Anxiety can reshape how a person moves through their day: shifting attention, sleep, and emotional steadiness. At The Ranch Tennessee, clients receive structured support in an environment designed to slow reactive patterns and help them reconnect with their internal cues. For clients who also experience substance use challenges, our dual diagnosis approach integrates both concerns into one cohesive plan.
Clinical anxiety appears in many forms. Some clients feel a constant sense of unease; others experience powerful surges of fear or panic. Examples include:
Understanding how anxiety presents helps shape the therapeutic plan.
Many clients use substances to momentarily ease symptoms. This often creates a reinforcing cycle. Treatment helps clients break this cycle by addressing both conditions at once.
Clients may participate in:
Clients leave with tools for daily steadiness, such as structured routines, grounding practices, and practical skills for navigating triggers.
To learn more about anxiety therapy or dual diagnosis care, call 470.571.3586.
If you’re ready to talk, we’re here. The Ranch offers a place to settle, breathe, and begin again. Reach out today and start your recovery in a setting built for healing.
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Dr. Fuller is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He completed medical school at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and residency at Vanderbilt University. Additionally, he has completed the Nashville Advance Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Program, a two-year intensive program to better integrate traditional psychotherapy into his psychiatric practice. Dr. Fuller began his post-residency career in psychiatry running a psychotherapy-oriented private practice. Looking to help more people than he could working alone yet still provide treatment that emphasizes the importance and value of talk therapy, he joined The Ranch in 2017.
Dr. Fuller is passionate about helping people who have survived trauma and/or are struggling with addiction and strongly believes that the life we all deserve is within reach, no matter the adversity that one must overcome. He views medications as tools rather than solutions and his prescribing philosophy is to use the lowest dose necessary of non-addictive medications to help aid the process of recovery.