The OCD & Anxiety Center

01/30/2026

We’re excited to share that we’ll be opening a new office in Barrington, IL in April 2026 ✨

This expansion allows us to bring specialized, evidence-based care for anxiety, OCD, and related concerns to more individuals and families in the Northwest suburbs.

📍 New Location (Opening April 2026):
27790 W. Highway 22, Suite 5
Barrington, IL

We look forward to becoming part of the Barrington community and continuing to support meaningful, lasting progress in mental health care. 💜

01/22/2026

If you’re tired, tense, irritable, and can’t shut your brain off… this might not just be “stress.”

Generalized anxiety often hides behind physical symptoms, sleep issues, and decision paralysis. We’re unpacking the lesser-known signs of generalized anxiety disorder - and how treatment can actually help.
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When people think about symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder, they often picture constant worrying or feeling on edge. While these are common signs, GAD can show up in ways that might surprise you. Many people experience physical and emotional symptoms they don’t immediately connect with anxie...

01/21/2026

If anxiety’s showing up again, it doesn’t mean you’re back at square one. Often, anxiety gets louder when you’re facing fears or changing old patterns. That discomfort can be a sign your nervous system’s learning, not failing!

01/19/2026

When you follow what matters to you, anxiety loses some of its power. You deserve a life guided by values 💜

01/16/2026

Did you know it’s Mental Wellness Month? 🎉
We want you to know that mental wellness doesn't mean feeling calm all the time, especially if you have anxiety or OCD.

In this week’s blog, we’re talking about what mental wellness actually looks like when anxiety is loud, intrusive thoughts show up, and calm feels overrated.

Read our blog to learn more. 🧠✨

During Mental Wellness Month, conversations about mental health often focus on calmness, balance, and peace. While these ideas sound appealing, they can create a misleading message for people living with anxiety or obsessive compulsive disorder. When mental wellness is defined as feeling calm, many....

01/14/2026

Not all stressors are triggers, and not all triggers look stressful from the outside. This week's explains the difference and why it matters in anxiety treatment. Have you found that one shows up more often for you?

01/12/2026

Remember that small steps are still movement, and they add up more than you think! Keep going ✨

01/09/2026

We’re starting the new year with some knowledge 🤓

Anxiety attacks can feel scary and overwhelming, especially when you don't know what's happening in your body or mind. Learning how anxiety works can reduce fear and help you recognize when it may be time to reach for support.

Today, our blog breaks it down clearly and compassionately.

You are not alone. 💜



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Understanding anxiety attacks can help you recognize when you or someone you care about might be experiencing one. An anxiety attack is an intense episode of fear or discomfort that can feel overwhelming and frightening, especially when you don’t know what’s happening to you. While anxiety attac...

01/08/2026

Understanding anxiety and OCD should feel clear, not overwhelming. This week’s breaks down several conditions we treat in simple, everyday language. If you or someone you love is struggling with symptoms like these, we’re here to help. Reach out anytime to get started.

01/05/2026

Courage often feels messy and uncomfortable. It still counts, and it still moves you forward!

12/31/2025

✨ As we enter a new year, we want to wish you peace, gentleness, and steadiness. Not pressure.

If you are carrying anxiety or OCD into the new year, please know this: healing does not have a deadline. January 1 is not a reset button, and you are not behind if symptoms are still part of your story.

We shared a new blog this week that speaks directly to this. A reminder that progress does not happen on a calendar and that continuing to show up for yourself matters more than starting over. 🤍

🌿 Wishing you a peaceful new year, exactly as you are.

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As the calendar turns, many people feel an unspoken pressure settle in. This year should be different.I should be better by now.By this time next year, this needs to be fixed. For people living with anxiety or OCD, the start of a new year can quietly become a deadline. A finish line. Proof that heal...

12/29/2025

Every time you practice a skill, you build a little more confidence. Progress grows in those small moments!