What would
life be like…
if you had more
freedom from
OCD ?
We offer specialized therapy to help.
Thoughts that visit nearly everyone
What is OCD?
- ≈ 1 in 40
- people will meet the criteria for OCD at some point in their lives.
- 9 in 10
- people worldwide report having intrusive thoughts.
- Years
- often pass between the first symptoms and effective treatment.
- ERP
- exposure and response prevention is a proven therapy option.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a common, treatable condition with two parts. Obsessions are unwanted thoughts, images, urges or doubts that feel alarming and out of character. Compulsions are the things a person does, outwardly or silently in their head, to get rid of the distress or make sure nothing bad happens.
Each compulsion brings a moment of relief, and that relief teaches the brain the ritual was necessary. So the doubts return louder, the rituals grow, and life shrinks around them. Many people spend hours a day caught in this loop while appearing completely fine from the outside.
OCD is a cycle, let's break out
Every theme of OCD runs on the same six-stage engine. Tap each stage, then switch views to see what exposure and response prevention changes at every point.
Stage 01 of 06
Trigger
Something external or internal sets it off — a door handle, a news story, a feeling in your body, a passing image.
Many themes, same OCD cycle.
OCD can attach itself to almost any subject. Each entry in our index covers the typical obsessions, the visible and hidden rituals, why it qualifies as OCD, and what treatment looks like.
- 01Contamination OCDWhen the world feels like it might rub off on you
- 02Harm OCDWhen your mind shows you the thing you'd never do
- 03Checking OCDWhen 'just once more' never quite settles it
- 04Relationship OCDWhen doubt attaches to love
- 05Just-Right OCDWhen something feels off and you can't let it be
- 06Health OCDWhen every sensation becomes a question
- 07Sexual Thoughts & Orientation OCDWhen doubt turns on your sexuality or what you hold most sacred
- 08Moral and Religious OCDWhen conscience or faith becomes a source of fear
- 09Existential OCDWhen life's biggest questions won't let you rest
- 10Real-Event OCDWhen the past keeps putting you on trial
- 11False-Memory OCDWhen doubt rewrites your past
- 12Perinatal OCDWhen love and fear arrive together
Therapy options
Exposure and response prevention
You gradually approach the thoughts, situations and sensations OCD tells you to avoid, while resisting the rituals that usually follow. Over time your brain learns that the doubt can be carried, and the alarm quiets down.
Acceptance and commitment therapy
ACT builds willingness to have uncomfortable inner experiences and steers effort toward what you value. It pairs naturally with exposure work and can make hard steps feel meaningful.
Inference-based CBT
I-CBT focuses on the reasoning that creates obsessional doubt in the first place, helping you notice when imagination is being treated as evidence. Research is promising and still developing.
Internal Family Systems
IFS treats compulsions as the work of protective parts trying to keep you safe. Approached with curiosity rather than conflict, it can soften shame and help with the part of you that resists exposure, alongside ERP rather than instead of it.
Our team
Mandy Taylor
Registered Psychologist
Jason Logan
Registered Social Worker
Aaron Van Beilen
Founder