Hello! My name is Alyssa, or as some refer to me, Dr. Hoffman. I am so glad you have found my website and are exploring options for care for you or your child.
I opened Freely Living OCD and Anxiety Therapy in March of 2021, to focus on offering care to children and adolescents who have found themselves stuck in anxious, obsessive, and compulsive cycles. During my time in a group private practice, I learned there are few providers in Indiana trained to treat OCD in children. With anxiety disorders and OCD always being an area of clinical interest, I began focusing my ongoing education on treating these disorders in children. I have been trained in exposure and response prevention (ERP), a common first-line treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder, and have focused my clinical work on treating individuals with OCD and anxiety. In the last couple of years, the number of providers and treatment options in Indiana has expanded and I’ve also been trained in Inference-Based CBT, a treatment with research support for adults that is showing great promise for children and adolescents as well. I genuinely believe that by catching these patterns early and providing appropriate and effective treatment, children can learn new ways to approach life to prevent unnecessary suffering. I am always amazed at how brave the children I work with are and I am grateful to be a small piece of their journey.
I graduated from the University of Indianapolis with both my master’s (2013) and doctoral (2016) degrees in clinical psychology. During this time, I completed a concentration in child and adolescent psychology. I am a licensed clinical psychologist in Indiana with my health service provider in psychology (HSPP) endorsement. As noted above, much of my continuing education is in the area of child and adolescent OCD, including completing the Behavior Therapy Training Institutes program in Pediatric OCD in 2018, attending virtual IOCDF conferences (2020, 2021, 2022), and continuing education for Inference-Based CBT. I am a current professional member of the International OCD Foundation.