Work anxiety can follow you long after you leave the office. Maybe you replay conversations with your boss on the train home, lie awake thinking about tomorrow’s presentation, or feel like one mistake could undo years of hard work.
At The Midtown Practice, our NYC workplace anxiety therapists understand the professional pressures that come with working in a fast-moving, high-expectation city. We help people manage anxiety, perfectionism, burnout, workplace conflict, and career uncertainty without assuming that ambition itself is the problem.
Who we work with
Workplace anxiety can affect people at every stage of a career. Our therapists work with:
- Executives and senior leaders carrying high levels of responsibility
- Professionals navigating demanding corporate environments
- Entrepreneurs and business owners
- New managers adjusting to leadership responsibilities
- Early-career professionals struggling with imposter syndrome
- People dealing with difficult managers, colleagues, or workplace politics
- High achievers managing perfectionism and fear of failure
- Professionals considering a career change, promotion, or departure from a stressful role
- People experiencing burnout, chronic overwork, or difficulty disconnecting after hours
- Employees coping with layoffs, restructuring, performance reviews, or job insecurity
When you work with a clinician from the Midtown Practice you will be matched with someone with unique expertise in the stress and anxiety that high achieving professionals experience in a competitive, major metropolitan area. Whether you are suffering with perfectionism, public speaking fears, or concerns of not being professionally recognized, our clinicians will provide a confidential place to understand what’s driving the stress and develop healthier ways of navigating it.
Meet our NYC workplace anxiety therapists
Jackie Siegal
Before becoming a therapist, I earned an MBA from NYU Stern and spent years working in corporate America. That background gives me firsthand insight into the pressure to move up the ladder, navigate office politics, prove yourself in high-stakes environments, and somehow maintain a personal life at the same time.
I combine psychodynamic psychotherapy with a supportive cognitive-behavioral approach, along with practical problem-solving and a sense of humor when it helps. For professionals who want a therapist who understands both the emotional side of workplace anxiety and the realities of corporate culture, my background can make it easier to get to the heart of what is happening.
- Offers workplace anxiety therapy ✓
- Credentials: Licensed Clinical Social Worker
- Specialty Areas: Career challenges, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and family issues
Cliff Sobel
I came to therapy after decades in business, including running an e-learning company as CEO and launching several entrepreneurial ventures. I know what it is like to make consequential decisions, lead people, navigate uncertainty, and feel responsible for outcomes that extend well beyond yourself.
That experience allows me to work with workplace anxiety from both a therapeutic and professional perspective. My approach draws from psychodynamic, existential, and cognitive-behavioral therapies, and I also offer executive coaching for clients who want to address concrete career obstacles alongside the emotional patterns contributing to their stress.
- Offers workplace anxiety therapy ✓
- Credentials: Mental Health Counselor – Limited Permit
- Specialty Areas: Executive coaching, anxiety, depression, career challenges, professional stress, work-life balance
Eve Josephson
Before becoming a therapist, I worked in Human Resources, where I developed programs around employee well-being and communication. What interested me most was the human side of the workplace. Employees frequently came to me when professional problems became personal ones, and those conversations ultimately inspired me to pursue clinical work.
Today, I help clients identify actionable goals while also making space to understand the emotions underneath their workplace anxiety. Using approaches including CBT, DBT, ACT, and supportive therapy, we can work on immediate concerns such as boundaries, difficult interactions, and work-life balance while also looking at the larger patterns that keep stress in place.
- Offers workplace anxiety therapy ✓
- Credentials: Licensed Clinical Social Worker #102208
- Specialty Areas: Anxiety, depression, life transitions, work-life balance
Jared Sossin
Sometimes anxiety at work looks obvious. The racing thoughts before a presentation or panic about an upcoming deadline. Other times, it looks like repeatedly checking an email, struggling to delegate, needing constant reassurance, or believing something is never quite good enough.
I draw from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and have specialized training in Exposure and Response Prevention, which can be particularly helpful when workplace anxiety overlaps with OCD-like checking, perfectionism, or avoidance. I also bring more than a decade of meditation and mindfulness practice into my work, helping clients build the flexibility to experience difficult thoughts and emotions without allowing them to dictate every decision.
- Offers workplace anxiety therapy ✓
- Credentials: Licensed Mental Health Counselor, National Certified Counselor
- Specialty Areas: Anxiety, OCD, ADHD, depression, mindfulness, trauma, stress
Shira Lee Silver
Much of my work focuses on adults in their 20s and 30s, when professional identity can begin to feel deeply intertwined with personal identity. Career decisions, promotions, comparison with peers, uncertainty about the future, and the pressure to be “on track” can make it difficult to know whether you are pursuing what actually matters to you or simply what you believe you should be doing.
I have extensive training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and use a warm, collaborative approach to help clients clarify their values and build a life that feels meaningful alongside their professional goals. I also draw from CBT, DBT, psychodynamic therapy, and meditation and mindfulness depending on what each client needs.
