Anxiety therapists in Portola Valley, California CA
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Anxiety or Fears
Laurie Gulutzan
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
I have worked with many clients experiencing a variety of challenges with anxiety. Anxiety can take many forms ant I primary use CBT and ACT as foundations in this work.
19 Years Experience
In-Person Near Portola Valley, CA
Online in Portola Valley, California
Anxiety or Fears
Dr. Daniele Levy, Bay Area Cognitive Therapy
Psychologist, PhD, MBA
In treating anxiety disorders, I use evidence-based therapies to help clients understand and manage the patterns fueling their anxiety. My approach combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) techniques to address the thoughts and behaviors that intensify anxiety. I work with clients to develop coping strategies, challenge unhelpful beliefs, and practice mindfulness skills. Together, we aim to build resilience and improve daily functioning, empowering you to handle anxiety with greater confidence and resilience.
15 Years Experience
In-Person Near Portola Valley, CA
Online in Portola Valley, California
Anxiety or Fears
Stefani Largent
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Worry, Anticipatory Anxiety
15 Years Experience
In-Person Near Portola Valley, CA
Online in Portola Valley, California
Anxiety or Fears
Robert Holaway
Psychologist, Ph.D.
I have specialized in the treatment of anxiety and fear for over 20 years. I practice evidence-based psychotherapy (including CBT and ACT) and integrate these treatments with a warm, pragmatic, and goal-oriented approach. My goal is to help you overcome your fear and anxiety and live a more fulfilling and meaningful life free of suffering.
16 Years Experience
In-Person Near Portola Valley, CA
Online in Portola Valley, California
Anxiety or Fears
Shohreh Schmuecker
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
As your therapist, I will offer you exercises/tools, somatic perspectives and grounding to help you regulate your nervous system. I will hold space with you and I will approach your anxiety with compassion and curiosity, honoring the defenses that keep us going.
10 Years Experience
Online in Portola Valley, California (Online Only)
Anxiety or Fears
Anders Greenwood
Psychologist, Psy.D, Ph.D.
I enjoy helping clients accept and like themselves, organize around strengths, achieve greater emotional presence, think clearly, and let go of shame, guilt and old habits of emotional survival. I believe therapy should lead to better decisions, as well as improved quality of life and relationships.
21 Years Experience
In-Person Near Portola Valley, CA
Anxiety or Fears
H. Yamel Medina
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
EMDR, CPT, ACT, evidence based somatic therapy options
20 Years Experience
Online in Portola Valley, California (Online Only)
Anxiety or Fears
Rinat Kass
Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Stress is a part of life and you cannot eliminate it completely. What you can do is learn to manage the anxiety symptoms and minimize the negative effects stress has on you. In our work together, I will help you examine unnecessary stress that you create and therefore can remove from your life. I will also explore with you ways to better manage the stress in your life that is inevitable.
17 Years Experience
In-Person Near Portola Valley, CA
Online in Portola Valley, California
Anxiety or Fears
Eric Pierson
Psychologist, Clinical Psychologist
Many people suffer from anxiety and fears, from a specific phobia to a general sense of unease they carry with them throughout the day. I have a great deal of experience in helping people feel more at ease, from simple tools like exposure for phobias, to longer term strategies, like mindfulness practices, to help folks feel more calm in their day to day life.
9 Years Experience
In-Person Near Portola Valley, CA
Online in Portola Valley, California
Anxiety or Fears
Regina Lazarovich
Psychologist, PhD
I specialize in helping people who struggle with panic attacks, social anxiety, health anxiety, generalized anxiety, and phobias.
Anxiety:
You’ve always been a worrier and it’s helped you set and achieve your goals. Lately though, it’s interfering with your work and personal life. It feels like you spend all your time worrying about your career or health or relationships, and less time enjoying those things.
Anxiety doesn’t always look like worrying, sometimes it can show up as disturbed sleep, stomach problems, or irritability. Some people procrastinate, others overwork. Anxiety can even come in the form of specific phobias: intense fears of objects or situations that make your heart race and your stomach drop.
With Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), I’ll teach you skills for working with unhelpful thoughts and behaviors so you can reclaim your life from anxiety and move towards the nourishing connections you crave.
Panic Attacks & Agoraphobia:
You’re feeling anxious, frustrated, and confused by your experience of sudden rushes of fear accompanied by worry that you’re having a heart attack, dying, going insane, losing control, having a nervous breakdown, or fainting. During these episodes your heart feels like it’s about to burst out of your chest, you feel short of breath, your mouth is dry, you may also be sweating, trembling, shaking, nauseous, hot or cold, dizzy, lightheaded, numb or tingly, and feeling detached from yourself or from reality. These episodes of intense fear are called panic attacks.
Your life may have gotten smaller as you have started avoiding or feeling very anxious in situations because you worry that you might have another panic attack and feel trapped, helpless, or embarrassed. For example, you may fear being in open or enclosed spaces, crowded places, standing in line, or using public transit. Avoiding situations from which escape might be difficult or where help may be unavailable is called agoraphobia.
Panic attacks and agoraphobia are symptoms of panic disorder. Panic disorder traps you in a vicious cycle that begins when you believe the accompanying physical sensations are dangerous. Over time, these beliefs place more attention on physical symptoms which triggers more fear, which perpetuates the panic cycle.
With Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), I’ll teach you skills for working with thoughts and behaviors so you can break the panic cycle.
12 Years Experience
In-Person Near Portola Valley, CA
Online in Portola Valley, California