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Anxiety Therapy Near Me

When is the right time to seek help?

Anxiety is a problem that can get worse if the stressors continue to build up. People may feel ashamed to ask for help or believe that it’s not ‘that big a problem’, thus covering their feelings and dealing with it alone. It’s important to know that you deserve support and, as lonely as you feel, people care.

If you’re not comfortable talking to a loved one, there are many other platforms available. Online support groups and anxiety counseling give you the opportunity to talk to people who understand you.

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What is Grief Counseling

Grief counseling, or bereavement counseling, is designed to help people cope with the loss of a loved one. A grief counselor can help you develop methods and strategies for coping with your loss and grief. Grief counseling provides bereaved people with an avenue to discuss their feelings and emotions, helping them discover ways to ease the grieving process.

Grief is a natural reaction to any form of loss, especially someone’s death. It goes beyond mere sadness and often evokes feelings of confusion, doubt, guilt, anger, and other complex emotions.

“Grief doesn’t really ever go away. It changes over time. We learn to grow around our grief. In therapy, you can slowly develop the ability for joy and pain to coexist.”

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Will Your Attachment Style End your Marriage?

Most people have a secure attachment style, meaning that they trust their partners to meet their needs. However, others develop an insecure attachment style, which leads them to distrust their partners, especially in conflict situations. We know that the best chances for a successful marriage occur when both partners have secure attachment styles, whereas the outcomes for marriages between insecurely attached partners is more variable.

Insecure attachment comes in two forms, anxious and avoidant. Persons with an anxious attachment style fear their partner will not be there for them when they need them most, so they tend to be clingy and demanding. Because they can be so overbearing, they often drive away the ones they want to be closest to. Persons with avoidant attachment style also believe that their partner won’t be there for them, but that’s not what bothers them. They value their independence and know how to take care of their own needs.

If you and your partner find that you are struggling in your marriage, please reach out to Elevate Mental Health so that we can support you in your healthy journey. We now provide video sessions to anyone the State of California.

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Family Therapy

How to Get Started

Family therapy is often short-term, but it may also take place for a year or longer, depending on the situation and needs of the family. While it frequently involves all family unit members, it may also focus on those who are willing or able to participate in treatment.

During therapy sessions, the therapist will ask questions to learn more about the problems that have brought the family to therapy. They will also look at other factors contributing to issues, such as underlying mental health conditions and environmental stress.

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Yoga Therapy for Mental Health

Yoga therapy is a type of therapy that uses yoga postures, breathing exercises, meditation, and guided imagery to improve mental and physical health. The holistic focus of yoga therapy encourages the integration of mind, body, and spirit. Modern yoga therapy covers a broad range of therapeutic modalities, incorporating elements from both physical therapy and psychotherapy.

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OCD Disorder

OCD usually begins in the teen or young adult years, but it can start in childhood. Symptoms usually begin gradually and tend to vary in severity throughout life. The types of obsessions and compulsions you experience can also change over time. Symptoms generally worsen when you experience greater stress. OCD, usually considered a lifelong disorder, can have mild to moderate symptoms or be so severe and time-consuming that it becomes disabling.

OCD often centers around certain themes — for example, an excessive fear of getting contaminated by germs. To ease your contamination fears, you may compulsively wash your hands until they’re sore and chapped.

There’s no sure way to prevent obsessive-compulsive disorder. However, getting treatment as soon as possible may help prevent OCD from worsening and disrupting activities and your daily routine.

Request an Appointment at Elevate Mental Health

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Couples Psychotherapy

Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy for Couples: An Insight into the Treatment of Couple Hardships and Struggles

Cognitive-behavioral couple therapy (CBCT) aims at assisting romantic partners who report distress in their relationship. Over the years, CBCT has been extensively evaluated in treatment outcome studies, which have repeatedly concluded in its effectiveness for decreasing couple distress and dissatisfaction as well as for addressing communication or problem-solving difficulties. Studies have also found that such improvements seem to be maintained for up to 2 years by most couples.

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Individual Mental Health Therapy

Elevate Mental Health is an integrative mental health and human services profession that enriches the lives of individuals, families, and communities through active art-making, creative process, applied psychological theory, and human experience within a psychotherapeutic relationship.

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Best Online Therapy

Get online therapy and psychological counseling for depression, anxiety, panic attack, phobia, bipolar disorder, relationship issues, breakup, autism, sleep disorder, stress, anger issues. Receive Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and relationship counseling through Elevate Mental Health experienced and certified psychologists.

