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  • Help with Anxiety in Los Angeles

    Anxiety Treatment L.A. offers professional help with anxiety and stress.  Anxiety symptoms can decrease dramatically with treatment.  If you’re in Los Angeles and struggling with anxiety, call Anxiety Treatment L.A. to discuss what you’re going through and arrange a first appointment:  (323) 739-4322

  • Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic

    Another anxiety workbook to check out:  Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic, by Michelle Craske and David Barlow.  It’s a comprehensive, CBT-based book that carefully walks you through a clear, well thought-out program.  Says one Amazon reviewer: This workbook is much more simple to understand and follow compared to other CBT books I’ve read (and…

  • Understanding the Anxious Mind

    A year-old New York Times Magazine piece takes some time to look at anxiety. ANXIETY IS NOT fear, exactly, because fear is focused on something right in front of you, a real and objective danger. It is instead a kind of fear gone wild, a generalized sense of dread about something out there that seems menacing…

  • Free Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

    It’s August 1st, the day for this month’s free CBT clinic at the Southern California Counseling Center.  What you do:  show up between 2 and 6.  What you get: a free consultation session with a CBT therapist. Desired result: Less anxiety and increased knowledge about anxiety treatment. Cost: Zilch. More info:  Here’s an interview with…

  • The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety

    Book spotlight #2:  The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety.  This is ACT in action.  Walks you through the treatment, includes a CD with forms and audio.  One Amazon reviewer’s report: This is one of the best and most comprehensive books I’ve ever read on anxiety and panic disorders – and I’ve read a lot…

  • The Anxiety Bookstore

    Now on the anxietyLA.com Anxiety Books page and at Amazon:  “The Anxiety Bookstore.” Virtual shelves are divided by types of anxiety, types of treatment, workbooks, memoirs, etc.  Also, non-anxiety sections (depression, anger, chronic pain…).  Happy reading!

  • Anxiety and Phobia Workbook

    Book spotlight:  The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook, by Edmund J. Bourne.  Still going strong after four editions. One Amazon reviewer’s weigh-in: I was amazed at how the breathing techniques and muscle relaxation exercises, done several times a day…greatly improved my anxiety issues. Who knew that most of us do not know how to breathe correctly,…

  • Music, Mood, and Performance

    Background Music Can Impair Performance, Cites New Study For decades research has shown that listening to music alleviates anxiety and depression, enhances mood, and can increase cognitive functioning, such as spatial awareness. However, until now, research has not addressed how we listen to music… (ScienceDaily)

  • Anxiety Treatment 2.0

    Anxiety Treatment L.A. is also on facebook and twitter.  All aboard! Looking for online anxiety support?  Try our anxiety support page.

  • Disconnectivity Anxiety

    Writer proposes a syndrome, Disconnectivity Anxiety: Do you freak out when you lose your mobile phone signal? Do you get stressed when your Internet goes down? Are you mortified if you have to use dial-up to access your email? If so, you may be suffering from “Disconnectivity Anxiety.” Though not an official psychiatric disorder, I see it as a growing…