Anxiety Therapy in Los Angeles
Calm your mind, and feel like yourself again.
Attachment-based, practical therapy for anxiety, from everyday worry to the anxiety that can come with pregnancy and new parenthood.
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In Hermosa Beach, Culver City & West Los Angeles
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Online across California
• In Hermosa Beach, Culver City & West Los Angeles • Online across California
When Your Mind Won’t Stop Racing
Anxiety can be hard to tackle, even when you recognize it. It shows up as the 2 a.m. list that won't stop growing, the tight chest before a meeting, the need to check one more time, or the sense that if you let your guard down, something will go wrong. For some people it feels like it’s been with them all their lives. For others it arrives with a pregnancy, a diagnosis, a loss, or a baby who finally sleeps while you lie awake listening.
At Mother Nurture Therapy Group, we see anxiety as information, not a flaw. It often starts as a way of protecting yourself that made sense at the time. Therapy here is a place to understand what your anxiety is trying to protect, and to build a life where worry isn't making every decision.
Anxiety looks different for everyone.
You might notice
Racing thoughts or worry that's hard to turn off
Trouble falling or staying asleep, even when you have the chance
Tension, a tight chest, stomach upset, or a racing heart
Scary, unwanted thoughts that feel out of character
Checking, reassurance seeking, or avoiding certain situations
Irritability or a short fuse with the people you love
Perfectionism and fear of getting it wrong
Feeling on edge, even when things are going well
Anxiety can make your world feel smaller. Therapy can help you feel calmer in your body and more at ease in your own life.
how we can help
We offer warm, practical support for anxious minds and tired bodies.
Anxiety therapy works on two levels: what you need to get through this week, and why your mind learned to stay on high alert in the first place.
We start with what's happening in your body. You'll learn simple, body-based ways to calm down when anxiety spikes, and CBT-informed tools to catch anxious thoughts before they snowball. For intrusive thoughts and OCD, we offer Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), the most well-studied treatment for unwanted thoughts and compulsions.
Then we look deeper. Using attachment-based and psychodynamic therapy, we get curious about where your anxiety comes from: family patterns, earlier experiences, and the pressures of the roles you carry now. When anxiety is tied to a difficult birth, a loss, or another painful experience, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) can help the memory feel less overwhelming. And when anxiety is straining your relationship, we can bring your partner in so you can face it as a team.
Therapy for anxiety can help you
Calm racing thoughts and physical tension
Sleep more easily when you have the chance to rest
Respond to intrusive thoughts without panic or shame
Check, avoid, and seek reassurance less often
Make decisions with more confidence and less second-guessing
Ease perfectionism and quiet your inner critic
Feel more present with your partner, kids, and friends
Understand where your anxiety comes from
Areas We Support
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Generalized Anxiety & Chronic Worry
Persistent worry about work, health, relationships, or the future; trouble relaxing; feeling on edge most days
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Pregnancy & Postpartum Anxiety
Constant worry about the baby's health and safety, checking and monitoring, trouble sleeping when the baby sleeps, feeling unable to hand the baby to anyone else
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Intrusive Thoughts & Perinatal OCD
Unwanted, frightening thoughts or images, often about harm coming to your baby; compulsive checking, avoidance, and reassurance seeking; ERP-informed treatment
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Panic Attacks
Sudden waves of fear, a racing heart, shortness of breath, and avoiding places or situations where panic has happened before
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Fertility & Pregnancy-After-Loss Anxiety
Anxiety during treatment, the two-week wait, early scans, and milestones; the push and pull of hoping while bracing for bad news
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Health & Medical Anxiety
Worry after a high-risk pregnancy, a NICU stay, a scary diagnosis, or a hard birth; anxiety around appointments and test results
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Relationship Anxiety
Fear of conflict or disconnection, anxious patterns in your relationship, and anxiety that spills into how you and your partner communicate
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High-Functioning Anxiety & Perfectionism
Looking calm and capable on the outside while running on worry underneath; difficulty resting, saying no, or letting things be good enough
GETTING STARTED
Schedule a free call
Share what’s going on and your goals for therapy. Our Care Coordinator will thoughtfully match you with the right therapist, schedule your first session, and set up your secure client portal.
Begin care
In your first session, you’ll share your story, why you’re here, and what you hope will feel different. Together, we’ll start building a path forward.
Heal at the roots
You’ll get practical tools to use right away while we begin connecting the dots from your past to integrate lasting change. Steadiness, connection, and trust in yourself start becoming your new normal.
Prefer in-person or online?
We offer anxiety therapy in person in Hermosa Beach, Culver City, and West Los Angeles, and via telehealth throughout California.
FAQs
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We combine practical tools with deeper work. You'll learn ways to calm your body and catch anxious thoughts before they snowball, and over time we'll explore where your anxiety comes from so the changes last. Depending on what you need, that can include CBT-informed strategies, ERP for intrusive thoughts and OCD, EMDR, and attachment-based therapy.
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Postpartum anxiety often centers on the baby: their health, their safety, and whether you're doing it right. It can come with physical symptoms, trouble sleeping even when the baby sleeps, and difficulty letting others help. It's common and very treatable, and you don't have to have a history of anxiety to experience it.
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Unwanted, frightening thoughts are very common in pregnancy and postpartum, and having them doesn't mean you want to act on them. They're often a sign of anxiety or perinatal OCD, and therapy can help them feel less scary and show up less often. If you ever feel you might act on a thought to harm yourself or your baby, call or text 988 or go to the nearest emergency room.
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Yes. We work with adults and couples with all kinds of anxiety, including chronic worry, panic attacks, health anxiety, relationship anxiety, and perfectionism. Our perinatal training simply means we're especially attuned when anxiety is tied to fertility, pregnancy, or early parenthood.
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Yes. Yael Sherne, LMFT, is trained in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), the most well-studied treatment for OCD, and our team works with intrusive thoughts and perinatal OCD.
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Often, yes. Anxiety can show up as irritability, a need for control or reassurance, or pulling away. Your partner is welcome to join some sessions, so you both understand what's happening and learn how to support each other.
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Mother Nurture Therapy Group offers anxiety therapy at our offices in Hermosa Beach, Culver City, and West LA, and by telehealth anywhere in California.
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Yes. Video sessions are available anywhere in California, and many clients mix in-person and online sessions depending on the week.
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Individual sessions range from $180 to $250 and couples sessions from $200 to $300, depending on the therapist. We're a private-pay practice and provide superbills you can submit to your insurance for possible out-of-network reimbursement.
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Book a free 15-minute consultation. Our Care Coordinator will talk through what you're looking for, match you with the right therapist and office, and schedule your first session.
