Rooted Hearts Center for Anxiety & OCD

Finding Calm in a Mind That Won’t Turn Off.

Anxiety can make the world feel overwhelming. OCD can make you feel trapped in cycles of thoughts, fears, rituals, or behaviors that are difficult to control. Panic can make your body feel like it is constantly on high alert.

At the Rooted Hearts Center for Anxiety & OCD, we understand that anxiety disorders are not simply about “worrying too much” or needing to “relax.” Anxiety affects the nervous system, thoughts, emotions, behaviors, relationships, and daily functioning.

Our clinicians specialize in evidence-based treatment for anxiety disorders and OCD across the lifespan. We provide compassionate, trauma-informed care to help children, adolescents, adults, and families understand anxiety, develop effective coping strategies, and reclaim their lives.

You do not have to organize your life around fear.

We Specialize In:

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

For individuals who experience persistent worry, overthinking, difficulty relaxing, or feeling responsible for preventing negative outcomes.

Therapy can help with:

• Excessive worry
• Racing thoughts
• Need for reassurance
• Difficulty making decisions
• Chronic stress
• Physical symptoms of anxiety
• Sleep challenges

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

OCD is more than being organized or perfectionistic. It involves unwanted intrusive thoughts, images, urges, or fears that create distress and lead to compulsive behaviors or mental rituals.

We provide specialized support for:

• Contamination fears
• Harm OCD
• Relationship OCD (ROCD)
• Religious or moral OCD (scrupulosity)
• Health anxiety/OCD
• Sexual orientation and gender-related OCD themes
• Checking behaviors
• Reassurance seeking
• Intrusive thoughts
• Mental compulsions
• Rumination
• Perfectionism-related OCD

Panic Disorder & Panic Attacks

Panic can feel frightening and unpredictable. We help individuals understand the body’s alarm system and develop skills to reduce fear of anxiety itself.

Support includes:

• Panic attacks
• Fear of losing control
• Avoidance behaviors
• Agoraphobia
• Body sensations and health fears

Social Anxiety

Social anxiety can make everyday interactions feel exhausting or threatening.

We help clients with:

• Fear of judgment
• Public speaking anxiety
• Social avoidance
• Relationship concerns
• Self-consciousness
• Confidence building

Anxiety in Children & Adolescents

Children and teens often express anxiety differently. Anxiety may appear as:

• School refusal
• Perfectionism
• Irritability
• Physical complaints
• Excessive reassurance seeking
• Separation anxiety
• Sleep difficulties
• Avoidance

We help children and families understand anxiety and develop practical tools for emotional regulation and confidence.

Anxiety During Life Transitions

Major life changes can activate anxiety, including:

• College transitions
• Career changes
• Marriage or divorce
• Parenting
• Pregnancy and postpartum
• Health concerns
• Loss and grief
• Aging and caregiving

Evidence-Based Treatment Approaches

Our clinicians use specialized interventions supported by research to help individuals reduce anxiety and build long-term resilience.

Treatment may include:

Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)

ERP is considered a first-line treatment for OCD. It helps individuals gradually face feared thoughts, situations, or sensations while learning that anxiety can decrease without engaging in compulsive behaviors.

ERP may help with:

• Intrusive thoughts
• Compulsions
• Avoidance
• Reassurance seeking
• Fear-based behaviors

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT helps identify and change patterns of thinking and behavior that maintain anxiety.

Skills may include:

• Challenging anxious predictions
• Building coping strategies
• Reducing avoidance
• Increasing confidence

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

ACT helps individuals learn to make room for uncomfortable thoughts and feelings while moving toward what matters most.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

DBT skills support:

• Emotional regulation
• Distress tolerance
• Mindfulness
• Interpersonal effectiveness

Mindfulness-Based Interventions

Learn to observe thoughts and sensations without becoming controlled by them.

Somatic & Nervous System Regulation

Anxiety lives in both the mind and body. We help clients develop skills to regulate the nervous system through:

• Grounding techniques
• Breathwork
• Body awareness
• Relaxation strategies
• Emotional regulation skills

Trauma-Informed Anxiety Treatment

For individuals whose anxiety is connected to trauma, attachment wounds, or past experiences, treatment incorporates approaches that address both current symptoms and underlying experiences.

Support Across the Lifespan

The Rooted Hearts Center for Anxiety & OCD provides specialized care for:

• Children
• Adolescents
• Emerging adults
• Adults
• Parents and families

We also provide support for parents who are learning how to respond to anxious behaviors without reinforcing anxiety cycles.

Reclaim Your Life From Anxiety

Anxiety often convinces people to shrink their world—to avoid, control, check, seek reassurance, or stay constantly prepared for danger.

Healing is not about eliminating every uncomfortable thought or feeling. It is about learning that anxiety does not have to control your choices.

At Rooted Hearts, we help you build confidence, resilience, and freedom so you can live the life you want—not the life anxiety allows.

You are more than your anxiety.