Online Therapy in New York for Anxiety, OCD, and Pelvic Pain
Dr. Anna Yam is a licensed psychologist providing warm, evidence-based therapy for adults across New York State. She specializes in anxiety, OCD, and pelvic pain, including painful sex, offering thoughtful, personalized care.
What I Help With
Anxiety
This often shows up as:
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Overthinking or difficulty “turning off” your mind
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Ongoing tension or feeling on edge
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Getting stuck in patterns that are hard to interrupt
Many of the people I work with are high-functioning, but internally feel like they’re working much harder than they should be.
OCD
OCD can be less obvious than people expect. It often involves:
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Repetitive thoughts that feel intrusive or hard to dismiss
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Mental or behavioral rituals meant to reduce anxiety
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A sense of needing certainty or things to feel “just right”
Treatment focuses on changing how you relate to these thoughts and reducing the patterns that keep them going.
Painful Sex and Pelvic Pain
I specialize in working with women experiencing:
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Painful sex
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Vaginismus
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Vulvodynia
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Pelvic pain without a clear medical explanation
A common experience is being told everything looks “normal,” while the pain continues.
We focus on the interaction between the nervous system, pain, and learned patterns—especially the fear–pain cycle that can develop over time.
Therapy for Pelvic Pain and Painful Sex in New York
Pelvic pain is often treated as purely medical, but for many medical care alone isn't enough.
Common patterns experiences by women with pelvic pain include:
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Anticipation or fear of pain
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Avoidance or bracing
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Increasing sensitivity over time
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Anxiety and stress in relationships and other life roles
Treatment focuses on gradually shifting these patterns in a way that is systematic, evidence-based and focused on the whole person.
This is not about pushing through pain—it’s about changing how your body and nervous system are responding to it.
