Notes on Anxiety, Identity, and Growing Up

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By Joy Strickland August 28, 2026
Weekly sessions end right when things get deep. Extended sessions give you room to stay with it. Here is why the format changes the work.
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By Joy Strickland July 23, 2026
Your parents are still your parents, but the relationship is supposed to change. On renegotiating it in your twenties, from a Fayetteville therapist.
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By Joy Strickland, LMHC March 11, 2026
You're doing everything right and still not okay. Therapy for young adults in Fayetteville, NY, and telehealth across New York State.