Author · Psychotherapist · Speaker
Arolyn Burns — Author of Anxiety Annihilated
Arolyn Burns, LMFT, LPCC, is a Newport Beach psychotherapist specializing in anxiety, phobias, trauma and chronic pain. Practicing since 1997, she is an EMDR-certified therapist, certified hypnotherapist, author of the forthcoming book Anxiety Annihilated, and creator of The A.R.O.L.Y.N. Method™.
Psychotherapist · EMDR Certified · Certified Hypnotherapist · Author of Anxiety Annihilated · Practicing since 1997
Anxiety Annihilated
Anxiety Annihilated is a practical guide to understanding and reducing anxiety, drawn from nearly three decades of clinical work with anxiety, phobias, trauma and chronic pain. It translates evidence-based methods — EMDR, clinical hypnotherapy, cognitive and somatic tools — into steps a reader can use between sessions.
The book is forthcoming in 2026. Updates, excerpts and educational articles are published at AnxietyAnnihilated.com.
Professional biography
Arolyn Burns is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) with an M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Azusa Pacific University. She has practiced since 1997 and treats anxiety, phobias, trauma and chronic pain from her office at 2333 E Coast Highway #C, Corona Del Mar, CA 92625, and virtually throughout California.
She founded The "A" Treatment Center in 2002 and opened her Corona del Mar (Newport Beach) office in 2017. Her clinical work includes EMDR for trauma and PTSD, a five-session clinical hypnotherapy protocol for specific phobias, performance anxiety work with athletes, and support for first responders and survivors of large-scale traumatic events.
Credentials include certifications in EMDR, clinical hypnotherapy, mediation and Level 3 Gottman training. She has been recognized as Best Newport Beach Therapist ten times.
Why she wrote Anxiety Annihilated
Most people living with anxiety do not first meet it in a therapist's office — they meet it on a plane, in a dental chair, before a presentation, or at 3 a.m. Anxiety Annihilated exists so the tools that work in session are available to readers who are not yet in therapy, or who want structure between appointments. It explains what anxiety is doing physiologically, why avoidance strengthens it, and which approaches have evidence behind them.
The A.R.O.L.Y.N. Method™
Arolyn is the creator of The A.R.O.L.Y.N. Method™ — Assess, Reframe, Observe, Learn, Yield, Normalize — a trauma-informed framework that integrates EMDR, clinical hypnotherapy, somatic regulation and sensory-based care to move clients from survival into restoration.
Read the full framework →Speaking topics
- Anxiety, phobias and the nervous system
- EMDR and trauma recovery
- Clinical hypnotherapy for specific phobias
- Chronic pain and the mind-body connection
- Performance anxiety in athletes and executives
- Stress management for first responders and workplaces
- The A.R.O.L.Y.N. Method™
Arolyn has spoken at UCLA, Pepperdine University and Las Encinas Hospital, and appears regularly on podcasts, radio and television.
Media & interviews
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