Anxiety Specialists of Atlanta

10/14/2025

Atlanta's One Million Steps for OCD walk is coming up this weekend!
This year's Atlanta OCD Walk will take place on Saturday, October 18th at Pernoshal Park in Dunwoody. Together, we will walk with our friends and family (and pets) to raise awareness and funds for the OCD community. The OCD Avengers (our team name every year) raised more than $2,500 last year, and funds that we raise this year will go towards supporting OCD Georgia and the International OCD Foundation related to ongoing advocacy, education, and scholarships for various learning opportunities. To donate or join our team, click the link below! We hope to see some of you there!

The Atlanta OCD Walk is an annual fundraising event that provides individuals across the country the opportunity to connect, share stories, create impact, and show those who are struggling on their road to recovery that they are not alone.

09/01/2025

Dr. Josh Spitalnick was featured as a guest on The Peter Attia Drive podcast discussing Understanding Anxiety: Defining, Assessing, and Treating Health Anxiety, OCD, and More! Use the link below to listen now!

Josh Spitalnick is a clinical & research psychologist with expertise in treating a variety of anxiety conditions with cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) & ot...

07/13/2025

07/03/2025

We are proud to announce that Anxiety Specialists of Atlanta has been named Dunwoody's Best Mental Health Practice of 2025! Thank you to all who voted and have supported us as we provide evidence based psychological services for OCD, anxiety, and related disorders

06/05/2025

We are thrilled to announce that Anxiety Specialists of Atlanta has been nominated for My Dunwoody magazine's Best of 2025 contest. We were nominated in the category of Best Mental Health Practice, and would love your support to win!

This prestigious recognition highlights ASoA's longstanding commitment to excellence, spanning over a decade, not just to Dunwoody, Georgia but to the entire state of Georgia (and 40 other states). Such an award recognizes our dedication to offer the most current, evidence-based interventions for children, adolescents, as well as adults, couples, and families, who struggle with anxiety disorders, including OCD, PTSD, health anxiety, social anxiety, panic disorder, etc., along with depression, ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, eating issues, and many other commonly occurring problem areas.

**Voting is now open and will close on June 11th at 11:59pm**

How to vote:

-Visit https://atlantabestmedia.com/my-dunwoody-best-of-2025/
-Click on the category "Health, Beauty, and Fitness"
-Scroll through the alphabetized categories to find our nomination. *Important: You must click the “vote” button at the bottom of the last page, or your vote will not be counted.
-You can vote once per day, per email

Voting daily and spreading the word to family, friends, and colleagues will make a significant difference in this contest. Votes not only celebrate ASoA's contributions to the Dunwoody community, but they also underscore the dedication and passion that our team brings to every family, child, and adult that we treat as we aim to increase the availability and accessibility of best practices.

We appreciate your support!

Thank you for nominating! Voting will open June 5 at noon. Atlanta Best Media's Best of Winner contest is a readers' choice award program promoted through the Atlanta Best Media community of readers and businesses. Readers, businesses and the general public can nominate and vote for their favorite b...

04/23/2025

This Sunday, join SOAR Family Support for their first ever kite festival! SOAR is a Georgia-based nonprofit comprised of parents and students who have experience with or family members who have experience with mental health difficulties. To sign up or learn more, visit https://soarfamily.org/kite-festival

02/12/2025

Join us this Friday (2/14) for an IG live discussion with Dr. John Spitalnick ()! He and Dr. Mariaskin will be discussing all things health anxiety at 12pm Central. As always, if you have any questions or topics you’d like to see covered, drop them in the comments below!

02/12/2025

Next Thursday, Marti Munford, LPC will be providing a workshop on parenting anxious kids! For more information, visit https://www.prumc.org/event/raising-resilience-parenting-anxious-kids-to-bravery-workshop/

02/11/2025

Upcoming group offering!

This group is a space for adults with misophonia to learn targeted tools for managing sound triggers and related distress.

