The NOATC was founded in 2018 by Dr. Amy Mariaskin (``Mary-askin``), a licensed clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience treating OCD, anxiety and related disorders. She has worked across the southeast with adults, adolescents, children, and families affected by these disorders. She is passionate about treatment across the lifespan and enjoys helping people overcome their symptoms with compassion, creativity, and humor. Dr. Mariaskin strives to create a sensitive and affirming therapeutic experience for all of her clients and has a particular interest in working with the Jewish and LGBTQ+ communities. Moreover, she recognizes the role that systemic oppression of marginalized groups plays in the development and expression of anxiety and related concerns.
Dr. Mariaskin received her B.S. from the University of Pittsburgh and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Duke University. She completed her internship and post-doctoral work at the University of Florida and has been in private practice in Nashville since 2011. Additionally, for three years she served as a clinical director at an intensive treatment facility that treats individuals with OCD, anxiety, depression and eating disorders. With respect to therapeutic orientation, Dr. Mariaskin uses various techniques that fall under the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) umbrella, including most prominently Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), mindfulness-based techniques, and Comprehensive Behavioral Treatment for Tics (CBIT). She has also recently completed training in Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) to better serve couples affected by anxiety and OCD. Dr. Mariaskin is also an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt University where she provides supervision to graduate doctoral students and serves as faculty for the
International OCD Foundation's Behavior Treatment Training Institute. She is licensed as a psychologist in
Tennessee and
Delaware.
In addition to clinical and supervisory experience, Dr. Mariaskin has published in the field and is an active speaker at local and national conferences on the topics of OCD, anxiety, relationships, and child mental health. She is a member of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, the International OCD Foundation, the Nashville Psychotherapy Institute, and the Nashville Area Psychological Association. She also serves on the board of OCD Tennessee, a regional IOCDF affiliate. Moreover, she has been featured as an anxiety expert in various media and is author of the book
Thriving in Relationships When You Have OCD published by
New Harbinger Publications. To order the book,
click here. For more information about recent presentations, click
here. To listen to a podcast episode that she did with Stuart Ralph of
The OCD Stories about gender identity themes in OCD, click
here. For an episode about OCD treatment in children ages 4-8, click
here, and for one about relationships and OCD click
here.
In her free time, Dr. Mariaskin enjoys writing, drawing, hiking, plant-based cooking, bird watching, hanging out with her hound mix, and writing about herself in the third person.
What her colleagues say about her: Creative, Empathic, Humorous, Intelligent, Passionate, Fun, A Good Advocate
