What we treat · Anxiety
Anxiety treatmentin plain terms.
Anxiety treatment here is PHP or IOP in Laguna Beach. We start in the body, then the thought.
Located in Laguna Beach, California
(949) 670-9345- The weekPHP or IOP
- StartThe body
- ThenThe thought
What this page is
Anxiety treatment is a program week.
Anxiety treatment here is PHP or IOP in Laguna Beach, not a weekly hour. We start with the nervous system so the room can stay possible, then the thought that keeps the day small. Panic, generalized worry, and use as relief sit in the same plan. It is not a hospital, a locked unit, or a standalone anxiety clinic.
The body goes first, then the thought.
A week with the body first
How anxiety sits in a PHP or IOP week.
An anxiety IOP or PHP day at Exist runs the whole model. Group for the pattern. 1:1 for the history. Somatic work for the nervous system that will not stand down. Psychiatry when medication is part of it. You go home at night — or to Truth House if you are already in the program and home is far or not the right night.

Body
Breath, yoga, the skills that make a hard hour survivable. The week starts in the body when the mind cannot.

Mind
The automatic thought, the forecast that keeps the day small. We work the reaction before asking you to change the life.

Brain
What sits under the pattern — trauma, depression, and use read as one history, in a safe room.

Skills
Distress skills, then time with your own clinician. Not a hallway that waits until you are “calm enough” for the rest of the work.
Who holds the week
The body first. Not a thought-only track.
Dr. Courtney Tracy · Founder and chief clinical officer
Dr. Courtney Tracy built this clinic for the nervous system that will not stand down. Anxiety work sits in PHP or IOP with one team in Laguna Beach.
Founder
Dr. Courtney Tracy
In the room
LCSW · PsyD · CCTP
Clinic
Joint Commission PHP / IOP

How it shows up
The names in the room. Same week.
This is not a directory of other conditions. Those live on the hub. These are the ways anxiety arrives here — treated together, not after each other.
All we treatAnxiety
A body that will not stand down. Safety in the room first, then the thought.
- Worry
- Avoidance
Panic
The hour that takes the rest of the day. Skills first, then the story under it.
- Panic
- Body first
Use as relief
Alcohol, prescriptions, cannabis — treated with the anxiety underneath, in the same week.
- Dual diagnosis
- Same week
The body
Somatic work is not an add-on. Breath and movement sit in the same plan as 1:1.
- Somatic
- Breath
Three steps to a start date.
- 01
Reach out
Call (949) 670-9345 or send the form. You talk to the clinic — not a call center.
- 02
We verify
We check your benefits and map anxiety treatment against PHP, IOP, and outpatient — honest about which fits.
- 03
A start date
We recommend a level of care and set a date — and talk through Truth House if you’re coming from out of town.
Questions about anxiety treatment, answered plainly.
PHP or IOP in Laguna Beach for anxiety and panic. Groups, 1:1, and somatic work in the same week as trauma and use when that is the overlap. Nights at home or at Truth House. We are not a hospital and not medical detox. Call (949) 670-9345.
Something we didn’t cover? Call (949) 670-9345 — you talk to the clinic, not a call center.
The body does not have to wait.
Call Exist at (949) 670-9345 or send the admissions form. We’ll say honestly whether PHP, IOP, outpatient, or a referral is the right level — and what your benefits actually cover.
Clinically reviewed by Dr. Courtney Tracy, LCSW, PsyD · Reviewed September 2026
