Why Choose The Anxiety & OCD Therapy Center?
At the Anxiety & OCD Therapy Center, we offer solutions to your challenges, bringing a wealth of experience and clinical knowledge to find relief and peace for you or your child.
About Nina
While working full-time for Non-Profit agencies, Nina began a part-time private practice in 1997. As Coordinator of the Anxiety Treatment Center at St. Clare’s Behavioral Health, she acquired extensive training and experience helping people regain their lives with effective coping skills for Anxiety Based Disorders, including Panic Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, OCD and Related Disorders, Specific Phobias and Generalized Anxiety in children, adolescents, and adults. Along the way, she trained colleagues and clinicians throughout the Hospital system and educated the public about effective treatments.
As an active member of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) and the International OCD Foundation, she’s attended National and International Conferences and specialized workshops, gaining skills and techniques from leading experts in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and the proper assessment and treatment of Anxiety Disorders, OCD, OCD-Related Disorders.
Nina is uniquely qualified to help adolescents and adults overcome the social, professional/academic, and emotional limitations that can result from anxiety, depression and OCD. Her years helping families touched by domestic abuse, trauma and debilitating anxiety and mood disorders, allow her to guide clients through the day-to-day challenge of difficult interactions and past struggles, to build positive, satisfying relationships, and achieve the goals they dream of for themselves.
Nina received a BA in Psychology from Vassar College, and spent a year in the Master’s Program in Psychology at the New School for Social Research in Manhattan, before earning her Master’s degree in Clinical Social Work from Rutgers Graduate School of Social Work. She is a Clinical Fellow for ADAA, a past member of the Professional Education Committee, and a member of their OCD Special Interest Group, consulting with the country’s leading experts, and contributor to their website.
Client Testimonials
“I am so thankful for Nina. I had suffered from panic disorder on and off for years then one week a series of life events sent me spiraling into constant panic attacks. I didn’t know how to make it stop or even if it would ever stop. With her help and many weeks of CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) I finally broke through and am back to my happy and stable self. There are many therapists and psychiatrists but none like her. She truly understands anxiety and panic disorder. We as patients do the work but she helped me with the tools and confidence to get to where I am today.”
“When my daughter’s OCD began to effect her quality of life we knew we needed help. We found the process of finding a therapist to be frustrating and disappointing. It was vital to find someone who was not only academically qualified but also kind, loving, patient, and soft spoken. We were so blessed to finally find all of those qualities in Nina. Nina has given our daughter the lifelong tools she needs to manage her OCD and the confidence to move forward knowing she can overcome any obstacle.”
“With Ms Rifkind’s help, my daughter has maintained her grace, dignity, and laughter through some truly horrific times. My child has trust issues and Ms Rifkind gave her the time and patience necessary to slowly build a relationship that proved to be durable and secure throughout the last few years.”Ms. Rifkind is a caring and supportive therapist, while maintaining her professionalism. She helped my daughter and me well above and beyond what could normally be expected from a therapeutic relationship.”
“My teenage daughter and I are so grateful that we found Nina Rifkind and that she is so knowledgeable in the area of OCD and stress. We had been to another therapist that my daughter did not feel comfortable with, but Nina has been very kind, caring and non-judgmental, which has been extremely important to us. She has been exceptional in that she has provided my daughter with the tools, exercises and life skills in order to control her OCD and stress issues. There has been such an improvement in my daughter’s outlook and just knowing that Nina is there, gives her the extra bit of confidence to keep her OCD in check.”
“When I started going to Nina, my panic attacks were so bad, I could not drive to her office, I could not go to get my haircut or go out to dinner, and forget about flying anywhere. I cannot thank Nina enough. She has given me my life back. Not only can I drive on the highway, I can fly by myself. Nina has helped me, help myself. Using the skills, she has taught me, I can live a productive life. Nina showed me how to recognize when anxiety is starting, and the skills I need to get through it. You think it’s not possible. I’m here to tell you it is possible!”
“Before working with Nina, I’d seen several therapists who talked a lot about relaxation and breathing exercises to help me cope with panic attacks. Nina’s concrete approach to my specific fears that were driving the anxiety and panic, helped me retrain my brain and get back to using public transportation, driving on highways and going into social situations again without fearing a panic attack. Now, the tools I learned come automatically. Treatment kind of gave me my life back.”
“I am so thankful for Nina. I had suffered from panic disorder on and off for years then one week a series of life events sent me spiraling into constant panic attacks. I didn’t know how to make it stop or even if it would ever stop. With her help and many weeks of CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) I finally broke through and am back to my happy and stable self. There are many therapists and psychiatrists but none like her. She truly understands anxiety and panic disorder. We as patients do the work but she helped me with the tools and confidence to get to where I am today.”
