Stephanie Schurkens, MA, LAC

Anxiety and OCD can show up in many ways, often placing significant demands on individuals and families. If you’re feeling overwhelmed and uncertain about how to support yourself, your child, or your teen in managing anxiety or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), I provide a supportive environment with practical, evidence-based tools to navigate these challenges.

I specialize in working with children, teens, families, and adults facing anxiety and OCD. I recognize the essential role that parents and caregivers play in helping children and teens build resilience, and I integrate families into the therapeutic process to empower them with the skills needed to manage anxiety effectively. Together, we can develop strategies to reduce anxiety’s grip and foster confidence, flexibility, and lasting change.

Counselor Specializing in Anxiety & OCD

Empowering kids, teens and families to disempower anxiety.

 

Areas of Focus

  • Social Anxiety

  • Separation Anxiety

  • General Anxiety

  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

  • Panic Attacks

  • Selective Mutism

Treatment Approaches

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

  • Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)

  • Family Therapy

  • SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions)

Signs your child may be struggling with anxiety…

  1. Your child or teen worries excessively.

  2. You provide constant reassurance to your child or teen but it never seems like enough.

  3. Your family has had to rearrange schedules or normal daily behavior to avoid your child or teen feeling distress.

  4. Your child or teen is avoiding certain situations or places that trigger anxiety, such as school, social gatherings, or activities they used to enjoy.

  5. Your child or teen is engaging in repetitive behaviors or rituals (like checking locks or washing hands) due to anxiety.

  6. Your child or teen is putting excessive pressure on themselves to be perfect or avoiding tasks for fear of not doing them perfectly.

  7. Your child or teen has a difficult time being away from you in an age-appropriate way (for example sleeping on their own or being in a different room in the house than you).

Contact

1150 E. Deuce of Clubs, Suite C.
Show Low, AZ 85901

Phone
(928) 224-8318

Email
stephanie@marigoldcounselingco.com

 

This is a supervised private practice. It is owned and/or managed by a master’s level, non-independent licensee under Board-approved clinical supervision pursuant to A.A.C. R4-6-211. The Board-approved clinical supervisor of this practice is: Carly Dana, LPC carlydalmolin@yahoo.com | 928-242-3814