Join Jennie Ketcham Crooks in conversation with Dr. Adina Aldea, Clinical Director at the West Coast Anxiety Clinic, for an essential guide to anxiety treatment referrals designed specifically for primary care providers. This comprehensive interview covers everything you need to know about identifying, assessing, and referring patients with anxiety disorders to specialized mental health care.

What Primary Care Providers Will Learn:

🔍 Recognition & Assessment: Key signs of anxiety disorders that warrant referral, including functional impairment indicators and co-occurring conditions like depression

📋 Referral Decision-Making: When to refer vs. when to treat in primary care, plus understanding the complexities of health anxiety post-pandemic

🧠 Treatment Insights: How cognitive behavioral therapy and exposure therapy work, dispelling common myths about anxiety treatment approaches

🔄 OCD Understanding: Recognizing OCD beyond stereotypes, understanding its impact, and knowing when specialized treatment is essential

💻 Telehealth Effectiveness: Evidence-based insights on remote therapy options and their effectiveness for anxiety disorders

🤝 Collaborative Care: Best practices for provider communication and supporting patients during treatment transitions

Key Topics Covered:

• Identifying anxiety symptoms that impair daily functioning
• Understanding avoidance behaviors in anxiety disorders
• Post-pandemic rise in health anxiety presentations
• Medication + therapy combination effectiveness
• Treatment duration expectations and patient motivation factors
• Continuity of care between primary and specialty providers

Dr. Aldea brings years of clinical expertise in anxiety disorders, OCD treatment, and telehealth delivery to help primary care providers make informed referral decisions and better support their patients’ mental health needs.

About West Coast Anxiety: Specialized telehealth therapy practice offering evidence-based anxiety disorder treatment.