“When my daughter’s OCD began to effect her quality of life we knew we needed help. We found the process of finding a therapist to be frustrating and disappointing. It was vital to find someone who was not only academically qualified but also kind, loving, patient, and soft spoken. We were so blessed to finally find all of those qualities in Nina. Nina has given our daughter the lifelong tools she needs to manage her OCD and the confidence to move forward knowing she can overcome any obstacle.”
“With Ms Rifkind’s help, my daughter has maintained her grace, dignity, and laughter through some truly horrific times. My child has trust issues and Ms Rifkind gave her the time and patience necessary to slowly build a relationship that proved to be durable and secure throughout the last few years.”Ms. Rifkind is a caring and supportive therapist, while maintaining her professionalism. She helped my daughter and me well above and beyond what could normally be expected from a therapeutic relationship.”
“My teenage daughter and I are so grateful that we found Nina Rifkind and that she is so knowledgeable in the area of OCD and stress. We had been to another therapist that my daughter did not feel comfortable with, but Nina has been very kind, caring and non-judgmental, which has been extremely important to us. She has been exceptional in that she has provided my daughter with the tools, exercises and life skills in order to control her OCD and stress issues. There has been such an improvement in my daughter’s outlook and just knowing that Nina is there, gives her the extra bit of confidence to keep her OCD in check.”
“When I started going to Nina, my panic attacks were so bad, I could not drive to her office, I could not go to get my haircut or go out to dinner, and forget about flying anywhere. I cannot thank Nina enough. She has given me my life back. Not only can I drive on the highway, I can fly by myself. Nina has helped me, help myself. Using the skills, she has taught me, I can live a productive life. Nina showed me how to recognize when anxiety is starting, and the skills I need to get through it. You think it’s not possible. I’m here to tell you it is possible!”
“Before working with Nina, I’d seen several therapists who talked a lot about relaxation and breathing exercises to help me cope with panic attacks. Nina’s concrete approach to my specific fears that were driving the anxiety and panic, helped me retrain my brain and get back to using public transportation, driving on highways and going into social situations again without fearing a panic attack. Now, the tools I learned come automatically. Treatment kind of gave me my life back.”
“I am so thankful for Nina. I had suffered from panic disorder on and off for years then one week a series of life events sent me spiraling into constant panic attacks. I didn’t know how to make it stop or even if it would ever stop. With her help and many weeks of CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) I finally broke through and am back to my happy and stable self. There are many therapists and psychiatrists but none like her. She truly understands anxiety and panic disorder. We as patients do the work but she helped me with the tools and confidence to get to where I am today.”
“When my daughter’s OCD began to effect her quality of life we knew we needed help. We found the process of finding a therapist to be frustrating and disappointing. It was vital to find someone who was not only academically qualified but also kind, loving, patient, and soft spoken. We were so blessed to finally find all of those qualities in Nina. Nina has given our daughter the lifelong tools she needs to manage her OCD and the confidence to move forward knowing she can overcome any obstacle.”
“With Ms Rifkind’s help, my daughter has maintained her grace, dignity, and laughter through some truly horrific times. My child has trust issues and Ms Rifkind gave her the time and patience necessary to slowly build a relationship that proved to be durable and secure throughout the last few years.”Ms. Rifkind is a caring and supportive therapist, while maintaining her professionalism. She helped my daughter and me well above and beyond what could normally be expected from a therapeutic relationship.”
“My teenage daughter and I are so grateful that we found Nina Rifkind and that she is so knowledgeable in the area of OCD and stress. We had been to another therapist that my daughter did not feel comfortable with, but Nina has been very kind, caring and non-judgmental, which has been extremely important to us. She has been exceptional in that she has provided my daughter with the tools, exercises and life skills in order to control her OCD and stress issues. There has been such an improvement in my daughter’s outlook and just knowing that Nina is there, gives her the extra bit of confidence to keep her OCD in check.”
“When I started going to Nina, my panic attacks were so bad, I could not drive to her office, I could not go to get my haircut or go out to dinner, and forget about flying anywhere. I cannot thank Nina enough. She has given me my life back. Not only can I drive on the highway, I can fly by myself. Nina has helped me, help myself. Using the skills, she has taught me, I can live a productive life. Nina showed me how to recognize when anxiety is starting, and the skills I need to get through it. You think it’s not possible. I’m here to tell you it is possible!”
“Before working with Nina, I’d seen several therapists who talked a lot about relaxation and breathing exercises to help me cope with panic attacks. Nina’s concrete approach to my specific fears that were driving the anxiety and panic, helped me retrain my brain and get back to using public transportation, driving on highways and going into social situations again without fearing a panic attack. Now, the tools I learned come automatically. Treatment kind of gave me my life back.”