Carl Wells Therapist

Anxiety Suddenly Experienced

Have you ever instantly started to feel anxious and insecure and you didn’t even deserve to live or to have any pleasure or security? You think this will never get any better even though you’ve been through these feelings before, maybe many times before. Maybe you were feeling ok until you got a critical message or a triggering event that you think might not affect the average person that way. Maybe a key person was gone for awhile or wasn’t as supportive. 

You are not alone and might be surprised how many people suffer these painful feelings that few people might know that you have. 

Help is available now. I have worked with many people who suffer these problems and have helped them to learn to manage these feelings and improve their lives. Don’t wait out the rest of your life thinking you are doomed because you are not. You deserve to live a happier life, and you can.

I welcome your comments or questions.

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Commonsense Anxiety Reduction

Have you given up hope that you can free yourself of terribly painful anxious feelings? Help is readily available to help you to put an end to your suffering. Do you suffer anxiety that won’t go away, whether in many situations, or only certain ones? Although highly effective treatments are available from experienced therapists you might have given up hope that you could conquor these devastating emotions that rob you of the peace and quality of life you deserve.

Do you agonize over what maintains your suffering? Chances are that you are doing what comes ‘naturally’ and that you are doing the best you know how and for very good reasons. I mean you are striving for peace and security, a very good reason! But the way out of this mess requires doing some things that might very well seem as if they are the very worst way out.

Often, in treating new patients I am filled with compassion when they tell me they are scared to death of dwelling on or getting swallowed up by anxiety if they choose to purposely study their anxious thoughts and communicate them to me so I can provide the most effective treatment. I find that learning the best tools to rapidly gain control over anxiety involve being willing to experiment with disclosure of your fears at your own pace will lead to amazing improvement.

Even though there are very good workbooks, such as Padesky and Greenberg’s MIND OVER MOOD I believe most people need he guiding hand of a therapist to help them through the process of using these well researched methods that have helped many people conquor anxiety.

I welcome your comments and questions.

Carl Wells, Therapist

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Anxiety Relief Therapy, How to Start

Do you feel agonizing anxiety or emotional pain that you can sometimes avoid but keeps coming back? How many times have you planned to get some help but backed away from therapy? Do you avoid other situations that might trigger this intense emotion even though the things you want to do might be enriching or rewarding? You don’t have suffer any longer. You can get quick relief from this common but destructive cycle. But you need to know how to start helping yourself even to allow yourself to get professional help or you will continue the cycle.

Why is it that so many people don’t follow through by themselves and use techniques such as repeating positive affirmations that are the words of someone else? You continue suffering because you need the help of a skillful and experienced therapist to help you through the often complicated phase of facing and conquering your fears.  For example, by acknowledging your negative thoughts and emotions you won’t end up spiraling out of control and won’t validate that you really are a failure or weak. An effective therapist can help you find the inner resources that require the intermediary phase of facing your fears and combating them by proven therapist-guided skills.

An example for this avoidance while in therapy is  procrastinating writing down thoughts and feelings, sometimes called ‘thought records’. The process of recording your experiences in this way often temporarily leads to heightened anxiety but as you gain skills you will pass this stage and obtain true relief. You will no longer need to continue to avoid working on your problems.

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Carlwellstherapist Writes about Using and Measuring Effective Ingrediants in treatment of anxiety

Per credible research, accurrate empathy is the most powerful change agent in influencing change in another person, including helping lower anxiety. Empathy means putting yourself in another’s shoes and being able to let the other person know your can understand their emotional pain, feelings and thoughts. Easy to describe but difficult to know how to do or for the therapist or coach to accurately measure their success.

According to David Burns, M.D., psychiatrist, researcher, teacher of many therapists and author of the long-time best seller the Feeling Good Handbook, very few people know when they are accurately assessing what the client is feeling, especially about the counseling process. He has devised over the years a checklist for the client to use after a sesion and I use this form as one of several ways to effectively help people who suffer from anxiety. Clients are often more willing to reveal any discomforts with the treatment by using the checklist than if simply asked about the process verbally.

In the treatment of anxiety it is crucial for the therapist to know as precisely as possible how the client is responding to the treatment and the therapy relationship because trust and cooperation are so important in effectively and rapidly helping bring relief to the anxiety sufferer. Often the client needs to use tools that often temporarily raise anxiety but could very quickly turn into useful and powerful aids to faster relief. The therapist must be compassionate and supportive but also must know how best to bolster the courage of the client wishing to be rid of what could be very painful emotions over a lifetime if not successfully treated.

In my experience, the successful treatment of Panic Disorder is a good example of therapy that demands accurate empathy and I will write more about this in future installments. Please feel free to post your comments and questions.

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How do you tell if you need a therapist’s help for anxiety?

Are you still agonizing with anxiety even after reading popular self-help books or the many magazine articles with well-meant advice? You need professional help now if you cannot relax, sleep poorly, are impatient and have great trouble standing in lines or in trafic, break out in a sweat easily even if not exercising or in hot air, get angry easily, have frequent problems catching your breath or fearing your stress level is going to make you go crazy or have a serious medical problem that might result in serious harm.

You need to work with someone who is trained to listen well and prescribe specific techniques or assignments if you are still hurting after reading all these great suggestions. I can help you with these devastating blocks to leading a live of peace and producitiviety.

You have seen on this blog some common sense advice on gettting relief and if practiced they will help you, somethings a lot. But you need me to help you think out loud and learn how to get fast relief with tools that you can continue to apply whenever you need them. However, you will need to "Slay your worst dragon" if you want to be free of this tormenting life full of fear. I welcome your questions and comments here. If you want to finally do something about these painful emotions you can call me for a free phone consultation. I do not accept insurance but I do accept credit cards. I want you to be able to avoid preserve confidentiality because possibly several members in an insurance company may read information about you.

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Panic Disorder

Panic episodes (or attacks), often include several scary body and mind experiences such as rapid breathing, difficulty catching your breath, sweating not caused by heat, and dizziness. In addition, things around you can seem different or unreal or that you are losing control, having a heart attack, stroke or ‘going crazy’. If you become afraid of continuing to having these common episodes that often come ‘out of the blue’ you need effective help that could provide fast relief even if you have had this problem for a long time. Even if you’ve only had a few and are afraid of them don’t suffer needlessly, I can help you now.

Call me or email me by using the ‘Contact Us’ for prompt attention and effective help.
Carl S. Wells, Ph.D #PSY 13062
(714) 960-2490
16168 Beach Blvd. Suite 241
Huntington Beach, CA 92647

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Anxiety Disorders

You are uptight and don’t know what to do but you are doing the best you know how. Learn some simple and effective ways to help bring relief. Learn about several different types of anxiety problems.

Call me or email me throught the ‘Contact Us’ form for prompt attention and effective help.
Carl S. Wells, Ph.D #PSY 13062
(714) 960-2490
16168 Beach Blvd. Suite 241
Huntington Beach, CA 92647

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Welcome to Carl Wells Therapist

Do you feel anxiety, stress or tension without knowing what to do?

What I know is that this situation is very normal and frustrating and doesn’t have to be that way.. Don’t wait another day to talk to someone who can help you end your struggle and confusion.

Would you pay my full fee if I could help you free yourself from the emotional pain of anxiety?

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