Group leader Dr. Megan Faye will teach Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills for managing symptoms of misophonia, using the latest misophonia treatment research to inform the strategies used. Members will engage in in-session and at-home homework practice to help practice these skills in daily life, while also collaborating and connecting with other group members who relate to their experience of misophonia.

For more information or to sign up, visit https://www.anxietyspecialistsofatlanta.com/events/misophonia-skills-group/

10/20/2024

WE DID IT!! Thank you to all of you who so generously donated to the 1million Steps for OCD Walk, with Team OCD AVENGERS breaking $3,000 together, and my mission to raise over $1,000 was a great success in the final days!!

Final Special thanks to Ari Craine and his family (drummer of the 77zeroes, friend since childhood, and fellow Walton high school drumline alum), Beth Brawley and her beautiful family (and fellow anxiety/OCD bada$$ mental health specialist and BFFBKC4E homie), THE Daulby’s (Nicki Ramsingh Daulby and Mark Daulby), my favorite magical charlotte and her brothers, Amy Martin Quinn and family (you want to know a real warrior, it’s Amy (FU-Cancer) happy anniversary to beating C, and Brittany Davis Bobzien and get lovely family for always supporting the ASoA team, and Brandi Henderson and Dr. Rob Henderson (part of the ASoA family!

https://support.iocdf.org/fundraiser/5827362

And as PROMISED, your donations helped us UGA BULLDAWGS beat #1 Texas ladt night. It is probably because of these donations and no other reason. 

To you Warriors, remember ===
1) YOU are not alone
2) there is a community here for YOU, AND
3) that there is UNDENIABLE SCIENCE behind effective treatment for OCD

Be kind to each other and remember that WE ALL have mental health, certain days are just tougher for some.

With love.
Josh

10/17/2024

The OCD Avengers have reached our fundraising goal for Atlanta's One Million Steps for OCD walk! This Sunday, we will be at Pernoshal Park (here in Dunwoody!) for our tenth year participating in the walk! If you want to register for the walk or help us continue to raise money, you can visit our team page using the following link. Hope to see some of you there!

Together we're making strides for OCD awareness!

10/17/2024

https://support.iocdf.org/fundraiser/5827362

Ok everybody, three more days and only $300 shy of the goal, with one more THANK YOU to Seth Abrams and his family who so lovingly donate every single year. PLEASE consider even a $25 donation, we only need 12 of those!! Or $50.. we only need 6 of those… who’s with me to meet the goal of $1,000 for the 10/20/24 walk.

For all you DAWG fans out there, you want to bring some winning vibes to the BIG UGA v TEXAS game this weekend, a kind donation is the way to go.

https://support.iocdf.org/fundraiser/5827362


Each year team OCD Avengers (aka Anxiety Specialists of Atlanta) brings enthusiasm, compassion, and silliness to a wonderful annual fundraising event>>> 1 Million Steps 4 OCD.

This is our 10th YEAR (booyah!!) doing this walk for the International OCD Foundation, our team has raised over $15k in that time, the walk is organized by all the dedicated and amazing volunteer members of OCD Georgia, Inc., and it gives us professionals a chance to spend time away from the office with other like minded professionals, family members/loved ones, and friends who support and stand by anyone who struggles with OCD, health anxiety and related disorders.

https://support.iocdf.org/fundraiser/5827362

Most important, however, is that the walk brings together OCD WARRIORS, those who have beaten down OCD in the past and those currently battling such a complex and debilitating disorder.

To you Warriors, remember ===
1) YOU are not alone
2) there is a community here for YOU, AND
3) that there is UNDENIABLE SCIENCE behind effective treatment for OCD

Our walk is October 20, 2024. Please help me and my team fundraise to support team OCD Avengers!!!

If you have any interest in donating to this cause, here is the link https://support.iocdf.org/fundraiser/5827362

I work with the best crew in the land....we have 25 amazing humans all working together to support those battling OCD, anxiety, and related problems areas. It's what we love to do, it's what we believe in, it's we are very good at treating, and it's what this entire event is about, helping those battling OCD.

Be kind to each other and remember that WE ALL have mental health, certain days are just tougher for some.

With love.
Josh

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