Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) effects about 2 in 100 adults in the United States. It is characterized by intensely intrusive thoughts and urges to complete mental or physical rituals to make them go away. This can mean rethinking an event until it feels 'just right'. For others it may look like repeating the last words someone said in your head 3 times. For many individuals with OCD, who have found accommodations so they can continue functioning, they have experienced symptoms for a long time before bringing it up in a treatment setting.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), is a disorder of persistent worry about many things in their life. Individuals experiencing GAD, beyond thoughts about what may go wrong, often notice disturbed sleep, muscle or physical pains, restlessness, and trouble focusing because of their worry.

Similar to GAD, individuals with Social Anxiety Disorder experience persistent worry but focused around interactions or desired interactions with others. This may involve thoughts related to being incompetent at presenting in public or that others are judging or negatively evaluating you.

Individuals with panic disorder experience intense anxiety up to at least on one occasion (though often more) a panic attack with intense feelings of dread, weight/tightness on their chest, difficulty breathing, fear of dying or having a heart attack. As a result of this, the person starts to build a life around avoiding things that may bring that feeling about or mimic it.

Specific Phobia is a group of disorders related to fearing clear aspects of one's life (small spaces, insects, medical procedures, etc.) They may have other anxiety disorders or not experiencing any anxiety with other aspects of living outside of a healthy range for them.

Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is when an individual (adult or child) is limiting food amount or variety so significantly it disrupts their life, health, or expected growth.

It is not uncommon that individuals experiencing anxiety disorders may also be struggling with depression, substance misuse/abuse, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or additional eating and body image concerns. Your clinician will complete a thorough clinical intake to help rule out the presence of another disorder and review findings with you throughout the treatment process.