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Pediatric Anxiety and Traumatic Stress (PATS) Clinic

The Pediatric Anxiety and Traumatic Stress (PATS) Clinic consists of an integrated, multidisciplinary team seeking to address the impact of anxiety, stress, and trauma exposure on child development.

Conditions Treated

  • Separation Anxiety Disorder
  • Selective Mutism
  • Specific Phobias
  • Social Anxiety Disorder
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Panic Disorder
  • Agoraphobia
  • PTSD and Traumatic Stress
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • Trichotillomania
  • Tics and Tourette’s Disorder


Additional conditions:

  • Adjustment to life stressors
  • Shyness
  • School refusal
  • Medical trauma

This Program Provides

  • Evaluation and consultation
  • Individual, family, and group therapy
  • Pharmacotherapy
  • Parent coaching
  • School collaboration
  • SPACE: Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions
  • Psychotherapy programs:
    • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
    • Cue Centered Therapy (CCT)
    • Exposure/Response Prevention (ERP)
    • Trauma Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
    • Habit Reversal Training (HRT)
    • Mindfulness and acceptance based treatments
  • Specialty programs for young children:
    • Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
    • CBT and play therapy
    • Trauma focused therapies

Clinic Co-Directors

Elizabeth Reichert, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development
Isheeta Zalpuri
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development

For an appointment, please call:

650.723.5511

For additional information, please visit the Pediatric Anxiety and Traumatic Stress (PATS) Clinic
in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development