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.
We rigorously research our members’ treatment outcomes to continuously improve the services we offer the OCD community. Here's what we found.
By Peter Davis
Reviewed by Dr. Jamie Feusner, MD
Elise Petronzio is a well-known OCD warrior, a trusted mental health advocate in the OCD community, and the founder of the ocdopus.
By Stacy Quick, LPC
It took time for my therapist and me to find ways of doing ERP that worked with my neurotype, not against it. But ultimately, ERP helped me with OCD!
Finding an OCD specialist trained in ERP was life-changing for me, and it might have been for you, too. I am grateful that now you can see me at my best.
By Stacy Quick, LPC
Support is a key piece of your recovery journey. That’s why at NOCD, we provide a safe space for people in the OCD community through virtual support groups.
By Carolyn Meiman, LCSW
Support is a key piece of your recovery journey. That’s why at NOCD, we provide a safe space for people in the OCD community through virtual support groups.
By Tia Wilson
For many people with OCD, getting proper rest is a struggle. Here are three things to do to help you overcome your sleep issues.
By Stacy Quick, LPC
Support is a key piece of your recovery journey. That’s why at NOCD, we provide a safe space for people in the OCD community through virtual support groups.
By Susanne Haase
Support is a key piece of your recovery journey. That’s why at NOCD, we provide a safe space for people in the OCD community through virtual support groups.
By Teda Kokoneshi, LMHC, CCTP
Support is a key piece of your recovery journey. That’s why at NOCD, we provide a safe space for people in the OCD community through virtual support groups.
By Minde Faneuff
The concept of meta OCD is centered on obsessing over obsessing. Someone dealing with meta OCD questions everything, and it can wreak havoc on their life.
By Paulina Stephens
I know it can be challenging to try to look at things through the eyes of someone who has OCD, like I do. Here's what I want you to know.
By Stacy Quick, LPC
Support is a key piece of your recovery journey. That’s why at NOCD, we provide a safe space for people in the OCD community through virtual support groups.
By Julie Reville
Support is a key piece of your recovery journey. That’s why at NOCD, we provide a safe space for people in the OCD community through virtual support groups.
By Stacy Quick, LPC
The concept of meta OCD is centered on obsessing over obsessing. Someone dealing with meta OCD questions everything, and it can wreak havoc on their life.
By Stacy Quick, LPC
Confessing your intrusive thoughts to gain reassurance can bring temporary relief when you have OCD. The only problem is, that it never lasts long.
By Stacy Quick, LPC
Can OCD attack your values? Read along to know everything about OCD and how it affects your values and fears.
By Stacy Quick, LPC
Regardless of the OCD subtype, or the nature of the intrusive thoughts, all themes of OCD are treatable with ERP therapy.
By Stacy Quick, LPC
When you have OCD, it can take a lot away from you, like peace, and time. But there are also other hidden costs related to this debilitating disorder.
By Stacy Quick, LPC
Learn how Sarah Stanton spent her whole life using compulsions to try to be someone else and how ERP therapy helped her to recover from OCD.