If you want recovery to go faster and deeper, you have to gently admit something uncomfortable: sometimes OCD feels like it serves you. Not because it’s good. Not because you want it. But because in certain moments it gives you something — a sense of control, a burst of relief, reassurance, certainty. Even if it only lasts a few seconds.

Real change begins when you can acknowledge that without shame. When you say, “I see what this has been giving me — and I’m ready to get those needs met in a healthier way.” That’s where motivation gets stronger. That’s where courage deepens. And that’s when recovery becomes real.

Keep going.

#OCD #OCDRecovery #ERP #Anxiety#MentalHealth

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Rumination is almost universal in OCD. Different themes, same loop. The mind grabs a question and refuses to let go.

One thing I often recommend is building the skill of directing your thinking. Not controlling thoughts. Directing thinking. Most of the day we’re flooded with input — screens, noise, information. We rarely practice choosing what to think about. Go somewhere quiet. Leave your phone. Pick a topic on purpose. Someone you love. A project you care about. A memory. Stay with it. When other thoughts pop up, let them be there and gently return to what you chose.

You’re training attention. You’re strengthening the muscle of choosing where your mind goes. That way, when rumination starts, you recognize it and say, I’m not engaging this right now. I can focus elsewhere. It’s a simple practice, but it builds real freedom.

#OCD #Rumination #ERP #MentalHealth #Mindfulness

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This is a message for every incredible human being in OCD therapy right now.

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, of blessed memory, once said that faith is not certainty, but the courage to live with uncertainty. That’s what you’re doing. Every time you resist a compulsion. Every time you choose not to check, not to wash, not to seek reassurance. You are choosing faith over certainty.

The greatest leap of faith you can take right now is to stop listening to OCD and start listening to your deeper self. Your values. Your soul. You are not your fear. You are someone brave enough to face it. And that courage is already proof of who you really are.

#OCD #ERP #MentalHealth #Therapy #OCDawareness

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Here’s why virtual OCD therapy works so well.

When we’re online, I’m not limited to an office. I can meet clients where their fears actually live — in their homes, on the bus, near work, in real life. We don’t just plan exposures and hope they’ll do them later. We do them together, in real time. I’m in their ear while they face the fear.

There’s something powerful about that. Less travel, less friction, more creativity, more immediacy. I’ve had clients step away mid-session to do a shower exposure and come back stronger. Virtual therapy isn’t a compromise. For OCD work, it can be an advantage.

Therapists, clinicians, clients — curious what your experience has been.

#OCD #ERP #VirtualTherapy #Psychotherapy #MentalHealth

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Behavioural therapy isn’t superficial. It’s the opposite.

Facing your fear and not doing the compulsion. Walking into the room with a child. Not washing your hands again. Sitting with uncertainty. That’s not surface-level work. That’s putting your deepest beliefs on the line and challenging them through action.

Insight matters. Understanding matters. But when you move differently, when you act against fear, when you step into the fire, that becomes transformation. Real change happens in behavior. And the clarity that comes after courage is deeper than analysis alone.

#OCD #ERP #BehavioralTherapy #MentalHealth #OCDawareness

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This is a message to every single person in OCD therapy right now.

As a therapist, and just as a human being, I want you to know how deeply I admire you. The courage it takes to face what terrifies you, to sit with uncertainty, to resist compulsions, to walk straight into the discomfort instead of running from it — that is not small. It is heroic.

Your OCD points to what you care about. The harm you’re afraid of causing, the wrong you’re terrified of doing, the responsibility you feel — it all reflects a sensitive, soulful heart. You are not broken. You are someone who cares deeply.

Keep going. Stop avoiding. Resist the compulsion. Get back to your values. Your life is bigger than OCD. And I promise you, your therapist believes in you more than you know.

#OCD #MentalHealth #ERP #psychotherapy #Therapist

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This week, we provide tips for managing hyperactivity symptoms in ADHD.

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This week we discuss how to make effective New Year's Resolutions.

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