panic attacks too?
If the worry sometimes spikes into a sudden attack, with a racing heart and the certainty that something is badly wrong, that is panic. It is worth naming on the form.
We work on panic here as well: see panic disorder treatment in Houston-Willowbrook.
Who you might meet
Who you might see in Houston-Willowbrook
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AJ Huynh
Director · LPC
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Brenda Resendez
Clinical Director · LPC
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Leah Van Leuven
LCSW
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Cathy Birden
LPC
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Christopher Walker
LPC
Google reviews
What clients of this office have written
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I’ve been going to [my counselor] for a couple of months now and I am so glad to have found him. We were able to click right away and I continue to look forward to our sessions…
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Really appreciated my session with [my counselor]. He listens without judgment and offers a fresh, modern perspective that actually makes sense…
A.H.
Cost
What counseling costs here
We check your benefits first and tell you the estimated cost before you book. It stays an estimate until your plan confirms it.
Plans we currently work with
Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, Original Medicare and seven more: see all twelve plans. Medicaid is not one of them, and we cannot bill it.
Before you book
Questions about anxiety therapy in Houston-Willowbrook
Do I need a diagnosis to get help for anxiety?
Most people who come in for anxiety have never been diagnosed with anything. If worry is eating your evenings or your sleep, that is reason enough to start.
Is it anxiety or ADHD?
Both can wreck focus, for different reasons. With anxiety, attention gets pulled toward worry; with ADHD, focus and follow-through have been hard since childhood, even on calm days.
Many adults have both, and one can hide the other. We do not test for ADHD, but your counselor can talk through which one fits what you notice, and we also offer ADHD therapy in Houston-Willowbrook.
Do you see teenagers?
Counselors here who see teenagers often meet worry that shows up as stomachaches, skipped school or lost sleep. Include their age when you fill in the form, and we will match them with one of those counselors.
What is a first session like?
It starts with one short form, in your own words. We read it, match you with a counselor, and tell you the estimated cost before you book.
From there you can start with a free consultation or go straight to a first session with your counselor. Sessions are weekly and one to one, in person at our Haynes Road office or by secure video from anywhere in Texas.
If the appointment itself makes you anxious, say so at the start: that is useful to know, not a bad beginning.
What if the first counselor is not the right fit?
Tell us. Fit matters more than almost anything else in whether counseling helps, so we do not treat it as a complaint.
Under the Reset, your first session with a new counselor is free. The Reset is about fit only, not a promise about results.
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Start with what this week has been like
Acceptance Path Counseling provides weekly counseling from licensed Texas counselors, in person at our Houston-Willowbrook office and by secure video across Texas. We are not a psychiatry practice and do not prescribe medication.
We do not offer group therapy, psychological testing, or intensive or inpatient programs, and will help you find them if you need them. Counseling is not an emergency service.
In crisis or thinking about suicide? Call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, any time.
If someone is in immediate danger, call 911.