When worry is hard to switch off, it can affect your sleep, concentration, and relationships. We help adults understand their anxiety and explore therapy, medication, or a combination during in-person visits in West Hartford.
Treatment starts with understanding your experience and choosing a plan together.
CBT helps you notice patterns that keep worry going and practice different responses. Sessions may include examining anxious predictions, working with uncertainty and gradually returning to activities you have been avoiding.
Medication may help when anxiety is persistent or significantly affects daily life. Your prescriber discusses options, possible side effects and how progress will be assessed. The choice depends on your history and other health needs.
Treatment can include practical work on sleep, stress and habits that affect anxiety. These changes support care rather than replacing an assessment. If you receive therapy and medication here, your clinicians coordinate the plan.
A conversation about what has been happening and what you would like to change.
We ask what you worry about, how it affects your day, and whether there are panic attacks, trauma symptoms or other concerns. We review sleep, caffeine, medications, substance use and physical health. You can bring notes or examples if putting the experience into words feels difficult. Sometimes understanding the pattern takes more than one visit.
We explain the options, answer your questions and discuss follow-up based on your needs. You can ask about benefits, possible risks and other approaches before making a decision.
All visits are in person at 10 Princeton St, Ste N, West Hartford, CT 06110. We do not offer telehealth.
An evaluation considers the full picture, including other concerns that may overlap.
Anxiety can affect both thoughts and the body. Generalized anxiety disorder, or GAD, involves persistent, difficult-to-control worry about several parts of life. Worry may continue even when you recognize that it is out of proportion to the situation. Ongoing stress can also be difficult and deserves support.
This page focuses on generalized anxiety. Sudden attacks of fear, anxiety in social situations, trauma reactions and unwanted thoughts with rituals may call for a different assessment. Our panic disorder, social anxiety, PTSD and OCD pages explain those patterns in more detail.
These examples can help you describe what you are experiencing. They are not a self-diagnosis.
If symptoms are affecting daily life, relationships or your ability to look after yourself, it is reasonable to ask for support. You do not need to be certain about a diagnosis before contacting us.
Notes about when symptoms happen, what makes them better or worse, and what you have already tried can help start the conversation.
Request an appointmentPractical answers to help you decide on your next step.
No. Although duration is part of the diagnostic criteria for GAD, you can seek support whenever worry is affecting your life.
Yes, but new or concerning physical symptoms should not automatically be attributed to anxiety. A clinician can help determine whether medical assessment is needed.
You can discuss starting with therapy at your evaluation. Treatment recommendations depend on your symptoms and history, and may include therapy, medication or both.
You can start with what is most important to you. The clinician will ask questions to understand your needs, and you can say when something is difficult to discuss.
All appointments are in person at our West Hartford office for adults 18 and over. We do not offer telehealth.
You can request an appointment directly. Insurance requirements vary, so the office can help check whether your plan requires a referral or authorization and discuss expected costs. Contact us about coverage or self-pay before scheduling.
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Sources: NIMH: Generalized anxiety disorder. This page provides general information. Your clinician can help determine what applies to you.
Contact our West Hartford office to request an in-person visit. You can tell us what has been difficult and ask about the next step.
