Nashville OCD & Anxiety Treatment Center

10/29/2025

Ben and Amy are offering this upcoming continuing education opportunity for clinicians who want to learn about how to treat emetophobia (the fear of vomiting). This event is on Friday, December 5th at 9:00-noon and will be held both virtually and in-person in Brentwood. Sign up now for early bird pricing!

Join Dr. Amy Mariaskin & Ben Craft, LPC-MHSP for this live and virtual continuing education presentation on Emetophobia!

10/14/2025

Here’s an OCD Awareness Week video about another lesser known type of OCD! This time Dr. Amy Mariaskin talks about when OCD imbues inanimate objects with internal states of being. Do you ever worry that objects in your house feel left out or lonely? You’re not alone! Watch this video to learn more.

10/01/2025

Our newest blog post is up! Ben Craft, LPC-MHSP, discusses accommodation, its impact on OCD and anxiety, and how to reduce it. Check it out!

If you love someone with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) or an anxiety disorder, it’s natural to want to help them feel better, but knowing how to help them in truly beneficial ways can be difficult. When someone we care about is in distress, it can bring up similar feelings of distress in our...

09/15/2025

Hi all! Dr. Mariaskin and clinician Katie Boyer will be leading a new LGBTQIA+ consultation group beginning October 8th. This group is for licensed therapists working with LGBTQIA+ clients affected by OCD, anxiety, and related disorders. Both group members specialize in evidence-based treatment that recognizes the intersections of mental health concerns and aspects of identity. This group will meet for 75 minutes on a biweekly basis on Wednesdays from 11:00am-12:15pm CST. The cost for all five weeks is $375 and enrollment is limited to 4 participants. Contact us via email or phone call if interested! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🧠

09/09/2025

Hi everyone! Monica Whitley has recently joined our clinical internship program at Nashville OCD & Anxiety Treatment Center and is working under Courtney Bottoms Gustafson's supervision! She is a student in Vanderbilt's Master's counseling program. Like the rest of us at NOATC, Monica will be treating clients of all ages who live with OCD, an OCD-spectrum disorder, or an anxiety disorder. Our student rate is $60 per session, and we do offer reduced fee spots! For more information, please reach out to us at info@ocdnashville.com! Interested clients can fill out a pre-screening at https://www.ocdnashville.com/ . DM us with any questions!

09/02/2025

Our fall 2025 Teen OCD Treatment Group is now recruiting! Taylor Hays and Monica Whitley will be co-leading this group for adolescents with OCD who want to learn new skills and support one another. Reach out with any questions!

09/01/2025

We all experience difficult thoughts and feelings - especially when life feels uncertain or overwhelming. It’s natural to want to fix them or shut them out, but most times, those feelings are just our mind and body trying to respond to what we perceive around us. Sometimes, the most helpful thing we can do is slow down, notice what’s showing up, and remind ourselves that it makes sense. Little by little, that awareness opens the door to new ways of responding - and that’s how real change begins.

08/01/2025

Please welcome (back!!), Becky Wood, LMSW! Becky completed her internship training as a student at the Nashville OCD & Anxiety Treatment Center and is rejoining the clinic as a Master Level Social Worker on August 11th. Becky uses evidence-based treatment and has a particular passion for working with youth affected by OCD, anxiety, and related disorders. She will be supervised by Ashley Smith, LCSW and is accepting new clients for the Brentwood and Mt Juliet locations as well as virtually now! https://www.ocdnashville.com/becky-wood

07/28/2025

Our latest blog post is out now! Dr. Amy talks about the importance of specialty care when it comes to treating OCD in particular. Let us know what you think!

OC symptoms can be complex, confusing, and malleable. So, it’s important that therapists’ training and experience be extensive. This means having taken multiple targeted workshops, immersing oneself in the scientific literature of the field, and ideally working alongside other professionals who ...

07/23/2025

The Goldfinch Foundation is hosting an event for high schooler and their parents on Monday, July 28th at 4:30-6:00pm! This event will feature a panel of specialists (including Dr. Mariaskin) as well as current college students. They will address common myths about college and chat about how best to be prepared for the exciting changes that await you. To sign up for this FREE event, visit https://www.thegff.org/events/event-one-t6sge We hope to see you there!

06/25/2025

We want to wish everyone a happy pride from NOATC! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ We are so grateful for the above organizations that help in providing support to the LBGTQIA+ community. Are there any that we missed? Please share in the comments below! We hope everyone attending Nashville Pride Festival this weekend has an amazing time! ❤️

06/24/2025

Check out our latest blog post by our Head of Education & Training, Ben Craft! This one is about cognitive distortions: what they are, how to recognize them, and ways to challenge them.

Cognitive distortions are systematic patterns of biased thinking that lead to inaccurate perceptions of reality. I frequently work with clients who feel overwhelmed by their thought patterns, often struggling to distinguish between realistic concerns due to the believability of their cognitive disto...