Anxiety

Learn about the different types of anxiety disorders, their symptoms, and evidence-based treatment options. Our specialists provide personalized care using proven therapies to help children, teens, and adults regain confidence and improve daily life.

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Our Approach

We know that your journey with your anxiety may have been difficult, but we are so excited that you have found our center.
The good news is that anxiety and OC spectrum disorders are highly treatable when met with the right scientific solutions.

Here you will find that we are experts in our field and are equipped with the best in behavioral treatments. For anxiety disorders the most effective treatments utilize exposure, which is why exposure therapy forms the foundation of our anxiety program. Exposure is critical because it targets the very neurobiological processes that maintain the problem. Our clinicians are ready to collaborate with you and confidently guide you in facing your fear, challenging your thoughts, and developing greater resilience. We often find that although anxiety feels despairing in the moment, recovery can be a life-changing  experience.

Coming to The Anxiety Center, you can be sure that you will receive compassionate care as we walk with you through difficult emotions and teach you strategies that will inspire hope and minimize the chance of recurrence in the future.

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Anxiety
disorders

Anxiety

Disorders
GAD

Generalized Anxiety

Generalized anxiety disorder involves ongoing, excessive worry that can be difficult to control. It may cause restlessness, irritability, sleep problems, fatigue, physical discomfort, and frequent reassurance seeking.
SAD

Social Anxiety Disorder

Social anxiety disorder involves an intense fear of being judged, embarrassed, or humiliated in social situations. It may cause physical symptoms, panic, and avoidance of activities such as speaking in public, attending classes, meeting people, or forming friendships.
HAD

Health Anxiety

Health anxiety involves persistent worry that physical sensations or minor symptoms may indicate a serious illness. It can lead to frequent body checking, reassurance seeking, medical visits, and difficulty accepting normal test results.
Phobias

Phobias

Specific phobias involve intense fear of a particular object or situation, such as animals, heights, needles, blood, or medical procedures. The fear may lead to avoidance and interfere with a child’s daily life.
SM

Selective Mutism

Selective mutism is an anxiety disorder in which a child can speak comfortably in some settings, such as at home, but is unable to speak in places like school or public environments. It can affect friendships, classroom participation, and everyday communication.
SA

Separation Anxiety

Separation anxiety involves intense distress when a child is separated from a caregiver or expects separation. It may cause crying, tantrums, difficulty with school or daycare drop-offs, and problems sleeping alone.
SR

School Refusal

School refusal is often linked to anxiety, depression, social challenges, or academic difficulties. Children may report frequent physical symptoms and struggle to return to school after extended absences.
PD

Panic Disorder

Specific phobias involve intense fear of a particular object or situation, such as animals, heights, needles, blood, or medical procedures. The fear may lead to avoidance and interfere with a child’s daily life.

Our Principles
Guide Us

Excellence

We strive to provide exceptional care that surpasses patient expectations.

Science

Science guides us, evolving with new knowledge, as it remains both provisional and an equalizer.

Innovation

We strive to provide exceptional care that surpasses patient expectations.

Courage

Creating the unprecedented can be chaotic, but we believe our greatest challenges catalyze growth.

Relationship

We foster transformative relationships with our team and patients, rooted in love, empathy, and joy

Integration

Life is interconnected; our health should be too. Care must be contextual, nuanced, and integrated.

Our Mission

At The Anxiety Center, our mission is to provide compassionate, evidence-based mental health care that empowers individuals to overcome challenges and achieve lasting well-being. We believe that everyone deserves access to innovative treatments tailored to their unique needs, delivered with care and understanding.

Our Vision

We envision a world where mental health care is accessible, stigma-free, and transformative. Through our commitment to cutting-edge therapies and holistic care, we aim to set a new standard in the treatment of anxiety, depression, OCD, and other mental health conditions.

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The Anxiety Center Cincinnati

12500 Reed Hartman Hwy
Cincinnati, OH 45241
(513) 547-2861
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The Anxiety Center Dayton
2331 Far Hills Ave.
Dayton, OH 45419
(937) 884-1087
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The Anxiety Center Indianapolis
7340 Crossing Place Suite 100
Fishers, Indiana 46038
(463) 220-0437
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