Zach Appenzeller

Co-director @Texas Institute For Cognitive And Behavioral Therapies Cbttexas

Houston, TX, US

Provide evidence-based treatments for teens and adults with eating disorders, OCD, anxiety disorders, and other related conditions—through both weekly appointments and intensives. Treatments offered include: Family-Based Treatment (FBT) and Enhanced Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT-E) for teens and adults with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder; Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) for children, teens, and adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, agoraphobia, emetophobia, illness anxiety disorder, and separation anxiety disorder; Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (CBT-AR) for kids, teens, and adults with ARFID; Prolonged Exposure (PE) for teens and adults with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO DBT) for disorders of overcontrol; Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Behavioral Activation (BA) and Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP) for major depressive disorder (MDD), and persistent depressive disorder (PDD); and Schema Therapy for patients who haven\'t responded to CBT and require a different approach that targets deeper, longstanding patterns rooted in early life experiences.Provide education, consultation, and outreach to clinicians, schools, medical providers, educators, and families seeking to better understand and apply evidence-based treatment for anxiety, OCD, eating disorders, and related concerns.

Binghamton University

Bachelor of Arts - B.A. in Psychology, Track in Applied Behavior Analysis

American School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University | Northern Virginia

Psy.D., Clinical Psychology

The Chicago School

M.A. (2020), Psy.D. (2022), Clinical Psychology