Anxiety and OCD Therapy in Colorado

It feels like anxiety is ruling your life…

You're trying your best to control it. You tell yourself to calm down, to not go there, to just stop. But the harder you try to get a handle on it, the worse it seems to get. You try to distract yourself. You try to find an answer, a solution, something that will finally make it settle. But the thoughts keep coming back, over and over again, no matter what you do.

Despite all your efforts, anxiety is still calling the shots. You feel your life shrinking smaller and smaller. The things you used to do, the person you used to be, the ease you used to feel… it all seems further away.`

And underneath all of it, you’re questioning: Will my anxiety ever go away? Will I ever have control over my mind? Will I ever have control over my own life?

There is a path forward, and you don’t have to go it alone. 

The fact that you're here, reading this, means something. You haven't accepted this as just the way things have to be. Some part of you still believes that a different kind of life is possible, one where anxiety doesn't get to call all the shots. That part is right.

Anxiety, OCD, panic, and phobias are exhausting. But they are also treatable. Real change is possible, and you don't have to keep fighting this alone.

Meet Your OCD and Anxiety Therapist in Denver

I'm Alison deLassus, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and therapist in Denver offering online therapy in Colorado for adults living with anxiety, OCD, panic attacks, and phobias.

I work with people who are caught in cycles of anxiety, people who are exhausted from trying to think their way out, calm their way out, or willpower their way out, and finding that none of it is working. People who feel like they are doing everything right and still losing ground.

My approach is warm, collaborative, and grounded in evidence-based treatment that actually works for anxiety and OCD. I'm not here to help you understand your anxiety from a distance or hand you a list of coping strategies to white-knuckle through. I'm here to help you break the cycle at its root, so that over time, anxiety loses its grip on your choices, your days, and your sense of who you are. Clients who work with me often describe a gradual but real shift, from feeling like anxiety is running the show to feeling like they are. That shift takes work, but it is absolutely possible.

I use Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), which is the gold standard treatment for OCD and a core component of effective care for anxiety, panic disorder, and phobias, backed by decades of research. Through this approach we work together to gradually and systematically reduce the power that fear has over your choices, so you can confidently get back to living your life.

I also bring an IFS-informed lens to this work. IFS stands for Internal Family Systems, and it is a way of understanding yourself that gets curious about the different parts of you, including the part that is exhausted, the part that is scared, and the part that has been working so hard to keep you safe, even when the way it's doing that isn't working anymore. Alongside the practical, skill-based work of treating anxiety and OCD, we make space for something deeper: understanding yourself with curiosity and compassion rather than frustration and shame. That matters. Because anxiety has a way of making you feel like something is fundamentally wrong with you, and healing isn't just about stopping the symptoms. It's about rebuilding your relationship with yourself.

I believe that anxiety is not a life sentence. The cycles feel endless right now, but they are not permanent. With the right support and the right approach, people do get better. Not just a little better. Genuinely, meaningfully better, in ways that change how they move through their days and their lives. 

Here’s what therapy with me looks like:

Weekly or biweekly 55-minute sessions so we can keep momentum and progress going

Using a combination of: 

• Internal Family Systems (IFS)-Informed Therapy: exploring different parts of yourself so you can have a deeper understanding of why you operate the way you do, and create a more loving relationship with all parts of yourself

• Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP): increasing your tolerance to discomfort so you can decrease fear and anxiety over time, leading to less avoidance and compulsive behavior

• Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT): gaining more awareness of your thinking patterns and what’s helping vs getting in the way, and challenging unhelpful patterns

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): utilizing concrete skills that help you feel better, both in the moment and in the long run (mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and relationships/interpersonal effectiveness)

Regular check-ins so we can make sure you’re getting what you need out of therapy and make changes as needed

Unwavering support, compassion, understanding, and accountability from me

By the end of therapy you will…

• Have concrete skills that help you manage and prevent anxiety, panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive cycles, and phobias

• Understand the cycle of fear and anxiety, how it keeps you stuck, and how to break free from the cycle

• Feel empowered and confident in your ability to handle what life throws at you

• Be able to handle your thoughts and emotions without feeling ashamed or needing to push them away

• Feel more connected to yourself and in touch with your own inner wisdom

• Understand and LOVE yourself on a deeper level