Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in La Riviera, CA.

At times excessive worry and difficult situations in life can make just getting through the day feel challenging. Through gaining an understanding of your relationship to stress and the causes of anxiety, I can help you recover and begin to cope. I will provide you with a safe, compassionate and non-judgmental place to explore and practice skills to approach life in a way that reduces stress and anxiety. I use an integrated approach depending on what will best support your needs, using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and DBT, as well as Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) practices to support you. We can work together to help you gain the calm, clarity and peace you are seeking.

I can help you uncover the underlying causes of your worries, fears and stress; learn how to relax; look at situations in new, less frightening ways; and develop better coping and problem-solving skills. I will give you the tools to overcome anxiety and teach you how to use them. Together we will focus on the psychological roots of your emotional suffering, and through self-reflection and self-examination, we will alleviate the most obvious symptoms and help you lead a healthier life.

Is your life filled with so much stress that there never seems to be a time when you can just let go? Are you always on the lookout for threat in your world? Do you wake up at night thinking about what has to be done so that you never seem to be able to really rest? Or do you feel panic at times even though you think you are safe? Constant stress and anxiety is not only an uncomfortable way to live but can lead to health problems as well. Learn tools that will give you relief. Understand how you create anxiety. Find out where you hold anxiety in your body and what it might mean. And learn to self-soothe and self-support yourself so that you can face life's challenges with greater ease.

Anxiety often follows frequent mental emotional reviews of images or replay of past fears or dangers, related to traumatic reminders and injuries. I will assist the person in identifying the areas of emotional conflict contributing to symptoms of stress and anxiety and and means to redirect to healthy positive perspectives . We will work together at verbalizing, externalizing, relevant thoughts and feelings in an effort to express internal fears, attached to the anxiety. I will provide psycho-education, normalization and reactions to traumatic memories of events. Relaxation, calming and breathing techniques, exercise, healthy eating, are also part of the therapeutic procedure.

Anxiety is a normal human emotion that everyone experiences at times. Many people feel anxious, or nervous, when faced with a conflict at home, problem at work, before taking a test, or making an important decision. Symptoms are feelings of panic, fear, uneasiness, uncontrollable, obsessive thoughts, problems wth sleep and appetite When anxiety and stress become constant and overwhelming, they can be crippling and it is time to get help. Please contact me so I can help you learn coping strategies and help you regain the quality of life you deserve.