Written by Maria Boncyk, LCSW | Reviewed July 2026
This content is for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional mental health advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988.
Maria Boncyk, LCSW offers fully virtual anxiety therapy to clients across New York and Massachusetts. She works with teens and adults experiencing constant worry, overthinking, physical tension, and burnout, drawing on EMDR, somatic awareness, and relational approaches. Getting started begins with a free 15-minute consultation.
When Your Mind Will Not Slow Down
Anxiety rarely announces itself. Often it is a busy mind and a tense body, even when your life looks fine from the outside.
- Your mind runs through worst-case scenarios at two in the morning.
- Your jaw aches from clenching, or your stomach knots before meetings.
- You replay conversations for hours, wondering if you said something wrong.
- Your heart races in moments that do not seem to call for it, and then you feel frustrated with yourself.
- Staying on alert wears down your sleep, strains relationships, and shrinks your life to what feels safe.
- What you feel is real and common, and it responds well to treatment.
How Anxiety Therapy Works With Maria
Anxiety usually has a history, so this work goes past managing symptoms. Together you look at where anxiety lives in your thoughts, your body, and your relationships.
- EMDR helps your brain reprocess the memories and beliefs that keep your alarm system stuck on.
- EMDR is recognized by the World Health Organization and the American Psychiatric Association, and Maria has trained in it since 2021.
- Somatic awareness helps you notice body signals early, before they build into panic or shutdown.
- Relational and psychodynamic work explores how your worry connects to the ways you learned to stay safe with people.
- Sessions are virtual, so you can do this work from home anywhere in New York or Massachusetts.
Ready to Take the First Step?
Anxiety Therapy sessions are virtual, anywhere in New York or Massachusetts. Start with a free 15-minute consultation, with no commitment.
What to Expect From Your First Session Onward
There is no fixed program and no pressure to move faster than feels manageable. The pace always belongs to you.
Free 15-minute consultation
You talk about what is bringing you in and decide whether working together feels right.
Your first full session
You share your history and what you want to change, including the life around your anxiety, not just the symptoms.
Weekly 50-minute sessions
Some clients notice meaningful shifts in two to three months, like spotting anxious patterns and interrupting them sooner.
Deeper, longer-term work
When anxiety is tangled with older experiences, the work takes longer. Progress often looks like the volume slowly turning down.
Who This Work Is Right For
This fits teens and adults who are tired of managing anxiety through willpower alone and want to understand what drives it.
- Your anxiety connects to perfectionism, people pleasing, a hard family history, or relationships where you never felt fully safe.
- You function well on the outside but carry something heavy on the inside.
- Wondering if your anxiety is bad enough for therapy? It is, and you do not need to wait for a breaking point.
- You are located anywhere in New York or Massachusetts.
- If you are in crisis, thinking of harming yourself, or need more than weekly therapy, start with a higher level of care. Maria can help you find options.
Anxiety Support Across New York and Massachusetts
You do not need to commute to an office. Maria’s practice is fully virtual, serving clients throughout New York State and Massachusetts.
- Sessions run Monday through Thursday, 9 AM to 7 PM Eastern, including after-work hours.
- Virtual sessions take one more task off a busy, high-pressure week.
- Maria is an out-of-network (OON) provider and confirms coverage details with you first.
- Out-of-network reimbursement support is provided, and many clients recover 50 to 80 percent of session costs.
