Anxiety Unpacked™

About this training

Most therapists work with anxiety daily, yet many have never been taught a clear, systematic way to assess and treat it. This training offers a practical, clinically grounded framework that helps clinicians know what to listen for in anxious clients and how to respond with targeted interventions matched to the anxiety’s underlying need. Anxiety is often treated as a one-size-fits-all problem, when in reality, it is driven by three distinct underlying root causes, each with its own motivations, defenses, and treatment needs. Anxiety Unpacked™ offers clinicians a clear way to conceptualize anxiety at its source - not just its symptoms - and provides targeted strategies for treating each anxiety type effectively. If you work with clients struggling with anxiety, whether it presents as worry, control, avoidance, reassurance-seeking, or self-doubt, this training will give you a new lens, a clear map, and practical tools to transform your work. Noelle McWard is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 30 years of clinical experience and the founder of Counseling Solutions in Chicago, IL. She developed the Anxiety Unpacked framework through her clinical practice, has been training therapists in it since 2016, and is the author of Anxiety Unpacked: Discover Your Type and Recover Your Peace. In this training: Learn a clear, evidence-based, clinically actionable framework for conceptualizing anxiety based on three distinct root causes. Accurately differentiate catastrophizing, control-based anxiety and anxiety maintained by distorted core beliefs through clinical indicators and client presentation. Recognize the key objection utilized by each anxiety type to preserve anxiety. Go beyond symptom management with targeted, evidence based interventions matched to each anxiety type. Increase confidence and effectiveness when working with anxious clients. Includes practical strategies clinicians can apply immediately in session. Join us and walk away with a framework that brings clarity to complexity and empowers both you and your clients.