Anxiety Therapy in Sherman Oaks

Finding Relief – Anxiety Counseling in Sherman Oaks and Compassion Every Step of the Way

Do you feel like anxiety is holding you back? When you’re stuck in a cycle of worry, fear, or unease, everyday life can feel like an uphill battle. The good news is that you don’t have to face this struggle alone. With the right anxiety support and tools, you can manage anxiety and rediscover a sense of calm and control in your life.

We provide compassionate anxiety therapy in Sherman Oaks to support the local community.

Anxiety is one of the most common mental health challenges, affecting millions of people. It can show up in many ways:

Signs and Symptoms of Anxiety:

• Feeling nervous, tense, irritable, or tearful.
• Difficulty concentrating, making decisions, or thinking beyond your current worry.
• Increased heart rate, rapid breathing, sweating, trembling, nausea, stomach issues, dizziness, or feeling weak.
• Avoiding situations that trigger anxiety or engaging in compulsive behaviors.
• Struggling to fall asleep or stay asleep.
• Feeling a sense of impending danger, panic, or doom, feeling detached, or experiencing intrusive traumatic thoughts.
• Experiencing panic attacks, which are sudden and overwhelming episodes of intense fear or discomfort that can include physical symptoms like chest pain, shortness of breath, and a racing heart.

Anxiety can make it difficult to enjoy the simple pleasures in life, connect with loved ones, or thrive in your career. While occasional anxiety is a very natural response to stress, persistent or overwhelming anxiety may signal an anxiety disorder. Anxiety disorders can also co-occur with depression and other mental health issues, and may stem from past experiences or trauma.

How Anxiety Counseling in Sherman Oaks Can Help

Anxiety Therapy provides a safe, supportive space to understand your anxiety and take meaningful steps toward relief. Together with your anxiety therapist we’ll start to:

Identify triggers and patterns contributing to your anxiety.

• • In Therapy for Anxiety, we will begin by talking about your day to day experiences and discover the repetitive times and patterns as to when your anxiety shows up. It may be at work, home, in social situations or in the middle of the night. Sometimes anxiety can be predictable but often it is not. That’s ok! We are going to look deeper into “why” anxiety continues to surface in your lif

Challenge and reframe negative thought patterns.

• • In your anxiety counseling sessions, we will employ Cognitive Behavior Therapy to identify the quiet (and sometimes loud) thoughts that are contributing to your distress.  These are what we call “Negative Cognitions”.  You may be acutely aware of these thoughts but often they are subconscious. In a safe space, we will explore the root cause of these messages which often began in childhood or within other significant relationships. We are going to work hard together to challenge and quiet those voices while creating a kinder and more realistic way of thinking and living.  

Develop practical coping strategies to reduce stress.

• • A large part of our work together is going to be designing tools specifically tailored to your personal needs. At Lasker and Associates we specialize in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy which we employ to help our clients gain relief from anxiety. That relief will come as you learn skills and practice new behaviors and tools to take control of the anxiety and its effect on your life.

Learn communication skills to express emotions and improve relationships.

• • Very often when we are feeling anxious, we go into a fight or flight response. This causes communication skills to shut down. Many people withdraw from conflict out of fear that they won’t be able to properly express themselves. Others become flooded with emotion and fly into anger or rage. We will teach you how to identify your feelings and then articulate in a way that is clear, compassionate towards the listener and effectively gets your message across.

Regain confidence and take control of your mental well-being.

• • Anxiety often brings out feelings of inadequacy and insecurity. Through effective Therapy for Anxiety you will quiet the noise in your head, stop the spiraling in your head and experience a new sense of well-being that will allow you to feel confident in your life and comfortable in your body.

You don’t have to navigate anxiety alone. Our team of compassionate anxiety therapists in Sherman Oaks are here to help you take the first step toward a more balanced and fulfilling life. Reach out today to schedule a consultation and discover how therapy can make a difference.

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