- Treatment Across Brain, Body, Emotions and Behavior
Anxiety Treatment Center in Scottsdale, Across Brain, Body and Behavior
Redefine Wellness & Treatment is an anxiety treatment center in Scottsdale that builds care around the nervous system. In our Partial Hospitalization Program or Intensive Outpatient Program, adults get trauma-informed, neuroscience-driven care from a team with more than 20 modalities to work with, neurofeedback, breathwork and EMDR among them, so the racing mind and the braced body are treated in one plan.
- 20+ Available Modalities
- Focused Expertise Across Modalities
- DBR, Neurofeedback and EXOMIND
- Nervous-System-Focused and Trauma-Informed
Accredited by
The Joint Commission
Plans we work with:
...and more private plans
- Inside Anxiety Treatment
Anxiety Treatment Beyond Talk Therapy
For adults whose anxiety needs more than a weekly appointment, Redefine Wellness & Treatment runs treatment from an outpatient center in North Scottsdale accredited by The Joint Commission. The care is nervous-system-focused and trauma-informed, so the work reaches the tension, the alarm and the avoidance as well as the worry, rather than relying on conversation alone. Neurofeedback sits in the same program as your therapy, and the psychiatric providers who handle medication are part of that team. The work happens in a full-day program or a three-day-a-week program, and both leave your evenings at home.
- Therapies available here include cognitive behavioral therapy, breathwork, mindfulness-based work and EMDR
- Neurofeedback built into treatment rather than added on, with the amount set by your plan
- Gender-specific care, with women in their own group
- Psychiatric evaluation and medication management from the same team, when medication belongs in your plan
- PHP five days a week, or IOP on three assigned days so treatment fits around work and family
- Residential locations through Redefine's partner Saguaro Recovery for clients traveling in or wanting additional support
- Signs and Symptoms
What Anxiety Can Look Like Day to Day
Mood and thinking
Worry that is hard to switch off, even when nothing in particular is wrong. A mind that runs ahead to what could go wrong and rehearses it.
The body
Muscles that stay tight through the day, a racing heart, sleep that is restless or broken, and a stomach that is unsettled before anything has happened.
Behavior and habits
Avoiding the meeting, the call or the drive that brings it on. Over-preparing, rereading, double-checking, because getting it right feels like the only way to settle the feeling.
Work and relationships
Trouble focusing on one task, a shorter fuse with the people closest, and saying no to things that used to be easy.
- The Science of Anxiety
What's Happening in the Brain and Body With Anxiety
Anxiety shapes what the brain notices first. Researchers describe attention in anxiety being pulled faster toward possible signs of danger, with situations that could go either way read as threatening. Brain imaging suggests the balance between the amygdala, which flags threat, and parts of the prefrontal cortex, which help weigh it, tilts toward the threat.
The body answers that alarm with a quicker pulse, tight shoulders and a mind that will not stand down. Anxiety treatment at Redefine works on that response as well as on the worry. No single approach covers all of that, so a plan here can combine therapy, breathwork, neurofeedback and psychiatric care, with an assessment deciding the mix.
- Our Approach
More Than One Way Into Anxiety Treatment
Talking through a worry can make sense of it. It does not always reach the tight chest or the sleepless night that come with it. Redefine treats anxiety across the brain, the body, emotions and behavior, so the physical response gets attention alongside the thoughts that feed it.
Our goal is to help regulate the nervous system. Individual therapy, skills practice, breathwork and neurofeedback can all run in the same week, which gives anxiety several ways in when a single approach is not enough on its own. When practice happens in a group, women have a group of their own, because Redefine’s care is gender-specific.
- Levels of Care
Anxiety Treatment at the Right Level of Care
Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)
The fullest schedule Redefine runs, with most of each weekday spent in treatment and nights at home. It fits when anxiety is shaping nearly every part of the day and an hour of therapy a week leaves too much of it untouched.
Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)
Steady, structured treatment across the week, with the remaining days left for a job and family. Which days you attend is decided by your clinical needs, your therapist’s recommendations and what the program has open.
- Getting Started
How Anxiety Treatment Starts at Redefine
You do not need to know which program or therapy you need before you call.
Talk with admissions
A phone conversation about what has been happening and what you have tried.
Check your coverage
Verify your insurance online, then admissions reviews your benefits and cost with you by phone.
Assessment and plan
A clinician assesses what you are dealing with and builds your plan, with neurofeedback, therapy and psychiatric care included as they fit.
Start
Treatment begins on your program days, PHP or IOP, and you go home each evening.
- Coverage Made Simple
We Accept Most
Major Insurance Plans
- Therapies
Therapies Available in Redefine's Programs
The four cards below are a starting point; an anxiety plan at Redefine can use any modality its programs offer. For anxiety, the deepest research base belongs to cognitive behavioral therapy, the best-studied talk therapy for the condition, and published studies also back breathwork, mindfulness-based work and EMDR. Redefine offers all four. Neurofeedback for anxiety is still an active area of research, and here it is part of treatment. Which therapies go into your plan is decided after assessment, not before it.
Neurofeedback
Real-time brain training, an integral part of treatment at Redefine, that targets patterns associated with focus, stress, and sleep.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Identifies and reshapes the thought patterns that keep distress and avoidance going.
EMDR
Reprocesses trauma memories that continue to activate stress responses.
Breathwork
Guided breathing techniques that may support nervous-system regulation and emotional processing.
- Why Redefine
Why Adults Choose Redefine for Anxiety Treatment
Neurofeedback as Part of the Plan
During a session you watch your own brain activity on a screen as it happens and practice shifting it. That gives anxiety work a way in that does not depend on talking a worry through. At Redefine, neurofeedback is built into the plan, and your plan sets how much of it you do.
