Anxiety and OCD Therapy in Phoenix, AZ

Anxiety boils down to fear. Sometimes, anxiety helps us stay safe or focused. But when that anxiety takes over our lives, making it hard to eat, sleep, maintain work and relationships - it’s time to take a different approach.
Anxiety may look like:
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder - a general sense of fear/worry that permeates many areas of life
- A Specific Phobia - intense fear of one or a handful of specific things
- Social Anxiety - anxiety specific to social interaction
- Panic Disorder - panic attacks and the fear of recurring panic attacks
Some of the ways I help folks navigate anxiety and related diagnoses include:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Creative therapies like art, nature and animal assisted
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma therapies as needed where some presentation of anxiety is linked to underlying trauma. These may include EMDR, IFS, or Brainspotting.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is also rooted in fear and a desire for control to manage that fear.
OCD asks the question “what if” about the things you care most about and tries to convince you that improbabilities are the truth.
OCD is comprised of a cycle of obsessive thoughts (rooted in a core fear), leading to anxiety, leading to compulsive behavior to try to reduce the anxiety, which unfortunately only leads to reinforcing the anxiety even more.
The treatment of choice for OCD is Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP), which is a specific type of CBT therapy. It is often very effective for folks struggling with OCD because it interrupts the OCD cycle.
I have completed ERP training with the International OCD Foundation and exclusively use this modality to support folks in managing OCD symptoms.

Interested in learning more? Schedule a 15 minute complimentary phone consultation!