Our story began in 2009 when founder Randy Floyd, LSCSW, opened a traditional psychotherapy office in Overland Park, Kansas. For the next five years, we worked with children and adults struggling with anxiety disorders, excessive worry, stress reactions, and other challenges involving overwhelming thoughts and emotions. We valued the office setting and the meaningful conversations that took place there. But over time, we felt called to something different — something more connected, more immediate, and more reflective of real life.

We wanted to move beyond four walls and into the environments where people actually live. We wanted to see clients in their most natural, unfiltered states — not just their “therapy versions.” So in 2014, we made a bold decision: we closed the office and transitioned into a fully community-based program.

Midwest Anxiety is now a community-based program serving children, teens, and adults who struggle with anxiety, depression, and generalized problems involving negative thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Unlike traditional office-based psychotherapy, we work with individuals in real-life situations and natural environments — at home, at school, at sporting events, at work, and in the everyday settings where patterns truly show up.

Instead of asking you to come sit in a waiting room and then try to apply therapy later, we step directly into your world. We believe our hands-on approach gives us the best opportunity to identify your strengths while helping you work through challenges in the environments where you live, work, and play.

Our mobility also allows us to work in real time. There is no “see you in a couple of weeks” while negative patterns continue unchecked. We work in the moments — daily if needed — within the environments where struggles occur. By understanding challenges as they unfold naturally, we can implement step-by-step Cognitive Behavioral strategies immediately, modifying patterns as they arise rather than after the fact.

We use an interactive, action-oriented Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) approach, integrating behavioral modification with cognitive restructuring. CBT differs from traditional “talk therapy” because it is educational, goal-oriented, and skill-based. It focuses on how you think (cognition), how you feel (emotion), and how you act (behavior) — and how the interaction between those three elements shapes your quality of life.

We believe in goal-focused treatment that emphasizes your strengths while equipping you with practical Cognitive Behavioral skills to manage life’s challenges more effectively. We are consistently working toward progress and firmly believe positive results are not beyond you. Growth is possible. Change is possible. A better quality of life is possible.

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