Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
(OCD)

Fear and anxiety can impede any positive feelings.

A never-ending cycle of fear keeps you feeling trapped. Obsessive and compulsive behaviors make it difficult to find any relief.

Most of your day is dedicated to ruminating/overthinking, avoiding things, checking behaviors, perfecting your environment, or getting reassurance that you are doing the right thing and not making the wrong choices.

Feeling joy can be impossible, especially when you constantly worry and try to prevent the worst from happening. You have a never-ending tendency to allow your thoughts (e.g., fear of violence or disease) and behaviors (e.g., constant handwashing to prevent disease, requiring a particular order in your home) to dominate every waking moment.

You are not alone. Many people struggle and feel stuck with intrusive thoughts, body sensations, and fears that lead to these behaviors.

Therapy can help with your OCD.

Through therapy, you can gain an understanding of your fears and behaviors that reinforce your anxiety.

I use several types of therapeutic methods to work with clients struggling with OCD. Exposure Response and Prevention Therapy helps clients learn to deal with the anxiety that comes from not performing a particular ritual when exposed to some stimulus. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy can help you gain skills to tolerate fears and slowly learn to lean into worries in a way that doesn’t feel overwhelming or impossible.

With some work and guidance, you can do and feel the things you did not think were possible. So many people have benefited from therapy by improving their lives and reducing the impulses that come from OCD. You can, too!

I promise it doesn’t always have to be this way. Help is out there and more accessible than you thought possible.