Business Details
6 Years
experience
Expert Child Psychologists in Greenwich, CT
Greenwich Anxiety is a private practice in Connecticut specializing in child psychology, teen counseling, and adolescent therapy. Our team of highly trained child psychologists is dedicated to helping children and teens navigate mental health challenges like anxiety, OCD, tics, and ADHD. We provide collaborative, evidence-based treatment plans tailored to each child's unique needs, emphasizing parental involvement and holistic care.With decades of combined experience, our therapists have helped thousands of families achieve meaningful progress and improved quality of life through science-backed interventions like CBT and ERP. We prioritize creating a warm, accepting environment where young patients and their families feel understood and supported throughout their journey toward mental well-being.
Services
OCD Treatment
Anxiety Therapy
Tics Treatment
ADHD Counseling
Co-Occurring Disorders
Psychoeducational Assessments
IEP Support
Telemedicine Visits
Details
- Year established: 2020
Highlights and features
- We offer 20+ years of specialized experience in treating childhood anxiety and related disorders.
- Our team uses evidence-based treatments like CBT and ERP with proven long-term effectiveness.
- We provide personalized treatment plans tailored to each child's unique developmental needs.
- Our collaborative approach actively involves parents as essential partners in treatment.
- We combine clinical expertise with compassionate care in a supportive therapeutic environment.
What people say
Exceptional therapist
Compassionate expertise
Meaningful progress
Life-changing results
Supportive environment
Services
OCD Treatment
Our OCD treatment specializes in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Exposure Response Prevention for children and adolescents. We address contamination fears, symmetry needs, harm avoidance, and intrusive thoughts through gradual exposure techniques. Our approach empowers patients to resist compulsions while teaching healthy coping mechanisms, with family involvement ensuring consistent support across environments. Treatment focuses on neural pathway changes that reduce symptoms long-term.
Anxiety Therapy
We treat generalized anxiety, social phobias, and separation anxiety using evidence-based interventions tailored to each child's developmental stage. Our therapists help children identify anxiety triggers while developing practical coping strategies. Parental guidance sessions teach caregivers how to support symptom management at home. Treatment emphasizes building emotional resilience and restoring normal developmental progress through strengths-based approaches.
Tics Treatment
Our Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) program helps children manage motor and vocal tics through habit reversal training. We address premonitory urges and teach competing response techniques that reduce tic frequency without medication. Treatment includes environmental modifications and family education to create supportive home environments that reinforce therapeutic gains consistently.
ADHD Counseling
We provide behavioral therapy and parent training for ADHD management, focusing on improving executive functioning skills. Our approach combines symptom-specific interventions with school collaboration to optimize academic performance. We teach organizational strategies and impulse control techniques while helping families implement structured routines that support consistent behavior modification across settings.
Co-Occurring Disorders
Our specialists address multiple concurrent conditions like anxiety-ADHD comorbidity or tic disorder with OCD. We develop integrated treatment plans that prioritize functional improvement over isolated symptom reduction. Using Brief Trans-Diagnostic Parent Training, we create coordinated care strategies that address interrelated conditions simultaneously while involving schools and healthcare providers in comprehensive support networks.
People
Dr. Matthew Specht
Licensed Psychologist
Dr. Specht is a nationally recognized child psychologist with 20+ years of clinical experience. He developed Weill Cornell's anxiety treatment clinic and served as principal investigator for CBIT studies. His expertise in treating complex cases combines evidence-based practices with compassionate care, focusing on long-term functional improvement for children with anxiety, OCD, and tic disorders.
Dr. Catherine McNulty
Licensed Psychologist
Dr. McNulty specializes in anxiety disorders and psychoeducational assessments for children and adolescents. With nearly two decades of experience in special education leadership, she provides expert evaluations and individualized treatment plans. Her approach combines clinical expertise with practical guidance for navigating school systems and implementing effective therapeutic strategies.
Emily Carr
Practice Manager
Emily Carr coordinates patient care and manages clinical operations at Greenwich Anxiety. With a research background at Yale University School of Medicine, she ensures seamless service delivery while providing compassionate support to families navigating mental health treatment for their children.
Questions
What mental health conditions do you specialize in treating?
We specialize in treating anxiety disorders, OCD, tics/Tourette's, ADHD, and co-occurring conditions in children and adolescents using evidence-based therapies.
Do you offer telemedicine appointments?
Yes, we provide telemedicine visits licensed in 42 states, making treatment accessible for families across multiple regions.
How do you involve parents in treatment?
Parents participate in weekly sessions learning behavioral strategies, receiving progress updates, and collaborating on treatment plans to ensure consistent support at home.
What ages do you treat?
We treat children, adolescents, and emerging young adults aged 4-28 years through developmentally appropriate interventions.
Do you work with schools and educators?
Yes, we collaborate with schools on IEP development, accommodations, and implementing therapeutic strategies in educational environments.
What makes your approach unique?
Our combination of clinical expertise, family involvement, and coordinated care across home, school, and medical providers creates comprehensive, lasting treatment outcomes.
