
Anxiety Counselor
Donald Dufford, Ph.D. Director
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
In 95073 - Nearby to Rio del Mar.
Get Anxiety Relief Now. Regular talk therapy is not enough, Dr. Dufford teaches specific tools and techniques to overcome Anxiety and Sress related problems. Dr. Dufford, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist, Director of Anxiety Treatment Services has specialized training and experience in treating Anxiety Disorders: Panic, Agoraphobia, Phobias, Social Anxiety, Generalized Anxiety, OCD, PTSD and related issues such as Depression, Insomnia, Anger, IBS, BDD, & Addictions. Get to the bottom of the issue and create lasting positive change with Individual Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Hypnotherapy, EMDR, Psychotherapy, Nutrition, Mindfulness, Group Support and Home Visits for Behavioral Coaching.

Anxiety Counselor
Vicki Asher Wills, PsyD, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Clinical Psychology Doctor
Available for Online Therapy
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 Counselor
Julie Herman, MFT
Marriage & Family Therapist and Certified Hypnotherapist
In 95070 - Nearby to Rio del Mar.
In anxiety treatment sessions with me, you will learn to identify, feel, and let go of fear so that you can live more fully in the present. By better understanding your own unique anxiety process, you will feel more in control of the experience of this emotion. You will also be able to get through tense feelings more quickly. I will teach you valuable relaxation, stress management, and relapse prevention skills so that you can stay calmer in triggering situations even after completing therapy. You will enjoy the freedom of living more peacefully as well as feeling more confident in previously uncomfortable situations. Call me with any questions or to schedule an initial appointment.

Anxiety Counselor
Karen Yvonne Taylor, M.A., M.F.T.
Marriage and Family Therapist
In 95008 - Nearby to Rio del Mar.
Anxiety can take the fun out of life. It can cause your body to hurt and make you feel sick. And it can be just plain annoying. But you don't have to live with anxiety, and you don't have to try to fix it by yourself. We can work together to come up with a plan to stop the constant worry and help you feel better and get more enjoyment out of life. There are many successful strategies I have used to help people relieve stress, let go of worry, and free themselves of anxiety. Together, we can find ways to get anxious thoughts out of your head so you are free to enjoy your life.

Anxiety Counselor
Jean Galica, M.A., LMFT
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
In 95037 - Nearby to Rio del Mar.
Anxiety and stress rob us from living a fulfilling life. There is hope. It does not have to be this way! Many times keys to our stress and anxiety can be hidden in our thinking patterns as well as things that we fear. When one begins to understand the anatomy of their fears, anxieties and stress, they can learn to take control of them and no longer let them take control. Having someone walk with you through the journey of confronting the anxiety, stress and fears you have can be comforting and allow you to develop the confidence you need to face life and its many problems more effectively.

Anxiety Counselor
Peter Cellarius, LMFT
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
In 95120 - Nearby to Rio del Mar.
Everyone feels anxiety at some point in their lives but when it starts to interfere with your life, counseling can help. Although anxiety can feel debilitating, it is treatable. People with anxiety don’t always share the same symptoms, they vary from person to person. Therapy will help you to reclaim your life and function in a chronically stressful world.

Anxiety Counselor
Diana Karpavage, MA, LPCC
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor & Certified EMDR Therapist
In 95073 - Nearby to Rio del Mar.
The anxiety disorders are usually very amenable to EMDR therapy, which deals with disturbing memories, negative beliefs, body sensations and emotions associated with the root of the anxiety. Stress leads to anxiety which leads to low serotonin levels and then poor functioning. The EMDR is a "non-drug" treatment for anxiety and stress. This is a preferable approach for real resolution rather than taking prescription medications for anxiety, which are the "benzos", highly addictive with regular use for just a few months, and difficult to get out of one's system. Anxiety, worrying, stressing, nervousness, phobias, fears, triggers, are common problems in our high strung culture but fixable.

Anxiety Counselor
Morgan Joines, MA, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
In 95124 - Nearby to Rio del Mar.
When life gets to be too much, I believe that reaching out for support is the first step in achieving some relief. Through no fault of our own, sometimes life's challenges exceed our abilities to cope. I am happy to hear you out, allow you to lessen the load, and provide you with tools that can help you explore how to make life manageable for you again.

Anxiety Counselor
Vanessa Hughes, MA, SEP
Alternative and Integrated Practitioner | GRIT Kids Coaching
Available for Online Therapy
We hold our anxiety and stress in our body. We feel tension, gut problems, hot flashes, disrupted sleep and more. I work with anxiety and stress by helping individuals learn and develop tools to re-regulate their nervous system. When we have a coherent and fluid nervous system, we can do difficult things without feeling paralyzed by overwhelming fear.

Anxiety Counselor
Kathleen Graham, MA, LMFT, APCC
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
In 95032 - Nearby to Rio del Mar.
Anxiety, fears, worry, panic attacks can touch many areas of our lives, our relationships, career, our well-being, and self-esteem. Also, it can make life feel overwhelming and hard to manage at times. I provide you with a place to feel heard and understood as you talk about what these feelings are standing in the way of. We will work together to create coping skills and tools that work for you in managing the impact of anxiety and stressors in your life. You do not have to suffer alone; therapy can help.

Anxiety Counselor
Daryl Temkin, Ph.D
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Available for Online Therapy
Anxiety and stress seem to the two factors that are running most people's lives. Between, work, performances, home, family, friends, returning phone calls and emails and all the additional pressures of life, stress and anxiety can simply become overwhelming. Counseling and psychotherapy has an outstanding track record for helping people cope with their anxieties and stressors in life. The therapeutic relationship established by a professional counselor often substantially decreases and relieves the wave of anxiety that can paralyze anyone. Counseling along with if needed medical intervention will under most circumstance return needed control, comfort and success.

