Anxiety Therapy

Find Relief From Anxiety, Overthinking, and Emotional Overload

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Anxiety can feel like a constant pressure filled with racing thoughts, irritability, trouble sleeping, or a sense that you’re always bracing for something. Even if life looks “fine” from the outside, it may not feel that way internally.

You don’t have to keep managing anxiety on your own. Therapy offers a grounded, supportive space to understand what’s happening in your mind and body, and to build tools that bring more steadiness into your daily life.

How Therapy Helps With Anxiety

Anxiety can be persistent and exhausting, especially when it feels like your mind won’t slow down. In therapy, we take time to understand what’s fueling the anxiety, explore patterns that keep it going, and build skills that help your mind and body settle. Together, we focus on tools that support clarity, steadiness, and a greater sense of control over your daily life.

What Anxiety Can Look Like

Anxiety shows up differently for everyone. You may notice:

  • Chronic worry or rumination

  • Trouble relaxing or winding down

  • Restlessness or tension in your body

  • Difficulty focusing, making decisions, or completing tasks

  • Irritability or emotional overwhelm

  • Feeling “on edge” or easily overstimulated

  • Physical symptoms like headaches, stomach discomfort, or fatigue

If any of these feel familiar, therapy may be help you to understand and manage these symptoms.

My Approach

My style is warm, collaborative, and practical. We slow things down, explore what’s fueling your anxiety, and identify tools that genuinely fit your life, not just quick fixes or one-size-fits-all advice.


Together, we build insight, resilience, and concrete skills that help you feel more grounded in the moments that used to feel overwhelming.

Dr. Erica Stene Winkler, therapist at On By Therapy, providing anxiety counseling in Fargo.

Who I Support

I specialize in helping:

  • Adults and young adults navigating change

  • College and graduate students managing stress or overwhelm

  • High-achieving adults balancing career pressure and mental health

  • Parents and caregivers juggling competing needs

  • Adults healing from past experiences that still impact daily life

Anxiety is not “too small” or “not bad enough” to seek support. If it’s affecting your daily life, therapy may help.

What to Expect in Sessions

Our work together moves at your pace. In sessions, we can:

  • Explore what anxiety looks like for you in your daily life

  • Understand possible sources of anxiety, including patterns learned over time or in past experiences

  • Identify triggers and cycles that keep anxiety active

  • Build coping skills, emotional regulation tools, and strategies that support calm and steadiness

  • Develop routines and habits that help you feel more grounded and in control

You don’t need the “right words” or a perfectly organized story to get started. Showing up and engaging in the process is what matters most.

Anxiety Therapy in Fargo and Telehealth Across North Dakota & Minnesota

On By Therapy offers in-person anxiety counseling in the Fargo–Moorhead area and secure telehealth sessions for adults across North Dakota and Minnesota. Whether you're managing chronic worry, stress, or emotional overwhelm, support is available wherever you are.

Reaching out when you’re already overwhelmed can feel like a lot, but you don’t have to navigate this alone. If you’re ready to feel more grounded and supported, I’m here to help.

I’m currently preparing to open my practice and will begin offering appointments starting April 2026.

If you’re interested in working together, please join the waitlist below. I will reach out via email soon as scheduling opens, along with details about availability, next steps, and how to book a free consultation.