WHAT IS OCD?
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a widely misunderstood, and treatable, mental health condition that can severely impact a person’s life. The disorder is characterized by obsessions (repetitive intrusive and unwanted thoughts/images/urges that are disturbing to the person experiencing them) and compulsions (physical or mental acts a person feels compelled to carry out to alleviate anxiety, prevent something bad from happening, seek certainty, neutralize the obsession, etc.). The content of obsessions varies widely and is often categorized by themes, or subtypes of OCD, to help a person understand what they are experiencing.
COMMON
OCD
THEMES
Pedophile OCD
Harm OCD
Sexual Orientation OCD
Gender Identity OCD
Existential OCD
Sensorimotor OCD
Religious Scrupulosity OCD
Moral Scrupulosity OCD
Contamination OCD
Relationship OCD
“Just Right” OCD
Suicidal OCD
HOW WE TREAT OCD
Freedom from OCD is possible! We utilize evidence-based treatment modalities and offer an integrated approach to treating OCD: metacognitive therapy (thinking about our thinking) to address errors in reasoning that keep a person buying into OCD, mindfulness skills training to help a person non-judgmentally observe intrusive thoughts, feelings, sensations, etc., Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to promote values-based living, and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) that focuses on gradually facing feared stimuli while simultaneously cutting out compulsive rituals.
Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP)
Metacognitive Therapy
Mindfulness Skills Training
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)