Karen Lynn Cassiday, PhD, ACT
Clinical psychologist |Author
Dr Karen Cassiday is a lively, sought-after speaker and commentator on national media such as Nightline, The Today Show, Animal Planet, The Joy Behar Show, Huffington Post, public radio and many more.
She is the host of the Moms Without Worry radio show featured on IHeart Radio.
She is a TEDx speaker who shared her personal experience as a mother overcoming her own anxious perfectionism in the middle of Walt Disney World!
She is the host of the Moms Without Worry radio show. She served as the President of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America and is the founder of the Anxiety Treatment Center of Greater Chicago, the longest-running clinic to first use modern exposure-based treatment for anxiety disorders in the Chicago region.
She is the author of The No Worries Guide to Raising Your Anxious Child and Freedom from Health Anxiety and Helping Children and Teens with Difficult-to-Treat OCD. She has also authored numerous peer-reviewed scientific articles and media articles on overcoming anxiety.
She won the Anxiety and Depression Association of America’s prestigious Clinician of Distinction Award and is a Clinical Fellow of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. She is also a Diplomate and Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, served as Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Chicago OCD Foundation/Beyond OCD, and has been listed on numerous Who’s Who lists. She has published numerous scientific articles and articles on parenting and managing anxiety. She also has a long history training mental health professionals throughout the world.
Dr. Cassiday has five children and two friendly but not so bright dogs. She loves travel, the outdoors and mental health volunteering. She attributes her sense of humor to the challenges of being mom, stepmom, and dogmom of a crew of colorful personalities who repeatedly remind her to stay humble.
