Coastal Center for Anxiety Treatment

Anxiety is a normal part of life. However, when it begins to interfere with your work or school performance, your relationships, or your quality of life, you may have an anxiety disorder.

Anxiety disorders impact millions of people from ALL walks of life.

The good news is that there are scientifically supported treatments that can help.

Dr. Eric Goodman specializes in cognitive-behavioral therapy for:

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 Panic Disorder

• Panic attacks are episodes of intense fear that can strike without warning. Fear of having another attack can take over a person's life and lead them to avoid places or situations where another panic attack may strike.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

• Repeated, unwanted thoughts and compulsive behaviors that may feel impossible to stop or control.

Specific Phobias

• An extreme and irrational fear of something that poses little or no actual danger; the fear leads to avoidance of objects or situations and can cause people to limit their lives unnecessarily. People can develop a phobia of almost anything.

Social Anxiety

• An overwhelming fear of scrutiny, embarrassment, or humiliation in some or all social situations, which leads to avoidance of many potentially pleasurable and meaningful activities.

Performance Anxiety

• Fear of performing in front of others: Music, Acting, Athletics, Public Speaking.

"Anxiety disorders are real, serious, and treatable."

Phobia Spotlight: Emetophobia

(Fear of Vomiting)

Emetophobics are terrified at the prospect of throwing up. They avoid movies or TV shows that depicts vomiting, avoid types of foods that they fear will make them queasy, they may be "germ phobic" and may avoid people, places, and things that they fear will lead to them getting sick and vomiting. They often carry anti-emetic medications with them in order to stop vomit in its tracks. Emetophobia can lead to people greatly narrowing their range of activities and decrease their overall life satisfaction. Dr. Goodman treats emetophobia using established cognitive-behavioral therapy protocols.

Little know fact: People with emetophobia actually vomit far less than other people.