When people decide to seek psychiatric care for the first time, one of the first questions they ask is who, exactly, they should see. Therapist? Psychologist? Psychiatrist? There's another option that many people haven't heard of — and for a lot of patients, it turns out to be exactly what they were looking for.

If you've been dealing with anxiety for a while, you've probably tried things. Deep breathing. Cutting out caffeine. Exercise. Journaling. Avoiding the situations that trigger it. Maybe therapy. Maybe a lot of therapy.