Therapy for OCD & Intrusive Thoughts

For the women whose minds won't let them rest.

If you're experiencing unwanted, distressing thoughts that keep coming back, or if you feel compelled to do certain things to relieve anxiety, you might be dealing with OCD or intrusive thoughts.

And the hard part?

These thoughts and behaviors can feel shameful or embarrassing, making it hard to talk about them, even though they're not your fault.

Many of my clients are high-achieving women who've learned to hide their struggles. You may be functioning well on the surface, but internally dealing with repetitive thoughts or compulsive behaviors that take up significant time and energy.

You don't have to manage this alone anymore.

What OCD and intrusive thoughts can look like

Unwanted, distressing thoughts that keep coming back
Feeling compelled to perform certain actions or rituals
Spending significant time checking, counting, or organizing
Avoiding situations or places that trigger intrusive thoughts
Mental rituals like repeating phrases or counting in your head
Feeling like something bad will happen if you don't complete compulsions
Knowing your thoughts or behaviors are irrational but feeling unable to stop
Feeling shame or embarrassment about your thoughts and behaviors

If this sounds familiar, therapy can help you understand and manage OCD and intrusive thoughts using evidence-based treatments.

How I help

I use Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help you manage OCD and intrusive thoughts effectively.

With ERP, you'll learn:

How to face your fears gradually in a safe, controlled way
How to resist compulsions and break the cycle of OCD
That anxiety decreases over time when you don't engage in compulsive behaviors

With CBT, you'll learn:

How to challenge the meaning you assign to intrusive thoughts
That intrusive thoughts are normal and don't define you
Tools to separate yourself from your thoughts

With ACT, you'll learn:

How to accept intrusive thoughts without fighting them
How to live according to your values despite unwanted thoughts
How to reduce the power intrusive thoughts have over your life

Therapy isn't about making the thoughts go away completely.

It's about learning to live with them without letting them control your life, and understanding that having an intrusive thought doesn't mean you're a bad person or that something bad will happen.

What changes when you learn to manage OCD and intrusive thoughts

You can experience intrusive thoughts without engaging in compulsions
You spend less time on rituals and checking behaviors
You feel less shame and embarrassment about your thoughts
You can engage in activities you've been avoiding
You understand that your thoughts don't define who you are
You feel more in control of your life and your responses

You don't have to be controlled by intrusive thoughts anymore. There is another way.