Anja Lazic
Serving ages 6+ for individual therapy
M.A., Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Anja works with children, teens, young adults, and adults navigating OCD and intrusive thoughts, generalized anxiety, panic, phobias, agoraphobia, social anxiety, health anxiety, trauma, neurodivergence, body-focused repetitive behaviors, body dysmorphia, hoarding, perfectionism, and relationship-related anxiety. She also supports clients experiencing school avoidance, family accommodation, anxious attachment, rejection sensitivity, and concerns related to ADHD and autism.
Anja has specialized training in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for OCD and anxiety disorders, Prolonged Exposure for trauma, CBT for Hoarding, Habit Reversal Training for body-focused repetitive behaviors, Behavioral Activation, and CBT for Body Dysmorphic Disorder. Her training also includes work with panic, phobias, social anxiety, childhood anxiety and OCD, trauma, and a wide range of OCD presentations.
My Style
My approach to therapy is collaborative, compassionate, practical, and grounded in evidence-based care. Therapy can feel intimidating, so I work to create a space where you can feel validated and supported while also being gently challenged to move toward the things that matter to you.
Together, we’ll identify your goals, understand the patterns that may be keeping you stuck, and develop tools you can use outside of the therapy room. I believe in explaining the reasoning behind the approaches we use so that therapy doesn’t feel like something being done to you. Expect empathy, accountability, practical strategies, and a healthy dose of humor when appropriate.
Virtual Sessions Throughout Florida
Affirming list
LGBTQIA+ Affirming
Neurodiverse-Affirming
Trauma-Informed
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Culturally Competent
My Focus Areas
Anxiety & Rumination
Help with worry, overthinking,
and anxiety.
OCD &
Intrusive Thoughts
Support for OCD, intrusive thoughts, and related fears.
Panic, Phobias & Agoraphobia
Support for
panic, phobias,
and avoidance.
Social & Relationship Anxiety
Help with social anxiety, attachment, and
people-pleasing.
Neurodivergence
Affirming support for ADHD, autism, and related challenges.
Body-Focused Concerns
Support for body-focused behaviors and
body dysmorphia.
Childhood Anxiety & OCD
Support for children experiencing anxiety, OCD, and fears.
Therapeutic Approaches
Exposure & Response Prevention
ERP
Helping clients gradually face feared thoughts, situations, or sensations while reducing compulsive responses that reinforce anxiety and OCD.
Prolonged Exposure
PE
An evidence-based approach designed to help clients process trauma and reduce avoidance related to traumatic experiences.
Habit Reversal Training
HRT
Helping clients increase awareness of body-focused repetitive behaviors and develop alternative responses that reduce unwanted patterns.
My Why
I believe everyone deserves access to a space where they can feel validated, supported, and understood. When anxiety, intrusive thoughts, trauma, or neurodivergence make it difficult to stay present in your life, it can feel like much of your energy is spent arguing with your own mind or trying to avoid what feels overwhelming.
What matters to me is helping clients reconnect with the parts of life that are important to them. Therapy is a collaborative process, and I want you to understand not only what we are doing, but why we are doing it. My role is to support you, challenge you when needed, and help you build the skills and confidence to move toward the life you want to be living.
You don’t have to arrive at therapy with everything figured out. Showing up and being willing to begin is already an important first step.
A Little More About me
Video Games
Gaming is one of Anja’s favorite ways to unwind.
Logic & Jigsaw Puzzles
She enjoys both logic puzzles and putting together a good jigsaw puzzle.
Crafting
Anja enjoys “hobby hopping” between creative crafts, thanks to her ADHD.
