Anxiety Help L.A.

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  • Free Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

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    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

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    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…

  • Guided Imagery for Stress Reduction

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    Belleruth Naparstek guides:

  • The Anxiety Bookstore

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    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

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    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

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    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

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

  • Disconnectivity Anxiety

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    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…

  • Health Anxiety

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    Health anxiety on the increase. The internet, he says, is one reason. “Everyone looks up their symptoms, but the internet tells you everything and nothing.” O’Neill agrees: “Type in flu symptoms and you will be able to find a huge range of diseases from a common cold to the early stages of an HIV infection.”…

  • More Attachment, Less Anxiety

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    Can a mother’s affection prevent anxiety in adulthood? According to the study, which followed nearly 500 infants into their 30s, babies who receive above-average levels of affection and attention from their mothers are less likely than other babies to grow up to be emotionally distressed, anxious, or hostile adults. (CNN)