TheraMind Centers treat anxiety in its various iterations safely and effectively using TMS therapy individually or in combination with other therapies.  Patients interested in undergoing anxiety therapy at the Santa Barbara Center are asked to provide a detailed medical history including prior episodes and current anti-anxiety drug prescriptions.  Following collection of these records and certain diagnostic testing our staff schedules a consultation with one of our physicians who will first diagnose or confirm the anxiety disorder diagnosis and determine whether the patient is an appropriate candidate for TMS or one of our other treatment modalities.

If the patient is considered qualified for TMS therapy the patient is given the option to have an advanced MRI (fMRI). The fMRI can then be used to (a) eliminate other potential causes of the symptoms, (b) further confirm the diagnosis and (c) provide a road map for treatment locale(s). TMS treatment protocols are custom designed for each patient. In general, however, the therapy consists of an initial brain mapping to determine intensity and placement followed by 20 to 35 individual sessions. Since a majority of patients suffering from an anxiety disorder also suffer from depression, anxiety patients being treated with TMS at our Center often are treated bi-laterally, that is treated on both the left and right hemispheres during a single TMS session. [3]