Care that leads to lasting change
Specialty outpatient care for pediatric anxiety & OCD
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Accessible care that works for you and your family
Research-based treatment, focused on long-term skill development so that you can get back to doing the things you love.
of graduates reported a reduction in anxiety symptoms following two months of treatment.1
of caregivers would recommend InStride Health to a friend.2
of caregivers noted a reduction in their own distress.3
1. InStride Standard Episodes of Care for Graduates age >=13 years with end dates 1/1/22 - 12/31/24 where baseline GAD-7 >=10 and data complete at graduation. 2. InStride Standard Episodes of Care for Graduates with end dates 1/1/22 - 12/31/24. 3. Caregivers of Graduates with InStride Standard Episodes of Care end dates 1/1/22 - 12/31/24 with complete Caregiver Strain Questionnaire, Short Form 7 (CGSQ-SF7) data at baseline and graduation.
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Grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)—the gold standard for treating anxiety and OCD—InStride’s evidence-based approach focuses on exposure therapy to help patients face their fears and build resilience that lasts a lifetime.
CBT + Exposure
Expert 3-Person
Care Team
Real-Time Support
Parent and Caregiver
Support
What we treat, where we treat
Identifying Anxiety and OCD
The signs and symptoms can vary by individual. You may be experiencing:
- School avoidance
- Generalized anxiety and worry
- Obsessions and compulsions
- Panic attacks
- Social anxiety
- Separation anxiety
- Fears (of crowded places, vomiting, etc.)
- Perfectionism
- Academic anxiety
- Health anxiety
- Selective mutism
- Tics
- Hair pulling (trichotillomania)
- Skin picking (excoriation)
- Eating-related fears (ARFID)
- Obsessive concerns about body features
- Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS)
- Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS)
Age
Our services are tailored for ages 7–22, with flexibility on a case-by case basis.
Location of Care
You must receive care in one of the states in which we operate:
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- Connecticut
- Massachusetts
- Maine
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- Virginia
Insurance Coverage
We accept most insurance in the states in which we operate.
(Medicaid is currently not accepted. Self-pay options available.)
Frequently Asked Questions
To contact our team directly with other questions, please email us at info@instride.health or call 855.438.8331.
We engage patients and families in a fully virtual care journey that research has shown to be as effective as in-person treatment for youth with anxiety and OCD. The treatment plan is personalized to fit into the patient’s life, rather than the other way around. While we offer regularly scheduled therapy sessions, we also have real-time coaching and check-ins via phone and text to help engage kids in treatment and increase accountability, as well as opportunities to be supported by the therapist/coach virtually while doing exposure exercises out in the community (using portable devices and headphones).
Exposure therapy is a key component of CBT that involves purposely confronting the situations, objects, and places that trigger your anxiety and/or OCD symptoms to break the cycle of fear and avoidance.
Your InStride therapist will work with you to develop a roadmap for exposure practice. Your therapist and exposure coach will then support you in practicing your exposures out in the real world—at school, in stores, in restaurants, in your home, and in your neighborhood—wherever you need it most. We do this at a pace that feels right for you, and we’ll never ask you to do something that is unsafe or dangerous or that we, as the care team, wouldn’t do ourselves.
We work with school personnel while a child is in our program to ensure consistency and support; however, we are not a school-based program. We also conduct exposures and between-session coaching during school, as appropriate.
Yes! Our only location requirement is that the child must be physically located in a state we serve while treatment is going on.
Yes, your dedicated psychiatrist can prescribe medications. However, since we meet virtually, we cannot prescribe controlled substances, such as stimulants and benzodiazepines.
Yes, that’s your choice. Your InStride Health psychiatrist will collaborate with your existing doctor to ensure coordinated care. We’re happy to work with you to determine the best option to meet your needs. Families may:
- Work with their InStride psychiatrist while meeting with their outside psychiatrist less frequently, in order to stay connected. If that is the best approach for you, be sure to verify that your insurance will cover it.
- Pause appointments with their outside psychiatrist during InStride treatment and resume after graduation. Your care team will ensure that your outside psychiatrist has all of the information needed to step back into their ongoing role at that point.