Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

OCD is exhausting and depletes individuals of the energy they need for the important areas of their life. Exposure and response prevention is the gold standard for OCD

I have intensive training from the International OCD Foundation’s Behavior Therapy Training Institute (BTTI) in Exposure Response Prevention (ERP) which is the gold standard in support with OCD and some anxiety experiences as well as training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy exposure based work for anxiety and OCD.

I will help you explore the internal and external factors that drive obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors to help you break free of these and live a more grounded life.

I have significant experience working with clients to develop gradual exposure and response prevention plans to decrease the interference of OCD in their everyday lives.

I provide compassionate and specialized care to individuals navigating the unique challenges and strengths associated with conditions such as OCD. My therapeutic approach integrates evidence-based treatments such as CBT and ERP. I provide a safe and supportive environment where clients can explore their OCD symptoms, understand the underlying triggers, and develop practical strategies to manage intrusive thoughts and compulsive behaviors.

Obessions and/or compulsions can be distressing and disruptive to your life. Whether you experience mild symptoms with occasional interference in your life or struggle with more serious challenges, we will help you build awareness and understanding to help manage your symptoms and improve your quality of life. I am working toward completing a training in I-CBT to help better support clients struggling with OCD.

I enjoy working with folks who have OCD, I have seen folks recover and find relief through both exposure and response prevention, and inference-based cognitive behavioral therapy. I have training in both approaches and experience working with folks who have OCD with a variety of themes from "hit and run" OCD, to taboo sexual obsessions or even fear of hurting others. I'm comfortable talking about these issues and helping folks find hope that there is recovery for OCD.

Recurrent thoughts and mental images can cause significant anxiety, leading you to engage in an endless cycle of behaviors that reduce your distress temporarily. I can support you in breaking free from this cycle and gaining back control in your life. I utilize exposure and response prevention (ERP), in which you will gradually confront fears in a supportive and encouraging setting.

ERP therapy (Exposure Response Prevention therapy) helps to alleviate the obsessive and compulsive thinking patterns and behaviors that can feel paralyzing. We together will find the right approach for you. ERP therapy helps to reduce these symptoms through exploring core fears and participating in exposures to increase the ability to tolerate the anxiety. A unique

OCD is so difficult to deal with, especially because people often think of it as just being neat or tidy. But it's so hard when these anxiety thoughts become something that we feel like we can't get away from, and the only way we've learned we can deal with it is with some kind of compulsive action in the world. It may be hard to find proper care, but it is possible. I've been trained in CBT and ERP, to help you learn that you can sit with these feelings, without your compulsions.

OCD is simultaneously one of the most common and most misunderstood mental health disorders. Yet there is so much hope despite the distress it causes. There are extremely effective treatment options. I am passionate about my clients receiving research-backed treatment, including Exposure-Response Prevention, Acceptance-Commitment Therapy, and Inference-Based CBT. Please know that OCD is recoverable! You deserve to live a full life, and you can.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) can be a very debilitating set of symptoms and is something for which I use a therapy called Exposure and Response Prevention (ExRP or ERP). This therapy is widely considered to be the most effective treatment for OCD available. I will teach you how to approach situations that create obsessive thinking and emotional distress and how to simultaneously resist acting on urges to engage in your compulsive behavior. Clients are often amazed at the results.

We treat Perinatal/Postpartum/Maternal OCD, providing moms-to-be and new moms who are suffering with OCD symptoms effective treatment. We treat both maternal themes, such as an intense fear of harming or contaminating your infant, as well as any other subtype of OCD during pregnancy and postpartum. Should any OCD symptoms persist after the perinatal period, we continue to provide care to our clients throughout the entirety of their OCD treatment journey.

I use Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy to treat OCD.

I have extensive training in Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) from the Yale Child Study Center. With my training in exposure with response prevention (ERP), I have well rounded background for treating OCD symptoms with the client as well as providing parents with tools to help them feel more confident in how to respond to their child's OCD/anxiety tendencies.

I help clients examine and recontextualize unhelpful patterns in order to get unstuck and to live fuller lives

I have both professional training and clinical hands-on experience in working with many types of obsessive compulsive disorder. I have utilized cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), exposure and response prevention treatment (ERP) and other interventions to help many of my clients improve their ability to handle OCD symptoms.

In working with OCD, I do a deep assessment related to the onset of your obsessive rumination and compulsive behaviors or mental rituals to break the cycle of feeling like you are on a constant hamster wheel you can't exit. I utilize a blend of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Exposure Response Prevention collaborating with you to treat your OCD. You will likely be working on constructing a hierarchy of feared events so we can develop exposure activities to help you overcome your anxiety.

I have worked with a variety of different subtypes!