Kathleen Kawamura is a Psychologist based in the USA. My areas of speciality include Coping Skills, Depression, Emotional Disturbance, Life Coaching, Life Transitions, Peer Relationships, Racial Identity, Self Esteem, Spirituality, and Women's Issues. This profile is currently unclaimed; please validate the details are current when communicating with the mental health professional.
Therapist Overview
I am a clinical psychologist with over 20 years of training and experience treating excessive worrying, panic attacks, OCD, and social anxiety. I specialize in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which has proven to be powerful and effective in the treatment of anxiety. CBT provides specific strategies to address thoughts, physical feelings, and behaviors that feed into the debilitating cycle of anxiety. Therapy though is not necessarily about just changing thoughts and behaviors but rather about finding a way to accept and allow painful emotions on some level without letting them interfere with living a full and meaningful life. Developing an understanding of how your anxiety became problematic is part of this process and can also provide you with feelings of relief and hope. My approach also incorporates mindfulness techniques to help you sit with, ride out, and face uncomfortable emotions because often, the more you try to control, avoid, or resist it, the worse it gets. Embracing a