Obsessive compulsive disorder - OCD treatment and therapy from NOCD

Treatment

Make no mistake: OCD is highly treatable. The key to getting your symptoms under control—so that OCD no longer rules your daily life—is understanding your treatment options and what's scientifically proven to work.

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I’m Autistic With OCD. Here’s How My Therapist And I Made ERP Work For Me

This article uses identity-first language (“autistic person”) over the more common person-first language (“person with autism”), in accordance with the

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Dear Loved Ones: What I Want to Share Now That I am in Recovery

This is my follow-up to the article, “Dear Loved Ones: A Letter of Things We Wish You Knew (When We Were in The Trenches of OCD).” Dear loved ones, I want

By Stacy Quick, LPC

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How You and Your Partner Can Handle Your Child’s OCD

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental health condition characterized by excessive, repetitive thoughts and behaviors that can impact a person's

By Carolyn Meiman, LCSW

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Who goes to OCD support groups?

NOCD offers a large number of community support groups covering everything from co-occurring conditions to skills and values groups! These groups offer

By Tia Wilson

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3 Ways To Overcome The Impact OCD Has On Sleep

Have you ever wondered about the irony of being completely exhausted and yet feeling unable to get a full night’s sleep? Whether you have OCD or not,

By Stacy Quick, LPC

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ERP As a Family Lifestyle

OCD is a pernicious disorder that affects not only the person suffering from it, but their family and loved ones as well. Just as the struggles of a

By Susanne Haase

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What to expect long term with your child’s OCD?

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a chronic condition. While a person can never truly say that they have fully rid themselves of OCD, it is possible

By Teda Kokoneshi, LMHC, CCTP

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Handling Parental Burnout

Parental burnout. For many of us just hearing these words immediately evokes emotions of overwhelming exhaustion and anxiety. We may feel alone, out of

By Minde Faneuff

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Incentives to encourage kids’ engagement in ERP treatment

Being diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsions Disorder can be confusing and scary for both kids and parents. According to the International OCD Foundation

By Paulina Stephens

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Dear Loved Ones: A Letter of Things We Wish You Knew (When We Were in The Trenches of OCD)

Dear loved ones, I know it can be challenging to try to look at things through the eyes of someone who has OCD, like I do. We may often appear illogical,

By Stacy Quick, LPC

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How to Find OCD Consequences that Work

Getting children and teens to actively practice Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and to stop doing rituals can be challenging. If you face this

By Julie Reville

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NOCD Support Groups: Finding Help and Hope in the OCD Community

One of the most helpful things in my own recovery journey has been hearing about other people’s experiences with OCD. This might be because we relish in

By Stacy Quick, LPC

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Obsessing about Obsessing: “Is this really OCD?”

The concept of meta OCD is centered on obsessing over obsessing. Someone dealing with meta OCD begins to question everything from whether they actually

By Stacy Quick, LPC

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Confessing Intrusive Thoughts Can Actually be a Compulsion

When I was a little girl struggling with OCD, my main compulsion centered around confessing my inner thoughts. I distinctly remember not wanting to tell

By Stacy Quick, LPC

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Values Over Fear in OCD

It’s fair to say that everyone has their own set of personal values: the things that we consider important and that matter to our well-being and

By Stacy Quick, LPC

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How ERP Can Treat All OCD Themes

If you have OCD, hang out in OCD communities online, or read articles about OCD, it will not take you long to see that there are many themes or

By Stacy Quick, LPC

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What OCD Cost Me

When you have OCD, it can take a lot away from you: obsessions can steal our peace, and compulsions can steal our time, for example. But there are also

By Stacy Quick, LPC

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Autism and OCD: My Journey from Self-Hating Perfectionist to Autistic OCD Advocate

This article uses identity-first language (“autistic person”) over the more common person-first language (“person with autism”), in accordance with the

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NOCD now offers more therapy sessions per week

We all know that OCD and related disorders are no laughing matter - these conditions are considered some of the most debilitating with which to be

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People-Pleasing Patterns in OCD

Everyone has characteristic thought patterns, feelings, habits, and behaviors that are consistent over time. Individuals may even have certain ones that

By Stacy Quick, LPC

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