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NEW: Group Therapy For Anxiety :
Los Angeles & West Hollywood

If you're looking group therapy for anxiety find out more about our new and effective group therapy treatment program launching soon in Los Angeles and West Hollywood.

 

Our groups have room for a max of 8 people and run for six weeks.

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Does It Feel Like Anxiety Running Your Life?

 

 

Do you feel caught in a relentless cycle?

 

The constant second-guessing fueled by comparison or doubt and worry?

 

Sick of the exhausting need for certainty in an uncertain world?

 

Or just totally over the way anxiety shrinks your world, convincing you that playing small is playing safe?

Maybe it's time for a different approach: Become an Anxiety Rebel

As a therapist who has been working with people with anxiety for nearly a decade, my goal is to help clients start :

 

  • shifting from defense to offense when it comes to anxiety

  • seeing anxiety not as an overwhelming force, but as a predictable opponent whose rulebook you can learn to defy.

  • understand the cognitive functions of anxiety, and experience shifts in how they respond.

  • change their entire outlook on anxiety and how to manage it.

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Anxiety Focused Group Therapy: Los Angeles

Our unique 6-Week Anxiety Rebel Group Course is designed specifically for people who are ready to fundamentally change their relationship with anxiety disorders, and find support as a group as they work through the program. 

Our Anti-Anxiety Group Therapy Offers A Different Type Of Support.

 

Other programs may offer tools and techniques to participants, which is helpful and important, but more often than not people experience this as limited or not enough. Our goal is to help members learn effective tools but also a way to practice skills as part of a growing community. 

 

We provide a strategic framework to shift anxiety that will include:

  • Expose Anxiety's Game: Understand the patterns and 'rules' anxiety uses to keep you trapped in symptoms and disorders. 

  • Challenge the Process: Participants will learn powerful, clinically-informed paradoxical techniques to disrupt anxiety at its core, focusing on the how not just the what of your worries and related concerns.

  • Embrace Discomfort (Strategically!): Discover how to willingly step towards uncertainty and discomfort, turning them into catalysts for growth instead of reasons to retreat.

  • Reclaim Your Energy & Power: Move from feeling managed by anxiety to actively challenging it and taking back control of your social life and life in general.

  • Connect with Fellow Rebels: Share the journey in a supportive, confidential group setting with other members who understand.

This Isn't About Eliminating Anxiety, It's About Changing the Game.

Built on effective therapeutic principles, this course empowers you and other participants with a new perspective and actionable tools. Stop being dictated to by anxiety's demands.

Anxiety Group Therapy: A Supportive Path to Managing Worry

Are you looking for effective treatment options to help manage persistent anxiety?

 

Anxiety group therapy offers a unique and powerful approach to improving your mental health in a supportive environment. Led by an experienced therapist, this form of therapy brings together individuals who share similar challenges, creating a space where you feel understood and less alone.

Unlike individual therapy, anxiety group therapy provides the added benefit of shared experience. Hearing from others navigating similar social situations or internal struggles can be incredibly validating.

 

Our groups often incorporate principles from evidence-based approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), focusing not just on theory but on practical skills development. We help you understand the common patterns anxiety uses – what we sometimes call the 'anxiety hijack' – where anxious thoughts trigger alarms and lead to unhelpful reactions like avoidance or excessive worry.

 

In our safe environment, you'll learn to recognize these cycles and develop healthier coping strategies alongside your peers.

 

This group setting provides real-time opportunities to practice new ways of relating to anxiety, improving your social anxiety, and understanding symptoms of generalized anxiety. 

Our anxiety treatment group is designed to help people move beyond short-term coping strategies and instead build long-term, evidence-based skills for managing anxiety. This isn’t just about symptom relief—it’s about reshaping how you respond to stress, uncertainty, and fear. Group members learn to step out of the anxiety cycle by understanding how avoidance and over-control often backfire.

This supportive mental health program helps individuals shift their focus from what they're anxious about to how anxiety works in their lives. Through a CBT (cognitive behavioral) informed approach, we support group members to recognize anxiety’s patterns, manage uncomfortable feelings, and reduce the mental exhaustion that comes from overthinking social interactions or perceived threats.

In our sessions, members will:

  • Practice recognizing anxiety’s rules and how they affect daily relationships and decisions

  • Understand why trying to suppress thoughts or control outcomes often makes things worse

  • Learn to respond with willingness and flexibility, even in uncertain situations

  • Develop skills to manage stress and emotions using proven psychological principles

  • Connect with others who share similar experiences in a safe, supportive group environment

  • Gain confidence navigating social situations and internal challenges alike

This is not about eliminating anxiety—it’s about reclaiming your mental space and making choices that support your growth, well-being, and connection to others.

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8702 Santa Monica Boulevard

West Hollywood, CA, 90069

Our Commitment to Your Privacy and Confidentiality

Privacy Policy: At Oliver Drakeford Therapy, we deeply respect the privacy and confidentiality of our clients. We adhere to the highest ethical standards to ensure that all information shared during therapy sessions is kept strictly confidential. Our therapy process is built on a foundation of trust and discretion, and we are committed to creating a safe and supportive environment for our clients. We follow all legal and professional guidelines to protect your personal and sensitive information. Please feel free to discuss any questions or concerns regarding our privacy and confidentiality practices with us during your initial consultation or at any point in your therapy journey

Oliver Drakeford, LMFT, CGP - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, #104987

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