Anxiety therapists in South Yuba City, CA
Browse Anxiety therapists in South Yuba City, California. Compare credentials, specialties and therapeutic approach. Contact a therapist to learn more.
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Shila Vardell, AMFT
Pre-Licensed Professional, AMFT
Anxiety can sometimes feel overwhelming. It can often be accompanied by negative physiological symptoms. This can be debilitating and imped with your daily functioning. We can work together to explore where these feelings are coming from and ways to overcome these feelings so you can live a happy and meaningful life.
3 Years Experience
In-Person Near South Yuba City, CA
Online in South Yuba City, CA
Dr. David Shapiro
Psychologist, California Licensed Psychologist (License# PSY17495)
Moving from Reactive Defense to Executive Mastery
Anxiety and fear are natural survival mechanisms, yet when left unmanaged, they quietly narrow your life—paralyzing decision-making, draining vitality, and keeping your nervous system trapped in a state of high alert.
My approach to anxiety is rooted in a fundamental principle: we master fear not by avoiding, invalidating, or fighting it, but by learning to engage with it safely and intentionally. Avoidance offers temporary relief, but it ultimately reinforces the brain’s alarm system. True relief comes from systematically teaching your body and mind that you can face challenges without becoming overwhelmed.
An Integrative, Neuro-Informed Framework
Rather than applying a rigid, one-size-fits-all anxiety protocol, I synthesize insights from modern neuroscience, cognitive science, and Eastern mindfulness practices to help you regain grounded control:
Physiological Regulation & The Observer Mind: Drawing from mindfulness and neuroscience, I help you step into the "observer position"—observing and describing anxious sensations without getting swept away by them. This process helps integrate the executive functions of the prefrontal cortex with the primitive survival impulses of the limbic system, settling the body’s "biological alarm."
Cognitive Reframing: We identify and update the extreme interpretations, catastrophe-driven scripts, and implicit assumptions that fuel chronic worry, replacing mental noise with realistic, empowering perspectives.
Controlled Exposure & Desensitization: Guided by gold-standard behavioral research, we design strategic, manageable steps to help you face feared situations or reprocess anxiety-inducing memories in a safe, controlled manner—expanding your comfort zone without flooding your system.
Trauma-Informed Integration: When anxiety stems from unresolved past experiences or traumatic stress, we work gently to reprocess those memories, helping your nervous system recognize that the past is over and safety is present.
Action-Oriented Empowerment
Ultimately, the goal of our work is not merely to eliminate uncomfortable feelings, but to ensure that fear no longer dictates your choices.
Whether through meditative breathwork, cognitive restructuring, controlled memory reprocessing, or strategic behavioral action plans, we build a tailored toolkit designed for your specific life and goals. You will learn to quiet the internal alarm, access genuine presence, and take decisive action in alignment with what matters most to you.
26 Years Experience
In-Person Near South Yuba City, CA
Online in South Yuba City, CA
Relationship Therapy Center - serving individuals and couples in CA online and in the Sacramento area
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, Certified Gottman Therapist
How to stop an anxiety attack or thoughts that cause anxiety. We have therapists that offer CBT treatment for anxiety. You can be free of anxiety by working with a therapist specializing in anxiety. Find a therapist in Fair Oaks, CA
12 Years Experience
In-Person Near South Yuba City, CA
Online in South Yuba City, CA
Jean-Marie Bottequin
Life Coach, WAPP
Autophobia Loneliness is a very sensitive and current problem of the human soul, which affects all of us, regardless of wealth, intellectual level or academic degree. There is no person who can claim to have never experienced this special, sometimes painful, but sometimes very deep and beautiful inner state.
Problematic relationships are not reasons for, but the consequence of loneliness
I work with the lower part of the iceberg, which is not immediately recognizable and understandable. So if we want to know true love and friendship, if we want to feel this happiness of being understood, of being "on the same wavelength" with other people, then we ourselves have to solve deep problems that are connected to the needs of our own soul.
36 Years Experience
Online in South Yuba City, CA
Lisa Paer
Counselor/Therapist, LMFT, LPCC, EMDR Certified
Shortness of breath, beating heart, tense muscles, sweaty palms, restlessness, difficulty sleeping...you try to remind yourself that your anxiety is irrational, but it's not enough. The symptoms continue. You just don't know what to do anymore, because if telling yourself to "calm down" actually worked then you wouldn't be here! Anxiety is inherently a fear of the unknown. People with anxiety tend to struggle with not feeling in control. Fears of future (worst-case, of course) scenarios plague your mind. Sound like you? You've come to the right place. I use research-backed methods to treat these symptoms and more.
11 Years Experience
Online in South Yuba City, CA (Online Only)
Anxiety therapists in South Yuba City, CA Statistics
Anxiety therapists in South Yuba City, CA average 16 years of experience and charge around $208 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (66%), Psychodynamic Therapy (40%), and Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) (35%).
Average years in practice
16 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$208
Accept insurance
37%
Offer sliding scale
48%
Gender ID
| 70% |
Female |
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| 26% |
Male |
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| 2% |
Non-Binary |
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| 2% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 63% |
In Person and Online |
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| 37% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 66% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 40% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
| 35% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 31% | Existential / Humanistic Therapy |
| 29% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 29% | Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) |
| 26% | Somatic Therapy |
Ages Served
| 97% | Adult |
| 61% | Young Adult |
| 49% | Senior |
| 47% | Teen |
| 22% | Children |
Client Focus
| 57% | Women |
| 40% | LGBTQ+ |
| 36% | Men |
| 24% | Hispanic / Latino |
| 23% | Christian |