Quantifying Multi-step Avoidance in Anxiety

Inclusion Criteria: * Ability to comprehend written and spoken English * Ability to provide informed consent * Estimated intelligence quotient (IQ) \>70. * Clinically significant anxiety symptoms (scoring above clinical cutoff on at least one Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms (IDAS) anxiety-related subscale and/or OASIS total) * Significant anxiety-related avoidance (scoring 2 or above on a 0-4 scale, indicating at least "occasional" avoidance) on the avoidance-related question on the Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale (OASIS) * Functional impairment, defined as at least moderate impairment in one WHO Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0) domain related to anxiety. Exclusion Criteria: * Individuals younger than 22 or older than 55, * Individuals with an IQ \< 70, * A lifetime history of neurological disorder or brain damage, * Contraindications for undergoing MRI scanning, * A lifetime history or diagnosis of psychosis or bipolar disorder, * Current substance use intoxication or withdrawal, * Severe risk of suicide, or * Recent (\<3 months) changes in psychotropic medicine or psychotherapy treatment, * Ineligible at the PI's discretion, are excluded.