Parent-based Treatment for Youth With Anxiety and Obsessive-compulsive Disorder

Inclusion Criteria: * The child is between the ages of 7 to 17 at enrollment * The child has clinically significant symptoms of anxiety and/or OCD, as indicated by a score of 12 or higher on the Pediatric Anxiety Rating Scale (PARS). * The child is appropriate for anxiety-focused treatment (e.g., anxiety is the primary problem as diagnosed using the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule (ADIS), and if secondary psychopathology is present it will not interfere with treatment). * One parent/guardian is able and willing to participate in assessment and treatment (e.g., has sufficient English fluency, the decisional capacity to participate, and can commit to treatment duration). * The participating parent/guardian lives with their child at least 50% of the time. * Both parent and child are able to read and understand English. * The child is able to communicate verbally. * Participants must reside in Texas and parents must be in the state of Texas when taking calls. Exclusion Criteria: * the child has a diagnosis of child lifetime bipolar disorder, drug of alcohol abuse, intellectual or developmental disability, psychotic disorder, or conduct disorder. * the child has severe, current suicidal/homicidal ideation and/or self-injury requiring medical intervention (referrals will be made for appropriate clinical intervention). * the child is receiving concurrent evidence-based psychotherapy for anxiety, involving exposure therapy in at least 50% of sessions. * the child has initiate…