More Than 20 Modalities, One Clinical Direction
The range runs from trauma-focused therapy to PEMF and red light therapy, neurofeedback and EXOMIND, holistic work such as breathwork, yoga and meditation, and psychiatry and coaching. One clinical team decides how those pieces fit, so worry, tension and sleep can each get attention inside the same program.
Focused Expertise in Every Modality
Whoever leads a part of your plan, a therapy session, a breathwork practice or a medication review, has focused expertise in that work. The team then plans those parts together, so nothing pulls in a different direction.
A Private Outpatient Setting
A noisy, crowded room can make anxiety harder to settle. At Redefine, one-on-one work happens in private rooms, and the meditation room and client lounge give you a quiet place to land between sessions.
Joint Commission Accredited
If you are comparing programs, accreditation is something you can check for yourself. Redefine is accredited by The Joint Commission, an outside organization that sets standards for health care and checks providers against them.
- Treatment Goals
Treatment Targets That Extend Into Everyday Life
Redefine’s modalities work with different parts of the clinical picture, from traumatic memories and distress tolerance to sleep, attention, relationships and daily functioning. The work is designed to go past insight to observable changes in how a person responds and functions.
- Recognize emotional and physical activation earlier.
- Create more space between an emotional urge and the action that follows.
- Build skills for managing distress without escalating the situation.
- Improve the ability to remain present during stress.
- Support improvements in mood, attention, sleep, and daily functioning when clinically appropriate.
- Translate clinical work into relationships, work, decision-making, and everyday life.
- Our Team
Our Clinical Team
Psychiatric care and therapy at Redefine are coordinated by one clinical team, so each part of your plan works toward the same goals.
- Psychiatry
Dr. Michael Yasinski, MD
Psychiatrist, coordinating medication with the treatment team.
- Psychiatry
Lindsey Dunning, PMHNP
- Our Center
Inside Redefine's Scottsdale Outpatient Center
- Residential Locations
Residential Locations for Men and Women in Scottsdale
Redefine partners with Saguaro Recovery to offer residential locations for clients who are traveling for treatment or for those who need additional support. They are places to stay while you attend PHP or IOP, not a residential treatment program. Treatment happens at the outpatient center, and the stay is paid separately.
You attend your program days at the center and return to the house in between.
- Desert Rose and Mariposa for women, Cholla and Tortuga for men, all in Scottsdale.
- A house manager on site 24 hours a day
- Groceries, linens and household supplies included, with community dinners five nights a week
- Regular contact between the house and your clinical team
- A pool, high-speed internet and desk space for work at each home
- Availability varies by house and room, and admissions can walk you through openings and cost.
- Testimonials
Healing in Their Own Words
“They made me feel at ease and understood.”
Chris S.
“Love this place!!”
Christine D.
“Best treatment in my LIFE!”
Dan S.
“Laura is an excellent practitioner”
Dr. Jasmine
“What a blessing to have found and participated in treatment at Redefine Wellness.”
Jen C.
“I have never experienced such a professional and caring staff.”
Hunter B.
“The staff is so friendly and the facility is clean. ”
Gwen J.
“I love this facility. I have been coming here for several months.”
Robert B.
“I was lost, unable to stand up for myself and stuck in anxiety.”
Presley P.
“The wellness center is stunning and the whole team has been very kind and helpful.”
Mackenzie K.
“I’m so happy to say I would 100% recommend this place over and over”
briana medley
“The staff here are wonderful and compassionate. I definitely recommend this clinic!”
Beaunerism
“Receiving treatments here was 100% a game changer, I strongly recommend!”
Jae S.
“Highly recommend if you’re looking for something focused and personal.”
Scott Forbes
“Highly recommend!”
Jenna Wolf
“The entire staff at Redefine is amazing. ”
Brittany Whitley
“The staff is incredible—super friendly”
Jon Driscoll
“A beautiful location with wonderful staff”
Matt Sheehan
“They made me feel at ease and understood.”
Chris S.
“Love this place!!”
Christine D.
“Best treatment in my LIFE!”
Dan S.
“Laura is an excellent practitioner”
Dr. Jasmine
“What a blessing to have found and participated in treatment at Redefine Wellness.”
Jen C.
“I have never experienced such a professional and caring staff.”
Hunter B.
Real Connection, Support, & Healing
Our Scottsdale outpatient programs combine innovative neuroscience with proven therapeutic approaches.
- FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Who should I see for anxiety?
You do not need to work that out before you call. Redefine’s team includes a psychiatrist, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and licensed therapists. The therapists lead the therapy work, and the psychiatric providers handle evaluation and medication when medication is needed, and all of them work from your one plan.
Is medication required for anxiety treatment?
No. Medication is recommended person by person, so some plans include it and others do not. When it is part of yours, the psychiatric provider looks at what you already take, checks in on your symptoms, answers questions as they come up and keeps track of how well it works and any side effects.
How long does anxiety treatment last?
That is worked out along the way rather than on the first day. Each month in IOP, your clinical team looks at how you are doing and talks with you about whether to keep going, change the plan, move to a lighter schedule or wrap up.
Does my psychiatrist stay involved while I am in treatment?
They can. Once you authorize it, Redefine’s team can coordinate with your current psychiatrist or other prescriber, so the medication side of your care and the program pull in the same direction.
- On the TEDx Stage
A First Look at Redefine
Get a feel for Redefine’s Scottsdale center and its neuroscience-based care before you pick up the phone about anxiety.
- Visit Us
Our Scottsdale Location
You’ll find Redefine in North Scottsdale, close to the 101 and the Scottsdale Airpark. It is within easy reach of Paradise Valley, Cave Creek and Fountain Hills, and of the wider Phoenix metro.
8245 N 85th Way, Scottsdale, AZ 85258
Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM
Monday to Friday
