Patrick B. McGrath, Ph.D
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Clinical Psychologist - Director, Center for Anxiety and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD)
After receiving his Ph.D. from Northern Illinois University, Dr. McGrath did a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the St. Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute, an affiliate of the Department of Community and Family Medicine at the St. Louis University Medical School. His main area of focus was anxiety disorders, working in the Anxiety Disorders Center under the direction of C. Alec Pollard, Ph.D., and he did a minor rotation in eating disorders. In his current role, Dr. McGrath is the Director of the Center for Anxiety and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD) and the Co-Director of the School Anxiety and School Refusal Program at Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. He is also a member of the scientific advisory board of the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation. He has been featured in numerous newspapers and journals, as well as on National Public Radio. He is the author of a stress management workbook called "Don’t Try Harder, Try Different" and "The OCD Answer Book," available at bookstores across the country and online.
Education
- Northern Illinois University, Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, 1999
Specialties
- Anxiety Disorders (Panic, Phobias, OCD, PTSD, Social Phobia, GAD)
- Stress Management
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