Stress, PTSD and Anxiety Therapists in Playa Del Rey, CA.

Where does Anxiety and Stress live? Where does it originate? If you said , "In the mind," you're absolutely correct! I specialize in Mindfulness-based CBT and Acceptance Commitment Therapy that is highly effective in addressing mild to severe cases of anxiety and stress. Learn and use the powerfulm effective antedotes from these therapy modalities - to help you detach yourself from anxiety, panic, fears, and stress once and for all!

Counseling for Anxiety & Stress involves a combination of addressing the external, situational stressors and the client's internal responses to those stressors. I work with my clients to determine where they have control and how they can better exercise that control to reduce anxious feelings, and how to more effectively handle those situations in their lives that are beyond their direct control. I teach clients new stress management skills, practice creating and maintaining healthier boundaries in stressful relationships, and provide new ways of thinking about circumstances to reduce anxiety.

Anxiety can arise from several places - one is the mind - people can think & imagine scenarios in their minds that create anxiety, when their thoughts and imagination may not even be true. Anxiety is also common in people who did not have a safe & secure experience with caregivers as they were growing up. The brain ends up being wired in a way that reproduces anxiety. Fortunately, due to new research in the field of neuropsychology & neuroplasticity, this can be changed! Anxiety may also arise out of difficult life circumstances, so finding effective ways to change these circumstances is often a piece of the remedy of the anxiety puzzle:)

With the current times, stress and anxiety may be heightened and affecting various aspects of your life such as: work, relationships, sleep, and every day responsibilities. Anxiety can be overwhelming but it can be treated and you will get better. I will help you learn tools to manage and decrease your anxiety by developing an awareness of your triggers.