What are Anxiety Disorders and How to Get Support

What are Anxiety Disorders and How to Get Support

Anxiety is a normal human emotion, and everyone experiences it at some point. What happens, however, when anxiety becomes unmanageable? Approximately 19% of people have an anxiety disorder that can interfere with daily activities like work, school, and personal relationships. Join Megan Rochford with NAMI to discuss anxiety disorders and the support available.

Objectives: 

• Recall symptoms of the most common anxiety disorders

• Recall types of treatments and support for anxiety disorders

• Identify relevant resources for accessing treatment and support for anxiety disorders

Megan Rochford, PCC-S is a licensed clinical counselor with over 25 years of experience in leadership and clinical roles in the field of community mental health. Megan is the Director of NAMI Helpline Operations, where she oversees the planning and implementation of the NAMI HelpLine service program, ensuring that the HelpLine sets and meets standards for high-quality, trauma-informed, and culturally competent service delivery and resource management. Megan directs NAMI HelpLine’s clinical oversight and quality assurance programs and ensures those efforts are consistent with best practices and advance recovery; engages with NAMI Field Leaders to provide expertise on NAMI HelpLine Operations and volunteer management, represents NAMI and the NAMI HelpLine as a presenter and expert on peer-support services and mental health, and oversees opportunities and initiatives that position the HelpLine to grow in scale, effectiveness and impact. Before joining the NAMI national team at the beginning of 2022, Megan served as Program Director for NAMI Greater Cleveland for over two years. Megan also has lived experience; she is a caregiver for a loved one who lives with serious mental illness. Megan earned her Master’s in Clinical Counseling from Cleveland State University and her MBA from the University of Notre Dame.

**This course will provide 1 hr of Inform USA Professional Development Credit