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Meet Valea: A young patient's journey to recovery

After struggling with anxiety all her life, Valea and her family describe her transformation during treatment in the McLean Anxiety Mastery Program (MAMP) at McLean Hospital.
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For as long as her family can remember, Valea has struggled with anxiety. When her symptoms began affecting nearly every aspect of her life, Valea and her family turned to the McLean Anxiety Mastery Program (MAMP) to help find a path forward. With the support of her treatment team, Valea participated in exposures and developed new coping strategies to help her face situations she once found overwhelming.

Today, Valea is able to participate in activities that she had only dreamed of before treatment – including summer sleepaway camp, soccer games, piano lessons, and dance performances. She has greater confidence in managing her anxiety, and her family has new tools to support her.

"MAMP completely changed Valea's life, but it also completely changed our lives and how we parent Valea," her mother, Margo, said.

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