Anxiety takes multiple forms, each requiring tailored intervention. Generalized anxiety disorder creates persistent, excessive worry about routine matters. Panic disorder produces sudden, intense episodes of fear with physical symptoms. Social anxiety makes interpersonal situations feel threatening.
Our providers conduct comprehensive evaluations to identify which anxiety condition you’re experiencing. Accurate diagnosis helps providers develop a treatment plan that targets your condition, needs and goals.
At our location on Dearfield Drive, we provide multiple treatment modalities:
Our patients tend to ask us the following questions.
Everyone experiences situational worry. Anxiety disorders involve excessive, persistent worry that’s disproportionate to circumstances and interferes with daily functioning. The key distinction is impairment. Anxiety becomes clinical when it prevents you from working, maintaining relationships or engaging in activities you previously enjoyed.
While some medications treat both conditions, anxiety-specific therapy emphasizes exposure techniques and worry management. Treatment focuses on reducing avoidance behaviors and teaching skills to tolerate uncertainty. Expert psychiatric evaluation distinguishes between primary anxiety and anxiety secondary to depression.
Yes. Panic disorder requires interventions that address both the attacks themselves and the fear of future attacks. Treatment includes cognitive techniques to reframe catastrophic thinking, interoceptive exposure to physical sensations and medication when panic frequency requires pharmacological support.
Our Greenwich clinic provides accessible, confidential care for patients throughout Connecticut and nearby New York suburbs. Anxiety is a common mental health disorder, and treatment is available. If you’re looking for an anxiety psychiatrist near Greenwich, CT, or exploring treatment options, contact our location or request a consultation today.
