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OCD Therapy
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is one of the most frequently misrepresented mental health conditions in popular culture. It is often depicted as a simple quirk about cleanliness or symmetry. In reality, OCD can be genuinely debilitating. It takes a wide variety of forms that many people do not recognize in themselves for years.
If you live with OCD, you know what it is like to have your mind turn on you. You understand the weight of intrusive thoughts, the mounting anxiety, and the rituals that provide only temporary relief before the cycle starts again. You know how exhausting it is to manage, and how much life it can take up.
OCD looks different for everyone:
Contamination OCD
An intense fear of germs, contracting an illness, or accidentally contaminating others, often leading to excessive washing, cleaning, or avoiding public spaces.
Harm OCD
Highly distressing, intrusive thoughts or images about causing harm to yourself or the people you love, despite having absolutely no desire to do so.
Relationship OCD (ROCD)
Obsessive, consuming doubts about whether your partner is "the one," whether you truly love them, or constant anxiety over their feelings for you.
Religious or Scrupulosity OCD
Intrusive, blasphemous thoughts or an overwhelming fear of sinning, breaking religious rules, or being morally compromised.
Sexual Orientation OCD
Intrusive and unwanted doubts about your sexual orientation, leading to endless mental checking to "prove" your identity.
Perinatal OCD
Distressing, intrusive thoughts or fears specific to pregnancy and new parenthood, often involving fears of accidentally or intentionally harming the baby.
"Pure-O" (Primarily Obsessional)
A form of OCD where the compulsions are hidden. Instead of physical actions, you engage in covert mental compulsions like mentally reviewing conversations over and over to look for certainty.
Checking Compulsions
Feeling an uncontrollable urge to repeatedly check locks, appliances, switches, or surroundings to prevent a perceived disaster or mistake.
Our approach
Many people with OCD have spent years in therapy not specifically designed to treat it. Traditional talk therapy approaches can inadvertently reinforce the OCD cycle by excessively exploring the content of your thoughts or validating reassurance-seeking behaviors. We utilize the gold-standard treatment for OCD, Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). This is a structured, evidence-based approach that works by breaking the compulsion cycle at its root.
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
Involves progressively exposing yourself to the cognitions, emotions, objects, places, or events that trigger your anxiety or compulsions. This is a client-centered approach, and the therapist will not try to push you farther than you are willing and able to go.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
helps clients develop a different relationship to intrusive thoughts rather than trying to eliminate or argue with them.
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