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.
While it may seem like there are specialists for everything these days, this should not deter from the fact that treatment focused on your care and
By blue-digits
OCD symptoms are hard enough on fully developed adults—but what about teens who begin to exhibit signs and symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is often thought of as a disorder that causes a hyper-focus on cleanliness or counting or organizing. While these are
By Stacy Quick, LPC
Exposure and response prevention, or ERP, is the most commonly recommended, evidence-based form of therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The
Reviewed by April Kilduff, MA, LCPC
Researchers estimate that in the US alone, 8.5 million people are living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and only a small fraction of this
By Grant Stoddard
In the 1970s, exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP) was specifically created to help millions with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) manage
By Grant Stoddard
Something led you to seek out information on OCD. Maybe you have a loved one who suffers, or maybe you just wanted to learn more about your own mental
By Stacy Quick, LPC
If you’ve read about OCD online or heard about other people’s experiences, you may have seen a lot of discussion about themes, or subtypes, that people
By John Gower
We just released two new features on the NOCD platform to enhance the NOCD Therapy experience: Fear and Response List and Homework. As a leader in
By Tina Taratutin-Chung
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) isn’t just about organizing, cleaning, and washing your hands—it can infiltrate every area of your life. It will
By Stacy Quick, LPC
When people begin working with me to recover from OCD, it is common for them to discuss how they shared their deepest, most vulnerable fears with past
By Stacy Quick, LPC
Reviewed by Nicholas Farrell, Ph.D
People often feel that anxiety is inherently “bad”—especially people with OCD. Really, anxiety is just an emotion like any other. Sometimes, it helps us
By Stacy Quick, LPC
When you hear or read about exposure and response prevention (ERP) therapy, what stands out is probably exposures: exercises designed to gradually expose
By Stacy Quick, LPC
Recovery from OCD is possible. I know it may seem hard to imagine, especially when you are in the midst of experiencing OCD, but it can get better and is
By Stacy Quick, LPC
People who are interested in starting obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) treatment often ask us: “Do I need to be diagnosed with OCD in order to start
By Stacy Quick, LPC
Imagine Taylor, a young woman with OCD. As her senior year of college got more stressful, she started experiencing intrusive thoughts out of the
OCD impacts more than just the lives of the people who suffer from it—it can have a major effect on the lives of those around them, as well. If your
By Stacy Quick, LPC
We may have come a long way recently, but there is still a lot of stigma attached to mental illness—it’s an unfortunate truth. It’s seen as a personal
By Stacy Quick, LPC
Countless times, people have come into treatment with me who were misdiagnosed in the past or previously told that they did not show the "classic" signs
By Stacy Quick, LPC
One of the things that I hear most from those seeking help for their mental health is “I can’t afford treatment.” Effective and cost-friendly treatment
By Stacy Quick, LPC