Victoria Stepanova, LMHC, SUDP, CCATP

When anxiety dictates your daily choices, living authentically can be a challenge. Anxiety disrupts daily life, work productivity, and personal commitments. At Andante Therapy, we slow down, explore how anxiety shows up in your world, help you gain control, and empower you to live life fearlessly. Specialized Clinical Focus Areas: • Disruptive Anxiety & Panic: Addressing generalized anxiety, panic attacks, anticipatory dread, trauma, profound discomfort, intense feelings of uncertainty, and moments when your mind goes blank in stressful situations. • Somatic & Physical Distress: Managing physical manifestations of anxiety, including chronic muscle tension, gastrointestinal distress, nausea, and anxiety-induced vomiting. • Anxiety & Perfectionism: Untangling perfectionism, people-pleasing, and poor boundaries as anxiety responses, including fear of mistakes, negative evaluation, harsh self-criticism, and procrastination paralysis. • Restoring Daily Functioning: Breaking cycles of cancellation and work execution blocks, creating boundaries, and establishing reliable follow-through on commitments. • Substance Use & Self-Medication: Providing nonjudgmental care for using mind-altering substances to relieve anxiety, unpacking how substances can mask underlying distress, developing harm-reduction and recovery plans tailored to your values, and replacing self-medication behaviors with adaptive coping skills. A Personalized, Evidence-Based Approach: With over 17 years dedicated to behavioral health and counseling, my practice is grounded in the belief that therapy is a valuable opportunity to develop a deep, meaningful connection while carefully tailoring the process to your values and unique needs. Rather than applying rigid protocols, we work together through collaborative, evidence-based care to examine the underlying patterns of thought, emotion, and physiology that shape your experience. This equips you with practical knowledge to gain control and live confidently. I welcome and respect the complete person you are, including your cultural background, values, and questions of faith, meaning, and purpose. What to Expect: 1. Complimentary Consultation (15–20 Mins): A brief introductory call by phone or secure video to discuss what brings you in, answer your questions, and ensure our collaboration feels like a comfortable fit. 2. Intake Session: Unpacking what has been weighing on you and establishing a steady pace, without expectation or pressure to share more than feels comfortable. 3. Active Collaboration & Steady Momentum: Building core skills, developing insights about anxiety, and applying new responses in daily life, supported by regular evidence-based screening assessments. 4. Living Life Fearlessly: Consolidating gains, maintaining control over anxiety, and moving forward with confidence and resilience. Offering in-person therapy in Burien, WA (15111 8th Ave SW, Suite 306, Burien, WA 98166) and secure online therapy throughout Washington State.

Andante Therapy is an individual practice offering in-person therapy in Burien and secure telehealth throughout Washington. I offer a complimentary 15–20 minute phone or video consultation and provide superbills for out-of-network reimbursement.