Dr. Josh Spitalnick is a Licensed Psychologist, Board Certified in Behavioral and Cognitive Psychology (ABPP) and CEO/Practice Owner of Anxiety Specialists of Atlanta, an outpatient clinic in Dunwoody, GA. He also serves on the training faculty of the International OCD Foundation’s Behavior Therapy Training Institute (BTTI). In his clinical practice, Dr. Spitalnick specializes in the delivery of evidence-based interventions, including Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to treat Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), anxiety and mood disorders, health anxiety, specific phobias, stress and trauma, medical complexities, and difficulties in relationship functioning. He works with children, adolescents and adults, families, and couples. He has notable subspecialties in pediatric anxiety (separation anxiety, sleep difficulties, selective mutism, phobias, etc), health anxiety, and OCD subtypes that are less commonly seen (harm OCD, moral scrupulosity, relationship OCD, sexual orientation OCD, etc), sometimes called Pure O subtypes of OCD.
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