Anxiety therapy Northcote — the loop can be broken.
If anxiety is running the show — the constant worry, the avoidance, the 3am catastrophising — effective, evidence-based treatment is about ten minutes from Northcote at our Carlton clinic.
Our AHPRA-registered psychologists treat the full range of anxiety: generalised worry, social and performance anxiety, panic, phobias and health anxiety.
Anxiety wears many disguises.
Constant worry that won't switch off. A racing heart in meetings or social settings. Avoiding things you used to do easily. Physical tension, broken sleep, a mind that catastrophises on autopilot. Anxiety shows up as generalised worry, social and performance anxiety, panic attacks, phobias, and health anxiety — and it's the most common reason people come to see us.
Here's the genuinely good news: anxiety disorders are among the most treatable conditions in psychology. Most people notice real shifts within the first four to six sessions.
Treatment that targets the engine, not just the noise.
Anxiety runs on a loop — anxious thoughts drive avoidance, and avoidance teaches your brain the fear was justified. Effective treatment breaks that loop. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) — the first-line treatment for anxiety disorders — works on the thinking patterns and the avoidance together, while ACT builds a different relationship with anxious thoughts, and graded exposure work helps you reclaim what anxiety has taken, at your pace. For intrusive thoughts and compulsions, ERP is the first-line approach.
Your psychologist matches the approach to your specific presentation in the first session or two — and teaches you skills you keep long after therapy ends.
Close to Northcote, without the city.
Our clinic is in the Carlton Clocktower complex at 28B/255 Drummond Street — from Northcote, roughly ten minutes by car via Alexandra Parade, or a direct bus from the St Georges Road corridor to Lygon Street nearby. Free one-hour parking on Drummond Street, plus a car park in our building.
And because anxiety itself can make leaving the house hard some days: telehealth sessions are available with the same psychologists.
Get directions to 28B/255 Drummond Street, Carlton → · About our Carlton clinic →
Real psychologists, not a call centre.
Every psychologist at Clarity is registered with AHPRA, and anxiety is the most common presentation across our whole team. Tap anyone for their full profile.
Three steps, and the first is tiny.
Say hello
Book online or call — tell us as much or as little as you like. No perfect words required, no referral needed.
Get matched
Our admin team pairs you with a psychologist experienced in your kind of anxiety.
First session
A conversation, not a test — understanding what your anxiety looks like and sketching a plan together.
Frequently asked questions.
Do you treat anxiety in Northcote itself?
Our nearest clinic is in Carlton — about ten minutes from Northcote, closer than the city. Telehealth is also available, which many clients with anxiety find a comfortable way to start.
How many sessions will I need?
It varies with the type and severity of anxiety, but anxiety treatment is typically brief and structured — most people notice real shifts within the first four to six sessions, and your psychologist reviews progress with you openly.
Can I get Medicare rebates?
Yes — with a Mental Health Treatment Plan from your GP, Medicare provides rebates for up to 10 sessions per calendar year. Details on our Medicare page. No referral is needed to book, though.
Is it just talking, or will I learn actual techniques?
Both — and the techniques are the point. Anxiety treatment is skills-based: you'll learn concrete strategies for anxious thinking, physical symptoms, and avoidance, practised between sessions so the changes happen in your life, not just in the room.
Start anxiety treatment near Northcote this week.
Book online, or call and our admin team will match you with the right psychologist. Anxiety is very treatable — and starting is the hardest part.
Reviewed by Dr Simon Vincenzi, Clinical Psychologist and Director of Clarity Psychology.