Anxiety, Panic, and Constant Worry Can Be Treated
Anxiety Therapy That Goes Deeper Than Coping
Anxiety can be loud, persistent, and exhausting. It can quietly shape your decisions, narrow your world, and pull you away from what actually matters to you. Over time, life can start revolving around avoiding discomfort rather than living in a way that feels meaningful.
At Float On Counseling, we help people change their relationship with anxiety rather than trying to eliminate it. Whether anxiety shows up as constant worry, panic, obsessive thoughts, avoidance, or fear tied to specific situations, our goal is to help you move forward with more flexibility, confidence, and choice.
We work with anxiety and OCD using evidence-based approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). Therapy is collaborative, practical, and focused on helping you build a fuller life, even when anxiety is present.
A Note From Joel Schmidt
I’m Joel Schmidt, licensed therapist and co-owner of Float On Counseling. Anxiety, OCD, and fear-based conditions have been a core focus of my work for many years, including phobias and panic. I’m also the creator of Willing to Fly, a program designed specifically for people struggling with fear of flying.
While I personally specialize in anxiety and OCD, our practice includes several therapists who are skilled in helping clients with anxiety in its many forms. When you reach out, we’ll help connect you with the therapist who best fits your needs.
Types of Anxiety and OCD We Help With
Generalized Anxiety
Ongoing worry, mental tension, or a sense that something is always off, even when life is relatively stable. Therapy focuses on helping anxiety take up less space in your day.
OCD and Obsessive Thinking
Intrusive thoughts, mental rituals, reassurance-seeking, checking, or avoidance. Treatment emphasizes ERP and ACT-based strategies to help you respond differently to obsessions without getting pulled into compulsions.
Rumination and Overthinking
Replaying conversations, second-guessing decisions, or feeling stuck in mental loops. Rather than trying to control thoughts, therapy focuses on changing how much influence they have.
Specific Phobias
Fears related to flying, driving, medical situations, heights, or other specific triggers. We use gradual, supported exposure to help you face feared situations while building confidence and flexibility.
Social Anxiety
Fear of judgment, discomfort in social situations, or excessive self-monitoring before, during, or after interactions. Therapy helps reduce avoidance and self-focus so social situations feel more manageable.
Panic Attacks and Panic Disorder
Sudden surges of fear paired with intense physical sensations. Treatment focuses on helping panic feel less dangerous so it no longer drives behavior.
Health Anxiety and Somatic Anxiety
Persistent worry about physical symptoms, fear of illness, or repeated checking and reassurance-seeking. Therapy targets anxiety-driven behaviors while building tolerance for uncertainty.
Imposter Syndrome
Ongoing self-doubt, fear of being exposed, or difficulty internalizing success. Therapy works with anxiety-driven beliefs so confidence can grow through action, not reassurance.
