Windermere, Florida
Anxiety Treatment in Windermere
Windermere privacy is the point: gated streets, lake views, and lives that look effortless from the outside. It is also the barrier, because when anxiety or depression moves in behind those gates, the calculus of being seen at a clinic, recognized, discussed, keeps care perpetually postponed. The symptoms do not respect the gate code. When worry runs most days for months and starts steering decisions, that's a treatable condition. shrinkMD brings evidence based anxiety treatment to Windermere as soon as availability allows, by secure video.
Medically reviewed by Shariq Refai, MD, MBA, FAPA, board certified psychiatrist · Published June 7, 2026 · Last reviewed July 7, 2026 · Editorial policy
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Why shrinkMD
Care built around Windermere
shrinkMD never requires you to be seen anywhere: board certified psychiatric care by secure video from your home on the Butler Chain, scheduled in the seams of family logistics, school runs, travel, the quiet hour after dinner.
There is no insurance billing, which means no claims, no databases, and no paper trail beyond records you control with your signature. For households with public profiles, that structure is usually the deciding factor.
What's included
How we treat anxiety
First, precision: an evaluation that pins down which anxiety this is and what it's riding on, sleep debt, caffeine, thyroid, trauma, because precision up front is what makes treatment fast. Then a two track plan: medication from the SSRI and SNRI families when indicated, which calms the baseline within two to six weeks, and structured skills that retrain the alarm itself.
The skills aren't platitudes, they're clinical tools: breathing with an extended exhale that engages your braking system, graded exposure that shrinks avoidance, worry containment that gives rumination a schedule instead of a kingdom. Progress is measured with validated scales at every visit, so the plan adjusts to results. No benzodiazepines, ever, and an honest explanation of why.
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Care and next steps in Windermere
Frequently asked questions
Good questions, clear answers
Do you treat both spouses or adult children too?
Yes, each adult as an individual patient with independent privacy. Families often stagger evaluations once the first person breaks the ice.
How discreet is this for a high profile family?
Maximally. Video visits from home, zero insurance involvement, records released only with written authorization, and a practice with no waiting room for anyone to watch.
What if it's anxiety and depression together?
Common, and treatable together. The evaluation maps both, and first line treatments overlap enough that one coherent plan usually covers the pair.
My anxiety is mostly physical symptoms. Is that normal?
Extremely. Racing heart, chest tightness, stomach trouble, and dizziness are anxiety's most common costumes, and we screen carefully in both directions before treating.
Why do you not prescribe Xanax or other benzodiazepines?
Because they relieve an hour and reinforce the disorder, with real dependence risk. The durable path, SSRIs or SNRIs plus skills, actually shrinks anxiety, and that's what we practice.
About Windermere
Windermere is home to about 3,000 residents. It's an affluent suburb in the Orlando metro. Our patients here range across families and professionals.
Serving Windermere
Care should reach every corner of Windermere. As a small lakeside town west of Orlando on the Butler Chain of Lakes, Windermere stretches from Lake Bessie, historic Main Street, and the Butler Chain of Lakes, and shrinkMD brings board-certified telepsychiatry to all of it by secure video, with the same psychiatrist over time.
What it costs
Transparent, published pricing
Our self-pay prices are the same in every state where we practice. No insurance billing, and no surprise statement later.
| Service | Self-pay price | What's included |
|---|---|---|
| Initial evaluation | From $295 | A full 50 to 60 minute evaluation, diagnosis, and written plan. |
| Follow-up visits | $110 to $215 | Per visit, depending on length and complexity. Member rates are lower. |
| Membership (optional) | $49 per month | Priority scheduling, member rates, and the Unstuck and QuitScrolling apps. First month free. |
Your care team
Who you will see
Your care is delivered by shrinkMD clinicians, and you keep the same one over time. You meet by secure video with a clinician licensed in your state.
- Shariq Refai, MD, MBA, FAPA, founder and board certified psychiatrist (ABPN), dual board certified in psychiatry and in sports and performance psychiatry.
- Matthew George, PMHNP-BC, ANP-BC, dual board certified psychiatric nurse practitioner with more than two decades of clinical experience.
Learn more
More from a trusted source: Anxiety Disorders - National Institute of Mental Health.
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Call 1-877-747-4656 now, appointments are available as soon as availability allows for Windermere residents, by secure video from home.
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