Anxiety Treatment in Los Angeles
Anxiety and stress can hijack your thoughts, feelings, sleep, and sense of order. Getting to a place of calm can feel unachievable, though it is possible. Offering a holistic approach to anxiety treatment, I gather information about your anxious thoughts, specific phobias, and life stress. We work collaboratively for you to experience symptom reduction and experience more peace.
Has anxiety taken over your life?
Anxiety has a way of sneaking into all parts of our lives: thoughts, feelings, relationships, self-image, and more. All you want is to feel better, but it seems impossible.
Even though anxiety may feel impossible to manage, I have good news: it’s highly treatable.
With the help of anxiety therapy, you can reduce your symptoms, learn how to cope with life’s stressors, and return to a place of calm.
That’s where I come in. I’m Steven Reigns, a licensed therapist in Los Angeles and an authority on treating anxiety. Together, we’ll create an anxiety treatment plan that fits your needs. You’ll leave our sessions with actionable steps to start feeling better.
Ready to confront your anxiety and regain a sense of peace?
My Approach to Anxiety Treatment in Los Angeles
Anxiety has a way of making us feel like we’re all alone. We feel stuck in an endless loop of anxious thoughts, making it difficult to be present with the people around us.
We might also feel worried that others won’t understand, which only further isolates us. It can be difficult to see the path toward a calmer life when we feel like we’re struggling with anxiety all by ourselves.
I’m here to tell you that you don’t need to face it alone.
As an anxiety therapist in Los Angeles, I can guide and support you on your healing journey. We will work collaboratively to reduce your anxiety symptoms so you can return to a place of calm.
My approach to anxiety therapy is solutions-oriented. This means that we will focus our efforts on setting and achieving realistic goals for your anxiety treatment.
At the beginning of our work together, I will gather information about your current stressors. This helps me understand the factors that contribute to your anxiety.
However, I believe that talking about our problems only gets us so far. We will spend more energy focusing on how we can reduce anxiety in your life using coping strategies and other relaxation techniques.
Anxiety Treatment That is Tailored to You
With that being said, therapy is a highly individualized process. There is no one-size-fits-all formula for feeling better.
Instead at Therapy for Adults, we will tailor an anxiety treatment plan to your own specific needs. We will work at the pace that is right for you and formulate goals that are unique to you.
I understand that this can feel like a daunting process.
When your mind has been hijacked by anxiety, it may feel difficult to focus on solutions.
That’s why it can be useful to work with a professional. Together, we will identify what has helped ease your anxiety, no matter how seemingly insignificant, and expand on this to create practical strategies for addressing your anxiety symptoms.
Even though you may currently feel completely overwhelmed by your anxiety, I know that you have the ability to heal.
I also believe that you are the expert of your own experience. Who knows how you think and feel better than yourself? You just need some support in harnessing the abilities you’ve had within you all along.
I’m here to guide you in that process. By focusing on your strengths and helping to grow your existing coping repertoire, I can help you with your anxiety.
Anxiety Treatment FAQs
Doesn’t everyone feel anxious sometimes? How do I know if I need professional help?
Anxiety is a natural human experience. The anxiety response exists to keep us safe from threats.
For example, if we saw a bear in the woods, we would feel a surge of anxiety. This would activate the body’s automatic flight or fight response, which would then trigger us to act in a way to protect ourselves.
However, most of us don’t encounter bears on a regular basis anymore. Sometimes our brains work a little too well trying to keep us safe.
That’s where anxiety comes in.
Because anxiety is a universal human experience, it can be difficult to determine when it crosses the threshold from helpful to problematic.
There are certain criteria that mental health professionals use to diagnose people with anxiety. Some of these include symptoms such as difficulty concentrating, irritability, fatigue, and muscle tension.
It’s best to work with a professional to determine whether your anxiety symptoms are clinically significant. However, if you feel like your symptoms seriously impact your ability to live your life, it’s likely that you could benefit from anxiety treatment.
I’ve never been to anxiety therapy before. What should I expect?
How does therapy help with anxiety?
Good question--there are many different reasons why therapy is helpful for people with anxiety.
Anxiety occurs in a cycle: we’re faced with a trigger, avoid it, and over time anxiety increases as we continue to avoid the trigger.
With anxiety therapy, we address those triggers head-on. By confronting our stressors instead of avoiding them, we minimize the intensity of the anxiety.
Therapy is also a venue for learning strategies for coping with anxiety. Expanding on your existing skills and learning new tools can help you effectively manage your anxiety symptoms.
Every anxiety therapist has a unique style, and your treatment is usually tailored to you as an individual. Therefore, it can be difficult to say exactly what to expect in therapy.
With that being said, there are a few general elements that are present in most courses of the anxiety treatment I provide.
We’ll start by discussing your anxiety symptoms and your life stressors. I will also ask about your strengths, support network, and existing coping strategies.
From here, we’ll work together to formulate realistic, attainable goals. We will expand on the tools you already have and also discuss new ways to manage your anxiety symptoms.
During our work together, you will retain autonomy over your anxiety treatment process. I may provide suggestions, but it’s always up to you whether or not you take them.
Our work together will be done at your own pace. I believe that you know yourself best--it’s my role to support you on your healing journey, not to tell you what to do.
We will collaborate on your anxiety treatment so you can get the most out of our time together and have actionable steps to implement outside of the therapy space.
Confront your anxiety and start feeling better with anxiety treatment in Los Angeles, CA
I am skilled in working with individuals and couples presenting a variety of issues and strive to be multiculturally informed. If you are interested in experiencing less pain and improving your life, I encourage you to call Therapy For Adults to set up a consultation. During that call, we will discuss what is not working for you in your life and discover if I am the right fit for you as an anxiety therapist.
In order to start anxiety treatment so you can gain control over your anxious feelings follow these steps:
Reach out or schedule your free consultation today!
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Other Therapy Services I offer in Los Angeles, CA
I offer a variety of counseling services to support you and your relationships through online therapy in California. This includes couples therapy and individual therapy for relationship issues. In addition to dating coaching and therapy for highly sensitive people.