Anxiety Counselor
Miryam Mejia, LMFT, Agent of Change
LMFT
In 93901 - Nearby to Rio del Mar.
By comparing your behavior or a situation before ( at the start of treatment) and then afterwards folks will see progress. By defining where they want to go they will feel less anxious about the journey. On the journey clients will complete evaluations that will self-report on their beliefs and physical changes that reflect anxiety. Then during treatment through the use of role plays, automatic thought records and the Emotional Freedom Technique the stress response will be reduce. The Emotional Freedom Technique is tapping on the pressure points of the face and should to release qi (chi) that is bottled up. Between session assignments helps me monitor the application of new coping strategie

Anxiety Counselor
Jason Esswein, M.S., LMFT
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
In 95120 - Nearby to Rio del Mar.
Anxiety is an internal alarm system that gives us information about our internal state as well as possible danger in the external world. Often, anxiety is a signal of deeper, more intense emotions such as sadness, anger, and fear. It can also be a consequence of not living authentically. Once these deeper feelings are identified and expressed, they can be readily released. For example, when we say "Yes" when we really mean "No," we will often experience anxiety. In this case, the anxiety is providing us with a warning that we are not being honest (living authentically) with ourself and/or another. Therapy is the perfect place to explore this common emotion.

Anxiety Counselor
Robin Bates-Pualuan, MS, LMFT, LPCC
Marriage & Family Therapist, Professional Clinical Counselor
In 95030 - Nearby to Rio del Mar.
Is the weight of the world on your shoulders? Is it difficult to get up in the morning and face the day, even though it was difficult to fall asleep and turn off your mind the night before? Are your relationships suffering because you feel stressed and worried most of the time? A little anxiety can be a positive push toward action, but too much anxiety and stress are unhealthy and unhelpful. I can help you learn to de-stress with relaxation techniques and anxiety management. It doesn’t have to be this hard.

Anxiety Counselor
Kevin Fleming, Ph.D.
Coach/Change Agent/Consultant
In 95124 - Nearby to Rio del Mar.
While most treatment approaches for anxiety and stress are effective on the surface, they don’t treat the real problem. Mantras, deep breathing, and rational dialogues about your fear being irrational rarely work---for most people don’t believe it or you! Imagine if you can trick the brain into changing without you telling your conscious mind that you are changing it? Problem with anxiety and stress is that the brain in this state knows you want to change it and it resists. Contact Kevin@kevinfleminphd.com for the ultimate stress and anxiety solution that will literally change your brain's autonomic nervous system patterns while you sit on your butt. 877-606-6161.

Anxiety Counselor
Eileen Goldman, MA MFT
Liscensed Marriage and Family Therapist
In 95030 - Nearby to Rio del Mar.
Anxiety and Stress are part of the human condition. Many of us don't realize how much of our brain's real estate anxiety and stress take up - robbing us of being able to be present for what is in front of us instead of reacting to some fear or past trauma. I can help you build your inner resilience and recognition of when you are being driven by anxiety/stress so that you can find your way out of a historic reaction and into a more current narrative.

Anxiety Counselor
Shereen Mohsen, Psy.D.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
In 95128 - Nearby to Rio del Mar.
In the world we live in today, anxiety and stress is rampant and it can be difficult to figure out how to sort through our feelings and still be productive and content individuals. In therapy, I focus on slowing down rapid thinking that is often rooted in anxiety and stress. I encourage the use of calming behavioral techniques in conjunction with altering negative and anxiety provoking thoughts to alleviate symptoms.

Anxiety Counselor
Doreen Maxwell MFT and Associates Experiential Psychotherapy, MFT, CHT
Marriage & Family Therapists, Certified Hakomi Psychotherapy
In 95032 - Nearby to Rio del Mar.
Anxiety can range from mild stress that is manageable to overwhelming stress that turns into traumatic activation. Through our somatic and relational therapies, you can feel whole again. Together, we look for what strengths and abilities you have that can be built on. Somatic resources generate an awareness of the sensations in the body that feel pleasant and grounding for the client and help them mediate the debilitating symptoms of trauma. Often clients don’t recognize the symptoms of trauma and are dealing with anxiety, fear and depression on their own. Many trauma clients do not seek therapeutic assistance right away, either because they don’t take the traumatic experience seriously or they think that “time will heal” or because of shame and...(view profile to read more)

Anxiety Counselor
Verna Nelson, MA, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
In 95032 - Nearby to Rio del Mar.
Your stress may be triggered by job loss, illness, relationships or by "positive" stressors like a new job or a baby. I provide a solution-oriented and healing environment for people who are suffering from the stress of living a "real" life. I provide a place to change the way you talk to yourself so you will stop beating yourself up and start predicting and creating positive results in your, or your family's, future. We will join together to increase your ability to cope with stress and appreciate your strengths as a human being. You can increase your tolerance for making important changes, learn to accept uncertainty, and cope with the things in life that can't be changed.
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Rio del Mar is located in Santa Cruz County, California. It has a land area of 3.00 square miles and a water area of 1.61 square miles.  The population of Rio del Mar is 9,240 people with 4,015 households and a median annual income of $95,813. .
Therapy Affordability Meter for Rio del Mar, CA
Very Affordable
Booking a weekly counseling session with a licensed therapist in Rio del Mar is not a large financial issue for the majority of people in this area. Sustaining a commitment to mental health treatment is easily accessible for the average family, but ask your therapist if there are any concerns as many will accept insurance or even offer sliding scale fees. Low cost counseling and affordable therapy are also sometimes offered by listed city and university level clinics, check with your local Rio del Mar public health department.