Center for Anxiety and Behavioral Change

01/19/2026

Today we celebrate the life and Legacy of Dr. King.

"We must combine the toughness of the serpent and the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart." - The Strength to Love, 1963.

This specific quote, since CABC was founded in 2011, has guided and embodied our mission of delivering evidence-based treatment in a warm, humble, and compassionate environment.

01/12/2026

Dr. Dalton speaking on why school avoidance is like having an allergic reaction to a casserole, the critical importance of proper assessment of the child avoiding school with a specific focus on the difference in treatment approach for anxiety-based school avoidance and autism-based school avoidance.

01/12/2026

Dr. Dalton speaking on our comprehensive treatment approach for children and teens experiencing school avoidance.

01/11/2026

Anxiety is a door disguised as a wall. It's our job to help children, teens, and adults learn how to open the door and the benefits of moving through it.

The Center for Anxiety and Behavioral Change, with offices in Rockville, Maryland and McLean, Virginia, is a private treatment center dedicated to reducing the suffering of individuals living with anxiety and related disorders through state-of-the-art, evidence based, behavioral treatment in the con...

01/03/2026

Dr. Dalton speaking about how to know if you're receiving evidence-based treatment for your anxiety disorder.

01/03/2026

Our director, Dr. Dalton, speaking about what evidence -based treatment for adults living with an anxiety disorder looks like

01/03/2026

12/01/2025

Exciting news!

10/31/2025

Here is the recording of Dr. Dalton's presentation to the Autism Society of Maryland on school avoidance in autistic children and teens.

Join psychologists Dr. Jonathan Dalton and Dr. Cynthia Schulmeyer for a discussion of the evidence-based treatment of school avoidance in autistic students, ...

10/29/2025

Dr. Dalton is looking forward to giving this talk tonight on treating autistic children experiencing school avoidance with the Autism Society of Maryland this evening.

Don’t forget to register for our School Avoidance webinar happening TONIGHT
October 29 from 7:00–8:30 PM on Zoom!

Join psychologists Dr. Jonathan Dalton and Dr. Cynthia Schulmeyer for an important discussion on supporting autistic students experiencing school avoidance.

Simultaneous Spanish translation provided.
Register today: https://app.dvforms.net/api/dv/y3z415

09/23/2025

The Center for Anxiety and Behavioral Change strongly affirms the importance of empirical evidence serving as the foundation of knowledge that informs public policy and individual treatment decisions. We strongly support the statements of the American Psychological Association, American Psychiatric Association, and American Association of Pediatrics and urge all in power to adopt an approach to Autistic people and their families rooted in compassion and understanding that asserts that people of all neurotypes deserve a discussion informed by evidence rather than conjecture, and facts rather than feelings

09/22/2025

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