Anxiety can be present without being in charge.

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Anxiety can be present without being in charge. 〰️

OCD & Anxiety Disorders

Supporting you in accepting anxiety, strengthening self-trust, and living in alignment with your values

OCD and anxiety can pull you into cycles of fear, doubt, and avoidance. Therapy offers a space to slow down, understand these patterns, and practice responding with flexibility, compassion, and trust in yourself while honoring your nervous system and live experience.

What are OCD and anxiety disorders?

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and anxiety disorders can show up in many ways, but they share a common thread: recurring thoughts, urges, or fears that feel overwhelming and interfere with daily life. OCD often includes unwanted intrusive thoughts and urges to perform rituals or mental behaviors to reduce distress, while anxiety disorders include generalized anxiety, panic, phobias, and other forms of persistent worry or fear.

These experiences can be exhausting, distressing, and confusing — especially when others don’t see what you’re going through. You don’t have to wait until symptoms are severe to seek help. Therapy can support you in reducing distress, building flexibility, and reconnecting with valued life goals.

What is my approach?

I provide neuroaffirming, trauma-informed therapy for OCD and anxiety that centers your experience, respects your nervous system, and draws from evidence-based practices known to make meaningful change.

  • Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) – ERP is the gold standard for OCD treatment. It helps you face feared thoughts, situations, or sensations without engaging in compulsive rituals, teaching your nervous system that anxiety can rise and fall without needing control.

  • Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT) – I-CBT targets the reasoning processes that maintain obsessive doubt and helps you build confidence in present-moment reality rather than imagined threats

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) – ACT supports you in changing your relationship with thoughts and feelings rather than trying to eliminate them. It emphasizes living in alignment with your values even in the presence of discomfort.

Have more questions?

  • No, while exposure-based therapy is considered the gold standard in treating OCD, there are other ways to address symptoms in a meaningful way.

  • I pace exposure work thoughtfully and often integrate ACT or I-CBT skills to support readiness and regulation before diving into more challenging exposure work. Collaboration is a key piece of determining pace.

  • Anxiety is a natural emotion all human beings experience and an important emotion for survival. The goal isn’t to eliminate all anxiety — we’ll build skills to navigate it more skillfully, reduce avoidance, and help you live according to your values even when distress is present.