Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is not about being neat, particular, or double-checking the stove. At its worst, it is relentless. It is intrusive thoughts that feel unbearable and deeply wrong, doubt that never fully resolves no matter how many times you seek reassurance, and compulsions that offer just enough relief to keep you trapped in the cycle. Many people with OCD describe feeling like a prisoner in their own mind, tormented by thoughts they would never choose and ashamed to tell anyone about.

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What makes OCD particularly cruel is that the very things you do to feel safer, the checking, the avoiding, the reassurance seeking, are the things that keep it alive. And because OCD latches onto what matters most to you, the thoughts often feel like evidence of something dark about who you are. They aren't. They are a symptom of a treatable condition, and the content of your thoughts says nothing about your character.

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I have received specialized training through the International OCD Foundation's Behavior Therapy Training Institute (IOCDF BTTI) in CBT and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), the gold standard treatment for OCD, and am also trained in Inference-Based CBT (ICBT), ACT, and Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT). ERP helps you gradually face what triggers anxiety while resisting the compulsions that keep the cycle going. ICBT examines the reasoning behind obsessional doubts at their root. ACT supports living in accordance with your values even when OCD is loud. And RO-DBT addresses the overcontrol and rigidity that often accompany OCD, helping you reconnect with others in a more open and flexible way. You do not have to keep living this way.