Anxiety Disorders Clinic

The Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Clinic

About The Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Clinic

Location

Director

     The Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Clinic is a division of the VTCC Anxiety Disorders Center.  Directed by Dr. Roxann Roberson-Nay, the Anxiety Disorders Center is a clinical research center committed to the study and treatment of anxiety disorders, phobias, and related disorders that often affect children and adolescents ages 5-17. The Anxiety Disorders Clinic specializes in providing cognitive-behavioral therapy in a warm, supportive environment. The clinic offers both assessment and outpatient treatment services for the following disorders:

• Social Anxiety Disorder

• Separation Anxiety Disorder

• *Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

• Panic Disorder (and Agoraphobia)

• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• Phobias 

• Trichotillomania

• Tourette’s Disorder

• Tic Disorders

*OCD is a debilitating disorder that often requires inpatient treatment. The Child and Adolescent Anxiety Center provides services on an outpatient basis only. If the case warrants inpatient care, referral recommendations will be provided.

     As part of its program the Anxiety Disorders Center also provides educational and consultation services for anxiety disorders in the greater Richmond area. The center maintains relations with several nationally recognized anxiety treatment research centers.

Location:

     The VTCC Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Clinic is located at 515 North 10^th Street, on the corner of 10th and Leigh Streets.

Please contact 804-828-3137 for additional information.

More about the director: 

     Dr. Roxann Roberson-Nay is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at VCUHS. Before beginning her graduate training in clinical psychology, Dr. Roberson-Nay trained with Drs. Samuel Turner and Deborah Beidel, two leading anxiety treatment researchers, at the Medical University of South Carolina, Anxiety Prevention and Treatment Research Center. Dr. Roberson-Nay received a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Maine and completed a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) fellowship under the direction of Drs. Turner and Beidel at the University of Maryland, specializing in the treatment of childhood anxiety disorders. In 2003, Dr. Roberson-Nay received an Intramural Training Award from the NIMH to develop expertise in the neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of pediatric anxiety and mood disorders under the mentorship of Dr. Daniel Pine. Dr. Roberson-Nay’s broad research interest is in the delineation of biological and psychosocial mechanisms that confer risk for development of childhood anxiety disorders as well as the development of evidence-based treatments for child and adolescent anxiety disorders.