Anita Avedian, M.S., L.M.F.T., C.A.M.S.-IV

At Avedian Counseling Center, we work with individuals, couples, families and groups with a variety of issues. Our areas of specialty include anxiety, anger, relationship struggles, and stress. We help clients develop communication skills, coping skills, and improve self-esteem by replacing unhealthy beliefs about themselves with a healthier outlook. The combination of using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for building necessary skills, and the use of Gestalt approach for raising awareness of one's behavior, works well for reaching therapy goals. Treatment may be brief to address a problem, and the skills learned for addressing current issues may be used without a therapist for future challenges. Goals are set at the end of each session so that work is continued between sessions. We invite you to use therapy to learn, understand, and challenge the thoughts and behaviors that have not been working for you. Therapy is useful for understanding patterns and lifting symptoms. At Avedian Counseling Center, we do believe that therapy is helpful, yet not necessary for long-term. If your preference is to reduce symptoms immediately, including anxiety andor trauma, Thought Field Therapy (TFT) can be very beneficial.

Anger Management 818 offers over 20 groups weekly at over 9 locations. We offer both groups and individual sessions. Services help with learning skills to better deal with stress, and anger, and will help guide participants to communicate more effectively. I facilitate a weekly Social Anxiety Group for Adults for $225month. The group focuses on understanding social anxiety, gaining support from group participants, and learning necessary tools to work through cognitively and behaviorally. Please see my website for more information.