Description My private practice is in Studio City, CA and I specialize in working with clients suffering form addiction, eating disorders, and relational issues. These disorders frequently co-occur with anxiety disorders and may be considered strategies of coping for individuals with overwhelming levels of anxiety.
How do you cope with your anxiety? A certain degree of anxiety is normal. We all experience some anxiety during our lifetime. However, if your anxiety levels are so high that they interfere with the way you live your life than help is available! If you have developed ways to cope with your anxiety that have turned out to be self-harming whether it be drugs, alcohol, disordered eating, self-injury, or some other maladaptive behavior than help is available! Does anxiety keep you from moving forward in your life? Are you afraid to get close to others, afraid to trust others? Do you fear that you will be hurt or abandoned if you get close to someone? Is anxiety about getting pregnant interfering with your fertility? For these and many other reasons, I see clients in my private practice to help them recover from their various types of anxiety and worry.
You may be overwhelmed by constant worry, experience panic attacks, and/or have obsessions and compulsions. Through individual therapy, clients can learn how to work through their fears. In my private practice, I work with clients to help them overcome their anxiety disorders and the disorders that may occur simultaneously such as drug and alcohol addiction and eating disorders so clients can experience their feelings without displacing or replacing these thoughts and feelings with maladaptive behaviors. I believe that therapy can help clients learn how to make healthy choices, resolve conflicts, heal past trauma, and create more satisfying relationships. Please see my website www.drlynnefriedmangell.com or www.recoverypsychology.com for more information.