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Teen Issues

The teenage years can be full of pressure, uncertainty, and change. But you’re not alone and you can feel better. Teenagers face real concerns, between 13 and 19 years of age, on a daily basis as this is the most awkward growth stage of their lives. During this time, teens are exposed to some overwhelming external and internal struggles. They go through, and are expected to cope with hormonal changes, puberty, social and parental forces, work and school pressures, and so on. Many teens feel misunderstood. It is vital that their feelings and thoughts are validated and that the validation comes from their parents. Parents need to approach their children, who have been dealing with teenage growth issues, carefully and in a friendly manner to discuss the concern.

With the changing times seeking professional help has became a common practice and more accessible.

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Addiction and Recovery Services

Addiction Treatment Services & Recovery Care

At Elevate Mental Health, we are committed to helping patients break the cycle of addiction through our comprehensive addiction treatment services and recovery programs. Our team of addiction-focused psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and counselors offer individualized addiction treatment and recovery for adults, children and adolescents trying to beat dependency on alcohol, drugs or other addictive behaviors.

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Couples Counseling

At Elevate Mental Health, helping couples is our specialty; we are a group of expert couples therapists who see couples all day, every day. We are proud to use the most effective and evidence-based form of couples therapy available today.

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Stress Management

Stress is the pressure and tension we feel when faced with a real or perceived threat including situations that are new, unpleasant, or overwhelming.

The vast majority of college students (80 percent) report being stressed and overwhelmed by all they have to do. It is also reported as the top factor impacting academic achievement.

Positive stress (eustress) can get you going and help you focus to meet life’s challenges. However, distress occurs if you have too much stress or if you don’t deal with it properly, causing all kinds of health complications and troubles in your relationships.

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Postpartum Anxiety

Symptoms of postpartum anxiety

Keep in mind that most (if not all) new parents experience some worry. But the symptoms of postpartum anxiety disorder include:

constant or near-constant worry that can’t be eased

feelings of dread about things you fear will happen

sleep disruption (yes, this is a hard one to pick out, since a newborn means your sleep will be disrupted even without having anxiety — but think of this as waking up or having trouble sleeping at times when your baby’s sleeping peacefully)

racing thoughts

There are a couple of even more specific types of postpartum anxiety — postpartum panic disorder and postpartum obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Their symptoms match those of their non-postpartum counterparts, though may relate more specifically to your role as a new parent.

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Mental Health Professional Near Me

Robert Sack, PhD

Licensed Clinical Psychologist/ Owner

Dr. Sack is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist (PSY23839) who conducts individual, couples and family therapy. He also conducts a wide array of psychological assessments for the State of California, Ventura and Los Angeles Counties, attorneys, schools and businesses. Dr. Sack works with a wide variety of clients, but he specializes in working with teenagers and young adults, along with their family/support systems.

He is an interactive, reflective therapist who provides support, insight and practical feedback to help clients effectively address personal life challenges. He integrates complementary methods and techniques to offer a highly personalized approach tailored to each person. With respect and understanding, he works with each individual to help build the strengths and attain the personal growth they are committed to accomplishing. The goal in therapy is to not just “fix” the current problem, but to also help you identify and work through the foundational issues.​

Accepting new clients: Not at this time.

Fees: $200.00-$250.00​

Book Your Appointment With Robert Today!

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Registered Addiction Specialist

Dr. Whillma Quenicka, PhD, RAS

Licensed Clinical Psychologist (PSY30598) Registered Addiction Specialist (Q0912032016)

I was born and raised in Indonesia. I moved to the United States in my late teen-early adulthood due to political turmoil and monetary crisis in my home country. I fluently speak Indonesian, Sundanese, and English. I am currently learning Spanish. As someone with multicultural background (Chinese Dutch Indonesian) married to a Latino, I know that our cultural lenses shape our world view and influence how we function. One’s mental illness and mental health is highly influenced by biopsychosocial factors including cultural embedded beliefs and values.

We are excited to welcome Dr. Quenicka to Elevate Psychological Group! She is now booking sessions to begin in July 2022. Contact us today to begin your healing journey.

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Shame and Guilt Therapy

Trauma-Related Shame and Guilt: What Therapeutic Approaches Can Help You Cope?

The conversation about trauma has grown and expanded greatly just in the last decade.

Although the words “shame” and “guilt” are often used interchangeably, they are very different concepts. Guilt is the feeling you experience after doing something that you knew, either at the time or later, to be wrong.