Stress therapists in Gilroy, California CA
Stress
Dr. Kelly Smith
Psychologist, Ph.D.
When you work in certain fields ongoing stress is a part of your job. However, sometimes when you go home it isn't so easy to just put that down. Families don't always understand why you are on guard, have difficulty turning off your brain, are irritable, angry, sad, or shut down emotionally. Sometimes those hard experiences that you see stick with you. At work they all get it, but you can't always be at work. It is possible to learn ways to better manage stress and let go of those memories so that when your loves ones need you, you can be present, loving, and connected. Don't let your job make your family a statistic.
14 Years Experience
Stress
Regina Lazarovich
Psychologist, PhD
Challenging life transitions can often bring up anxiety and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) can help. CBT is an evidence-based form of therapy that focuses on changing patterns of thinking (cognitions) and behaviors associated with stress and anxiety. CBT is supported by research and considered to be the “gold standard” treatment for anxiety disorders. Research indicates that over 60% of those who undergo CBT experience a significant improvement in anxiety symptoms in 12 - 20 sessions. The tools and skills learned during CBT last a lifetime.
I commonly teach CBT strategies such as relaxation skills, problem solving, assertiveness skills and cognitive restructuring, which means reframing unhelpful thoughts. If you feel that stress and anxiety are negatively impacting your life then you are worthy of help and I would be honored to be your guide towards greater freedom and ease.
12 Years Experience
Stress
Timothy Walker
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Stress is everywhere! In the news! Social media! Our commute! Finances! Our relationships! And stress has a nasty habit of multiplying exponentially, seemingly no matter what we do. Focus on the stress and the stress sometimes grows. Ignore the stress and it grows. What to do? How to win? The questions seem unanswerable, and yet, with dialogue and exploration, solutions can be find.
7 Years Experience
Stress
Misty Johnson
Counselor/Therapist, LCSW
I have many tools and practices and much support to offer to those who are doing their best to navigate both positive and negative stress. Together we can channel maladaptation into more productive avenues for our stress.
6 Years Experience
Stress
Melanie Goetz
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
When we feel bogged down by stress, it’s often difficult to get the same sense of enjoyment we once received from life’s simple pleasures, hobbies, and social engagements. A sense of guilt sometimes follows any effort to honor ourselves with self-care activities, a guilt that says “you should be doing…” or asks “is this really the best use of your time?”
Therapy can be the place to examine the root of the criticism, the values in the decisions you’re making, and to work through the mental, emotional and physical exhaust that so frequently comes with stress. We’ll cater our approach to precisely what your current experience is, considering how you’ve overcome past experiences of stress, as well.
9 Years Experience