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Whatif Therapy ERP · PE · Telehealth CA
Anxiety disorders treated

Online Anxiety Therapy in California

Anxiety can show up as panic, chronic worry, health fears, social fear, phobias, perfectionism, avoidance, overthinking, body scanning, reassurance seeking, or a constant need to feel certain before moving forward.

Whatif Therapy provides structured, evidence-based telehealth therapy for anxiety disorders throughout California. Treatment focuses on reducing avoidance, changing safety behaviors, and helping you practice new responses to fear and uncertainty.

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HIPAA-Compliant Telehealth Secure online therapy for clients located throughout California.
IOCDF Professional Member Specialized focus on OCD, anxiety, and ERP treatment.
California Licensed LCSW Matthew Baker, LCSW · License #121926.
Evidence-Based Treatment Structured ERP treatment for anxiety disorders.
Anxiety shrinks life through avoidance. Treatment helps you move toward feared situations, sensations, thoughts, and uncertainty without relying on escape, reassurance, checking, or over-preparing.
Find your anxiety pattern

Anxiety disorders can look different, but the cycle is often similar.

Most anxiety disorders involve fear, avoidance, temporary relief, and then more anxiety later. The specific fear may be panic, illness, judgment, uncertainty, mistakes, travel, crowds, or specific objects and situations.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder Chronic worry, overthinking, mental rehearsal, planning, reassurance seeking, and difficulty tolerating uncertainty.
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Illness Anxiety Fear of disease, body checking, symptom scanning, medical reassurance seeking, and difficulty trusting uncertainty about health.
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Specific Phobias Fear of specific objects, places, animals, medical procedures, driving, flying, vomiting, heights, or other situations.
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Panic Disorder Fear of panic attacks, body sensations, loss of control, fainting, dying, or being unable to escape.
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Agoraphobia Avoidance of driving, stores, crowds, freeways, open spaces, enclosed spaces, travel, or being far from help.
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Social Anxiety Fear of judgment, embarrassment, being observed, saying the wrong thing, looking anxious, or being rejected.
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Perfectionism Fear of mistakes, overchecking, procrastination, rigid standards, reassurance seeking, and difficulty finishing tasks.
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Matthew Baker, LCSW

Written and reviewed by

Matthew Baker, LCSW

California Licensed Clinical Social Worker #121926 specializing in ERP for OCD, exposure-based CBT for anxiety disorders, and Prolonged Exposure for adult PTSD. View Matthew's professional background.

Content reviewed August 2026.

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