Are you exhausted from overthinking and overanalyzing everything?
Anxiety Therapy in Los Angeles and all of California
Time to stop the overthinking and live in the present.
What is Anxiety Therapy?
Anxiety therapy helps people who are feeling stuck in their anxious thoughts and wanting to find a way to feel more calm and present. It is for people who overthink and have thoughts that constantly stress them out, that they want to let go of.
The primary approaches include Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which focuses on identifying and altering negative thought patterns and behaviors. This also includes letting go of core beliefs you have developed since you were young, often including limiting beliefs that are necessarily true. Other therapy models may include mindfulness practices, and stress management techniques. The goal is to equip individuals with tools and strategies to cope with anxiety, improve their quality of life, and achieve better emotional regulation.
You may need anxiety counseling if:
* You are an over thinker and feel stuck in your thoughts.
* You constantly imagine the worst case scenario and it causes you stress.
* Social settings cause you anxiety and you wonder constantly what people think of you.
* You feel like you are “in your head” rather than in the moment.
* You have trouble sleeping at night due to the constant stress and worries.
* You experience panic attacks where things feel out of control and you no longer feel like yourself.
If you are experiencing any of these feelings, then therapy might be the best fit for you. Dr. Takamoto would love to help you and would be honored to guide you in letting go of the anxiety and feeling the peace you desire.
Take charge of your life.
How Anxiety Therapy Works
Your life doesn’t look the way you want it to.
Anxiety therapy primarily works by helping individuals understand the root causes of their anxiety and developing strategies to manage and reduce their symptoms. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is one of the most effective forms of anxiety therapy. It focuses on identifying and challenging negative thought patterns and beliefs that contribute to anxiety. Through CBT, individuals learn to replace these negative thoughts with more realistic and positive ones, which can help reduce anxiety levels.
Additionally, CBT often includes behavioral techniques such as exposure therapy, where individuals gradually face and become desensitized to anxiety-provoking situations in a controlled and supportive environment. This process helps reduce avoidance behaviors and increases confidence in managing anxiety triggers.
Other therapeutic approaches can complement CBT in treating anxiety. For example, mindfulness-based therapies teach individuals to focus on the present moment and develop a non-judgmental awareness of their thoughts and feelings, which can reduce the impact of anxiety.
Stress management techniques, including relaxation exercises, deep breathing, and progressive muscle relaxation, can provide immediate relief from anxiety symptoms. Ultimately, anxiety therapy aims to provide individuals with a toolkit of coping strategies and techniques to manage their anxiety effectively, improve their quality of life, and create a sense of control over their emotional well-being.
FAQs about how Anxiety Therapy works
If you have more questions have a look at the FAQ page or reach out.
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You might have anxiety if you have persistent worry or fear, even when there's no immediate threat. You might feel restless, irritable, or find it hard to concentrate. Sleep disturbances are common as well, such as difficulty falling or staying asleep. Also, if you are constantly feeling like you are "in your head" and overanalyzing everything.
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Dr. Takamoto will first and foremost help you understand that you are not your anxiety, you are not your thoughts, they are just a distressing symptom you may be experiencing. she will help you find more acceptance in it, which often helps alleviate a lot of the anxiety.
Dr. Takamoto will then go through tools to help you cope, such as reframing your thoughts, changing your behaviors, learning to find acceptance, calming your body which in turn helps you to calm your mind. She takes a holistic approach and can also help you work through past trauma so you can get to the root of what is causing the issues.
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Most people Dr. Takamoto works with notice an immediate relief in some symptoms of anxiety, but it will definitely take a few weeks or even months to have more long term improvement in your overall anxiety.
Imagine life where…
You no longer feel controlled by the thoughts in your mind.
You learn to accept thoughts as thoughts, rather than a part of you.
You break free from the crippling anxiety and learn to live the life you want, not held back from the fears.
You feel more confident in your social interactions and build your self worth.
You can better accomplish your day to day tasks and reach your goals.
You feel more peaceful and not so on edge all the time.
How Anxiety Therapy in Los Angeles, CA can help you:
Giving you the space to be able to talk out your anxieties and shift your way of thinking about them.
Helping you with tools to reframe your negative beliefs that have held you captive in your own mind.
Give you tools to relax your body and find more stillness in your life, which will in turn help quiet the anxious thoughts.
Allow you to feel like you can live more in the present moment and live life more fully again.
Working through limiting beliefs you have developed from childhood so you can feel more empowered.
Dr. Takamoto would be honored to help you heal from your anxiety for good.
