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Welcome to Life Is To Be Lived!
You Are Not Alone
OCD can be exhausting.
It can convince you that you are dangerous, irresponsible, immoral, contaminated, unhealthy, or one mistake away from disaster. It demands certainty where certainty is impossible and then punishes you for not finding it.
Many people with OCD spend years hiding their symptoms because they fear others will not understand.
I understand.
Not because your thoughts are unique, but because OCD follows predictable patterns no matter what theme it chooses.
My Experience Treating OCD
I have spent more than 20 years helping children, teens, and adults overcome OCD and anxiety disorders.
My practice is dedicated to treating:
- Contamination OCD
- Harm OCD
- Relationship OCD (ROCD)
- Sexual Orientation OCD (SO-OCD)
- Pedophilia OCD (POCD)
- Religious and Scrupulosity OCD
- Existential OCD
- Health Anxiety
- Perfectionism
- Just Right OCD
- Moral OCD
- Checking Compulsions
- Reassurance Seeking
- Mental Rituals
I also understand the impact OCD has on families, relationships, school, work, and daily functioning.
OCD Is Not a Thought Problem
Most people come to therapy trying to get rid of thoughts.
That isn't the solution.
The goal is not to eliminate uncertainty, eliminate anxiety, or eliminate intrusive thoughts.
The goal is to stop allowing OCD to control your decisions.
When that happens, your world gets bigger and OCD gets smaller.
Evidence-Based Treatment
I primarily use:
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
The gold standard treatment for OCD.
ERP teaches you how to face uncertainty without performing compulsions. Over time, your brain learns that anxiety can be tolerated and feared outcomes do not require rituals, checking, avoidance, reassurance, or mental review.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
ACT helps you develop a different relationship with uncomfortable thoughts and feelings while moving toward the life you want to live.
Together, ERP and ACT help you build confidence, flexibility, and freedom from OCD's rules.
Why Clients Choose to Work With Me
Clients often tell me they appreciate that I:
✓ Understand OCD without judgment
✓ Recognize subtle compulsions and mental rituals
✓ Balance accountability with compassion
✓ Create practical ERP plans that fit real life
✓ Work collaboratively rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach
✓ Help them focus on living rather than chasing certainty
Recovery Is Possible
OCD may tell you that you need one more answer, one more reassurance, one more check, or one more certainty before you can move forward.
You don't.
You can learn to live alongside uncertainty and build a life that is guided by your values instead of your fears.
Because life is not meant to be lived around OCD.
Life is to be lived.