The Anxiety Treatment Center is the first & only treatment program in California and the U.S. that offers Partial Hospitalization, Intensive Outpatient Treatment, a Hoarding Disorder Program, Phobia Track, and Equine Assisted Activity Program (EAA) specializing in OCD and anxiety disorders. This includes Generalized Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Panic Disorder, Trichotillomania, and Excoriation Disorder, to name a few.. This facility provides the frontline treatment protocols for these conditions which includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy CBT) and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). This integrative approach is the only scientifically proven treatment modality shown to produce chemical changes in the brain leading to decreased anxiety and improved functioning. About Anxiety: Anxiety is the result of fear. When we are afraid, our body responds by producing physiological symptoms such as heart palpitations, sweating, trembling or shaking, shortness of breath, dizziness, and chest pain. These symptoms tend to produce a "fight or flight response" causing us to take action so twe can be "safe." Typically ones instinct is to go into a "flight" response, rather than stay and "fight" what is scaring us. Hence, we often times see individuals whose lives have become significantly limited due to avoidance of the situations that are producing the anxiety.

At The Anxiety Treatment Center, expert clinicians will help individuals learn how to confront triggers producing the anxiety with techniques that will allow them to become desensitized to them through the exposure process. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy will help individuals address negative thinking patterns that contribute to their anxiety and help to restore a healthy and balanced lifestyle which compliments the ERP process. As one might guess, confronting issues related to anxiety can be difficult and as such, our integration of mindfulness-based approaches will help those who engage in the process to find increased ability to tolerate the uncomfortable feelings that may arise. Our full-service clinic offers all levels of treatment to support the needs of those looking for help including individual, group, family, couples counseling, home visits, and treatment in the community, in addition to a social anxiety group, generalized anxiety group, and kids group. We also offer an aftercare/relapse prevention group for those who desire an integrative follow-up plan. For those traveling from out of town, we offer housing which is centrally located within 1/2 mile from the facility and within walking distance to grocery and other retail stores. Services in Spanish available.

Dr. Robin Zasio, Psy.D., LCSW is the Owner and Director and has been specializing in treating anxiety disorders for the past 20 years. Offering internship training programs and opportunities, she also travels both in the United States and Internationally not only working with clients needing her expertise, but also training and teaching. She is on the Clinical Advisory Board, Scientific Advisory Board, Speakers Bureau, and BTTI Faculty for the International OCD Foundation. She is the author of THE HOARDER IN YOU: How to Live a Happier, Healthier, Uncluttered Life, and President of The OCD Sacramento Foundation, a nonprofit organization designed to promote awareness for proper treatment for OCD and anxiety disorders, and related conditions. She is a featured doctor on the hit series HOARDERS and Host of My Extreme Animal Phobia on Animal Planet. She is also the host of The Dr. Robin Zasio Show, a radio show with the theme "Mental Health Matters" and goal to promote awareness of mental health conditions that affect the public and work to reduce stigma.