- Offers workplace anxiety therapy ✓
- Credentials: Licensed Clinical Social Worker #084692
- Specialty Areas: Career challenges, anxiety, panic, depression, relationships, family conflict, trauma, grief and bereavement
Azat Oganesian
I work with professionals whose workplace anxiety may show up as panic, irritability, difficulty letting things go, or feeling emotionally overwhelmed by pressure. My approach is integrative, drawing from DBT, Internal Family Systems, Compassion-Focused Therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, mindfulness, and other methods based on what feels most useful for each client.
I may be a particularly good fit for people who want both practical tools for managing stress and space to understand the deeper patterns behind their reactions. I also offer therapy in both English and Russian, which can be helpful for clients who feel more comfortable exploring certain emotions, cultural experiences, or professional pressures in their preferred language.
- Offers workplace anxiety therapy ✓
- Credentials: Licensed Clinical Social Worker #087559
- Specialty Areas: Anxiety, panic, stress management, anger management, depression, trauma, problem-solving
How therapy can help with workplace anxiety
Reduce performance anxiety and overthinking
A presentation, meeting, deadline, or email can become disproportionately stressful when your mind immediately jumps to everything that could go wrong. Workplace anxiety therapy can help identify the thoughts and behaviors keeping that cycle going. So that you’re able to prepare, make decisions, and take professional risks without anxiety consuming the rest of your day.
Address perfectionism and imposter syndrome
High standards can contribute to professional success, but they can also become exhausting when anything short of flawless feels unacceptable. Therapy can help distinguish healthy ambition from perfectionism driven by fear. It can also provide space to examine imposter feelings, chronic comparison, reassurance-seeking, and the belief that your next mistake will finally prove you do not belong.
Navigate workplace relationships
Not every source of workplace anxiety exists inside your own head. Difficult bosses, unclear expectations, competitive teams, strained colleague relationships, discrimination, organizational politics, and poor boundaries can create very real stress. Therapy provides a confidential place to think through those dynamics, understand your reactions, strengthen communication, and decide what is and is not within your control.
Prevent burnout and build a more sustainable relationship with work
Working hard is different from feeling unable to stop working. When evenings, weekends, vacations, and relationships are continually interrupted by work-related thoughts or responsibilities, chronic stress can begin affecting sleep, mood, concentration, and physical health. Therapy can help you recognize patterns contributing to burnout and develop boundaries that are realistic for your actual career rather than based on an unrealistic version of “work-life balance.”
Common reasons why people seek workplace anxiety therapy
- Sunday-night dread or anxiety before the workday
- Perfectionism and fear of making mistakes
- Imposter syndrome and chronic self-doubt
- Difficult managers, coworkers, or office politics
- Anxiety around presentations, meetings, or performance reviews
- Burnout and difficulty disconnecting from work
- Job insecurity, layoffs, or career uncertainty
- Stress related to promotions, leadership, or increased responsibility
Our process
1. Connect
Schedule a complimentary 15-minute consultation with our Clinical Coordinator. You can share what’s been going on at work, what you hope to get from therapy, and any logistical preferences that matter to you. You can also ask questions about what therapy for workplace anxiety looks like or about our therapists.2. Get matched
Finding the right therapist matters. Our Clinical Coordinator will learn more about your concerns, personality, preferences, and scheduling needs to help identify a clinician who may be a strong fit.
That could mean matching you with someone who has firsthand corporate experience, specializes in perfectionism and OCD, understands early-career pressures, or brings a particular therapeutic approach to workplace stress.
3. Check the fit
Meet your therapist, ask questions, and get a feel for how it is to work together. If the match feels right, you can begin identifying goals and working toward a relationship with your career that feels more sustainable.
If it doesn’t feel like the right match, you can reconnect with us to explore another clinician.
FAQs about workplace anxiety therapy
Workplace anxiety is persistent worry, fear, tension, or stress connected to your job or professional life. It may center on performance, deadlines, presentations, relationships with coworkers, job security, making mistakes, or uncertainty about your career. It can also continue outside work, making it difficult to sleep, relax, or be fully present in your personal life.
You don’t need to reach a crisis point before seeking therapy. It may be worth talking with a therapist if work anxiety is interfering with sleep, relationships, concentration, confidence, or your ability to enjoy time away from work. Therapy can also be useful when you simply notice the same stressful patterns repeating and want a different way of handling them.
Yes. Therapy doesn’t require pretending that every workplace problem is simply a matter of changing your mindset. Some jobs and organizational environments genuinely are stressful.
Therapy can help separate what is within your control from what’s not, develop more effective ways of responding to difficult circumstances, and clarify whether changes in boundaries, communication, expectations, or even your career itself make sense.
Workplace anxiety may not disappear overnight, but it can become much more manageable. Helpful steps can include identifying specific triggers, challenging perfectionistic or catastrophic thinking, setting clearer boundaries, improving communication, and building routines that make it easier to disconnect from work. Therapy can also help uncover deeper patterns that keep workplace anxiety going and develop coping strategies that fit your actual job and responsibilities.
Yes. The Midtown Practice offers virtual therapy as well as in-person appointments at our Midtown Manhattan office, allowing busy professionals to choose the format that works best with their schedule.
Start working with an NYC workplace anxiety therapist today
