Support For Anxiety
Julie Brown, LMFT
Does your mind feel like it won’t turn off? Maybe you replay conversations long after they’re over?
I work with clients to help them manage these experiences. Often my clients tell me they’re constantly bracing for something to go wrong. Or they’re perpetual planning ahead and can’t enjoy the moment. If you’re encountering this your mind and nervous system may be stuck in protection mode. Anxiety is a normal human response, your brain and body are trying to keep you safe.
I help clients manage their emotions, thoughts, and behavior patterns so that anxiety doesn’t take over and have the last word in their lives.
Effective Therapeutic Strategies
I help people develop tools to manage:
Distorted Thinking Patterns
Relationship Challenges
Becoming More Assertive
Setting Emotional Boundaries
Stress in the Workplace and Personal Lives
Techniques I Use to Treat Anxiety
My approach to therapy for anxiety uses a blend of evidence-based practices including the following:
Psycho-education knowledge is powerful and foundational in understanding how anxiety works in the mind.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) investigating and unpacking the thoughts, feelings and behaviors that contribute to anxiety.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Cognitive Defusion taking a step back and observing thoughts as just thoughts not something to act upon.
Radical Acceptance making space to be curious and open to anxiety instead of fighting it.
Stress Reduction such as breathing, imagery, mindfulness practices, and setting clear emotional boundaries in relationships.
Therapy With Me Is About
Listening and Developing Supportive Practices
Below is a photo of my office, where clients usually sit. Together we’ll come up with a plan to help you manage your anxiety and improve your overall well-being. Some modalities and techniques I use are…
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CBT encompasses many helpful therapeutic techniques. I like to use CBT to challenge unhelpful beliefs and thought patterns like: “I am not good enough,” or “I am worthless.” CBT is also helpful with relaxation and stress reduction skills.
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I use ACT because it helps clients acknowledge what’s hard in life while also encouraging clients to show for themselves by living into their values and being present in their lives. I like the technique of Cognitive Defusion to address negative thinking patterns.
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I use a blending of skills and concepts from DBT such as developing skills in emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, mindfulness, and distress tolerance. I especially like to pull from Radical Acceptance, we can’t change that anxiety surfaces but we can improve the moment and not let anxiety have the last word.
Results From
Support for Anxiety With Me
After therapy, my clients report:
more awareness of the impact of negative thinking.
an increase in positive thinking about themselves.
growth and improvement in interpersonal skills and emotion regulation.
better stress management skills.
more assertiveness in social settings and healthier relationships.
able to better identify normal anxiety from habitual and persistent anxiety.
improvement in self-compassion.
less self-identifying as an “anxious person.”
an expanded life story of overcoming anxiety.
I hope we might connect to discuss your story and how I could help you take the steps towards freedom from distress and more calm in your life.
About Juliane Brown, LMFT
Thank you for visiting my website. I’d love to hear from you. Just a little bit about me…
I’ve lived in the East Bay for most of my life and raised three adult sons in El Cerrito. In my spare time, I enjoy reading, watching a good Netflix series, choral music, playing the piano, gardening, journaling, knitting, and going on long walks with my husband of 35 years. I’ve worked in other careers, such as visual merchandising in retail and public education. With the exception of being a mom, my career as a psychotherapist has been my favorite and most meaningful job. Walking along side my clients toward healthy patterns and healing is a cherished position that I feel so lucky to hold.
Education, Credentials,
& Trainings
Whitworth University, BA in International Studies
The Wright Institute, MA in Counseling Psychology
ADHD-CCSP Certification for Intensive Training
CHADD, member
CAMFT, member
Therapy FAQs
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Currently, I am in-network with Anthem Blue Cross and some plans with Blue Shield California. I am an off-campus provider with the UC Berkeley Tang Center, Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIPs).
Some PPO health insurance plans can give you a partial reimbursement for therapy with me. I can give you a receipt to help facilitate that process. However, please call your insurance carrier to learn about the mental health benefits included in your health insurance plan.
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My fee is $175 per 50 minute session.
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If you need to cancel an appointment, I kindly ask you to give me 24 hours advance notice, otherwise I will charge a fee for last minute cancellations. I will make every effort to reschedule to a new appointment that works for you and my practice.
Get Started in 4 Steps
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I can be contacted through this website, by phone, or email. My number is 510-898-8028. My email address is julianebrownmft@gmail.com. I’ll do my best to get back to you within two business days.
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We’ll schedule a 15 minutes consultation, to briefly discuss what brings you to therapy. You can get a sense of how I work and how we would work together. Feel free to ask me any of your questions.
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If you decide to work with me, we’ll set up our first appointment. I see clients in person at my office and online (called Telehealth). Next, I’ll send you an email invitation to log on to the portal of my electronic health record system called Therapy Notes. You can set up your own password and the documents for therapy are located there. If we are doing online therapy, the link to your online sessions will be on the Therapy Notes portal.
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When first starting therapy, I usually see clients weekly for approximately 3 months. At that time, some clients like to move to every other week if needed or sometimes continue with weekly appointments. We can determine those changes together depending on your needs and comfort level.
I offer every new client a free consultation. It’s your chance to ask any questions and see what it’s like to work together. If you decide we’re a fit we’ll schedule an intake session which allows us to go deeper into what brings you to therapy. Usually the first three sessions with me are centered around assessment and goal setting.
Your therapy sessions are tailored to your unique challenges, offering a supportive space to gain insight, build skills, and create change.