Individual Consultation

For licensed clinicians · nationwide

Individual Consultation Sessions

High-touch, one-on-one consultation for licensed clinicians working with anxiety disorders. Bring a complex presentation, a treatment question, or a clinical situation you want to think through with someone who has spent 20 years in this specialty.

This is not supervision. Individual consultation sessions provide case-specific clinical input, evidence-based treatment guidance, and practical tools you can apply immediately. You remain fully responsible for your clinical decisions — this is expert-to-expert consultation, not oversight.

No contracts. No long-term commitments. Schedule when you need it.

 

A good fit if you're

Facing a complex presentationA case that doesn't fit neatly into your existing framework and you want a second clinical perspective.

Deepening a specialty areaYou're working in perinatal OCD, selective mutism, or women's anxiety and want guidance from someone with deep experience in that population.

Clarifying treatment directionYou know what you're seeing but want to think through which evidence-based approach fits this client and this presentation.

Any practice settingPrivate practice, group practice, or community mental health — available to licensed clinicians nationwide.

 

Areas of consultation

OCD across presentations

Pediatric OCD, perinatal OCD, atypical presentations, and ERP application across the OCD spectrum.

Selective mutism

PCIT-SM and anxiety-based approaches to selective mutism in children and adolescents.

Women's anxiety & perinatal

Perinatal anxiety and OCD, postpartum presentations, and women-specific anxiety across life transitions.

Anxiety in children & families

Separation anxiety, emetophobia, family system dynamics, and evidence-based approaches for anxious children.

 

Pricing

Individual consultation sessions

Single session - 60 minutes · video or phone $250

Four-session package - 4 × 60 minutes · video or phone $900

Sessions are scheduled as needed — no contracts, no recurring commitments. The four-session package is ideal for working through a complex case or deepening skills in a specific area over time.

Ready to schedule?

Start with a free 15-minute discovery call to make sure consultation is the right fit for what you're bringing. From there, scheduling is straightforward and flexible.

Deborah Mertlich, LCSW

20 years of anxiety-focused clinical practice, licensed in Oregon and Washington. Specializations in perinatal OCD, selective mutism (PCIT-SM), women's anxiety, and life transition anxiety. Consultation is grounded in the same clinical depth that drives everything else at Anxiety Solutions Network.

Individual consultation sessions are professional peer consultation between licensed clinicians. They do not constitute clinical supervision, and do not create a supervisory relationship. All clinical decisions remain the responsibility of the consulting clinician.