CUCARD Anxiety Clinic

Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders

Our Expertise

We specialize in providing general and intensive outpatient care for children, adolescents, and adults whose lives are impaired by anxiety disorders and related difficulties.

CUCARD is a comprehensive clinic dedicated to delivering evidence-based treatments for any and all anxiety disorders with a special emphasis on cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). Clinicians work diligently to provide treatments that are supported by research and to personalize and tailor treatment plans to best meet each individual’s and family’s needs. Treatment frequency can range from once weekly to daily for several hours a day, depending on clinical need. 

Our Services

Anthony Puliafico, PhD, Director, CUCARD Westchester

Anthony Puliafico, PhD, Director, CUCARD Westchester

CUCARD offers the following services:

  • Comprehensive diagnostic evaluation
  • Individual cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)
  • Group cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)
  • Intensive outpatient treatment (2-5/x weekly) for acute symptoms of anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
  • Psychopharmacology (Medication management)
  • Parenting education and support
  • Community workshops

In addition to treatment for patients, CUCARD also offers community-based workshops to treatment teams, such as local therapists, schools, and community agencies on topics such as utilizing CBT to treat anxiety disorders, school avoidance, and OCD.

Conditions We Treat

We specialize in treating conditions such as:

Our Team

The CUCARD team includes licensed clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers as well as advanced post-doctoral fellows and psychology and social work trainees who work closely under the supervision of our faculty. This training model affords us the opportunity to deliver high-quality services at a range of costs to our patients. 

Our Groups

Anxiety Day Program

  • Age Range: 13-18 (grades 9-12)
  • Meeting Times: Daily 9:30-3pm (Thursdays 11:30-3)
  • Location: Tarrytown, NY. 
  • Focus of Group: The Anxiety Day Program (ADP) provides comprehensive, daily treatment for teens who are struggling with anxiety, OCD and/or school avoidance. 

Anxiety Day Program Details

College Readiness Groups

  • Age Range: 18-22, preparing to go (or go back to) college
  • Meeting Times: Will resume in Spring 2025
  • Location: 3 Columbus Circle and Tarrytown, NY. 
  • Focus of Group: Groups are part of our Launching Emerging Adults Program (LEAP). The main focus of the group is to assist emerging young adults with gaining knowledge and skills to aid the transition to college and to foster independence in meeting one’s needs and responsibilities.

High School Readiness Group

  • Age Range: 13-15 (grades 9-10)
  • Meeting Times: Wednesdays 4-5pm
  • Location: 3 Columbus Circle
  • Focus of Group: Group provides strategies for new high school students who would benefit from support managing the academic and social demands of high school. Group will focus on anxiety management, time management, emotion regulation and social problem-solving.

High School Anxiety Groups

  • Age Range: 14-17 (grades 9-12)
  • Meeting Times: Every Wednesday 4-5pm. Group runs continuously. New group members added throughout the year.
  • Location: Tarrytown
  • Focus of Group: Group provides skills to manage anxiety and guides group members in gradually facing situations that they may avoid due to anxiety, including social and school-related situations.

Parenting Groups

  • Age range: Parents of children 10-17
  • Meeting times: TBD
  • Location: Virtual
  • Focus of Group: Our Parent Group offers strategies to reduce parenting behaviors that unintentionally maintain childhood anxiety and OCD. Parents will learn to both support and empower their children to manage their anxiety while gaining confidence, applying practical tools, and improving family relationships.

Parents of Young Adults Groups

  • Age Range: Parents of young adults ages 18-28
  • Meeting Times: TBD
  • Location: Virtual
  • Focus of Group: A component of our Launching Emerging Adults Program (LEAP) at CUCARD, this group is ideal for parents of young adults who have been experiencing distress or have struggled to meet the demands of emerging adulthood due to anxiety.

Parenting Through School Avoidance Group

  • Age Range: Parents of children 7-17
  • Meeting Times: Tuesdays 12pm
  • Location: Virtual
  • Focus of Group: This group provides support for parents whose children are experiencing school-related anxiety or school avoidance. Focus is on approaches to help caregives most effectively respond to anxiety and to promote consistent school attendance. The group also focuses on collaborating with school-based supports.

Center for Youth Mental Health Young Adult Anxiety Group

  • Age Range: 18-28
  • Meeting Times: Mondays 12-1
  • Location: Tarrytown
  • Focus of Group: Part of our Launching Emerging Adults Program (LEAP), this group is intended for young adults ages 18-28 who are experiencing distress or interference in functioning due to social anxiety. Groups are presented in an exposure-based approach to reduce anxiety and increase self-efficacy in managing anxiety-provoking and developmentally challenging situations (e.g., job/college interviews, dating, assertiveness).

Managing Chronic Medical Conditions Group for High Schoolers

  • Age Range: High school students, approximately 13 to 18
  • Meeting Times: Tuesdays 4pm
  • Location:  Virtual
  • Focus of Group: This group is for high school students who are managing chronic medical conditions along with anxiety or depression. These groups are intended to supplement individual cognitive-behavioral therapy. The skills-focused group will offer support and practice with managing anxiety/low mood, physical discomfort, building independence and advocating skills, and supporting each other through the stressors of managing medical needs while in high school.

Our Locations

We offer these services at two convenient locations in the New York metropolitan area, Columbus Circle in Manhattan and Tarrytown in Westchester.

Manhattan - 3 Columbus Circle

3 Columbus Circle
Suite 1425
New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-342-3800
Fax: 212-342-0810

ColumbiaDoctors Tarrytown

155 White Plains Road
Suite 200
Tarrytown, NY 10591
Phone: 914-631-4618
Fax: 646-317-3600