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Avigail SchotzPsychotherapy · LMFT (she/her)

Anxiety therapy in Los Angeles

Anxiety doesn’t have to run the show.

A thoughtful place to slow down, understand what anxiety is asking of you, and make more room for the life you want to live.

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In person in Mid-City Los Angeles. Online across California and Connecticut.

Red canyon walls beneath a wide blue sky

When worry takes up too much room

Anxiety can be loud. It can also be very convincing.

Maybe your mind is always doing the next calculation: what could go wrong, how to avoid disappointing someone, whether you have missed something important. It may arrive as sleeplessness, a tight chest, irritability, indecision, or a feeling that you can never quite settle.

Anxiety is not a character flaw. It is often trying, in its own insistent way, to protect something that matters.

A different kind of conversation

What is anxiety standing in for, or standing up for?

Therapy can make room to explore the ways anxiety takes you away from, or brings you closer to, the values and relationships that matter to you. Together, we can ask new questions that help you change your relationship with anxiety: What does it assume about who holds power, and is that assumption accurate? What does it know about risk, and what might it be guessing at? What feels at risk? What has this anxious story come to impede, and what do you want instead?

These questions are not a checklist. Anxiety can look similar from the outside, but you are not a template. I will shape our conversations around your particular lived experience and what matters most to you.

In person or online

Care that can fit into a Los Angeles life.

For some people, sitting together in a room provides a welcome pause from the pace of the city. For others, online therapy is the most realistic way to make a regular conversation possible. I offer both: in-person sessions in Mid-City Los Angeles and online sessions for clients throughout California and Connecticut.

During a consultation, we can talk through the practical side as well as the emotional one. The point is to find a form of support that feels sustainable, not to add another impossible obligation to an already full week.

Questions, answered

About anxiety therapy in Los Angeles

Do I need to have a diagnosis to begin anxiety therapy?

No. You do not need a diagnosis, a perfectly formed explanation, or a particular level of distress to reach out. If worry, fear, self-doubt, or a sense of being on alert is taking up too much space, we can talk about what is happening and what you would like to be different.

Do you offer anxiety therapy in person in Los Angeles?

Yes. I offer in-person sessions in Mid-City Los Angeles, as well as online therapy across California and Connecticut. A free 15-minute consultation is a good place to talk through what format may feel most workable for you.

What if anxiety is affecting my relationship or work?

Anxiety rarely stays neatly contained. It can shape communication, intimacy, creative work, decision-making, sleep, and the way you move through a demanding day. Therapy can make room to explore those effects without reducing you to them.

How often would we meet?

Many people find that meeting weekly helps create momentum, especially at the beginning. Frequency is something we can discuss together in light of your needs and availability.

A little more room can start here

Let’s see whether this could be a good fit.

Request a free 15-minute consultation with me. We can talk through what is bringing you in and decide on a next step together.

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You can also call (323) 944-2024.