Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Are you living with obsessive-compulsive disorder? Our experienced therapists can help you manage your symptoms and regain control of your life.

  • Individualized Approach: We tailor treatment to your unique needs.

  • Education: Learn about OCD and become your own therapist.

  • Cutting-Edge Treatment: Effective ERP for lasting results.

  • Overcoming Obstacles: We address challenges to ensure successful therapy.

What Exactly is OCD?

OCD occurs when unwanted thoughts or images make you very anxious and lead you to engage in certain acts (behavioral or mental) to reduce the anxiety. The acts are called compulsions or rituals and are often repetitive and complex to stop doing. OCD causes dysfunction in everyday living when a significant amount of time is used to engage in rituals and avoid OCD-triggering people, places, and things. While OCD is often depicted in the popular media as certain stereotypes of behaviors (such as excessive hand-washing), it is way more than that. As you will see below, we touch on only some of the forms of OCD that are out there. There are so many different manifestations of OCD. OCD can be incredibly debilitating, and luckily, with an expert therapist, you can see your life change in a very significant way.

We treat all forms of OCD, including:

Contamination OCD – fears about getting sick from a wide range of contagions

  • Disgust OCD – a deep aversion to coming in contact with anything that is viewed as “disgusting.”

  • Responsibility OCD – fear of contracting and passing a disease to others 

Pure-O OCD – intrusive thoughts with only mental rituals 

Harm OCD – fears about harming others

  • Postpartum OCD – fear of harming a newborn infant

  • Fear of harming a child or a loved one

  • Fear of committing suicide

  • Hit-and-run OCD – fear of possibly harming someone while driving

Relationship OCD (ROCD) is obsessive concerns about being in the wrong relationship

  • Fear of being married to the wrong person

  • Fear of dating the wrong person 

Scrupulosity (Religious OCD) fears regarding religious and moral domains

  • Fear of sinning

Pedophilia OCD (POCD) – fears about being a child molester

  • Fears of having conducted acts of pedophilia in the past

  • Fears of possible acts of pedophilia occurring in the future

  • Intrusive thoughts about taboo and forbidden relationships 

Experiential OCD – obsessions with philosophical questions and not knowing reality

  • Fear of never living life by Truth

Sexual Orientation OCD – obsessive concerns about possibly having a different sexual identity

  • Homosexual OCD (HOCD) – fear of changing your sexual orientation

  • Fear of being/becoming transgender 

“Just Right” OCD – the chronic need for absolute order, symmetry, and cleanliness

  • Difficulty completing tasks until they feel “just right”

  • Difficulty tolerating anything not in its “correct” place

  • Need clothing to fit “exactly right” 

Racism OCD – fears about being a racist    

  • Fear of yelling racial epithets in public  

  • Fear of writing racially charged comments in a public forum

Mental Illness OCD – fears about becoming severely mentally ill

  • Fear of developing schizophrenia

  • Fear of developing bipolar disorder 

Grief OCD – concerns about grieving the “right way”