Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

I take a biodyne view of OCD to help you uncover the often unconscious motivations fueling OCD personality dynamics.

In working with OCD, I do a deep assessment related to the onset of your obsessive rumination and compulsive behaviors or mental rituals to break the cycle of feeling like you are on a constant hamster wheel you can't exit. I utilize a blend of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Exposure Response Prevention collaborating with you to treat your OCD. You will likely be working on constructing a hierarchy of feared events so we can develop exposure activities to help you overcome your anxiety.

We treat Perinatal/Postpartum/Maternal OCD, providing moms-to-be and new moms who are suffering with OCD symptoms effective treatment. We treat both maternal themes, such as an intense fear of harming or contaminating your infant, as well as any other subtype of OCD during pregnancy and postpartum. Should any OCD symptoms persist after the perinatal period, we continue to provide care to our clients throughout the entirety of their OCD treatment journey.

Have you worked with other providers who are not familiar with OCD? Would you like to talk with someone who has received specialized training and consultation in this area? If so, please e-mail me to learn more about my specialty treatment groups.

I have significant experience working with clients to develop gradual exposure and response prevention plans to decrease the interference of OCD in their everyday lives.

I specialize in treating all types of OCD, and use evidence based treatment modalities such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). I'll work with you to educate about what OCD is and it's cycle, and provide skills to help beat it.

OCD is treatable and it is our goal to get OCD into full remission. We specialize in all subtypes of OCD. We provide you with expert, high-quality and personalized treatment. Sessions will be conducted with a PhD-level psychologist, trained in highly-ranked programs with over 15 years of experience. Dr. Fine will be a speaker at the 2022 International OCD Foundation conference.

I help clients examine and recontextualize unhelpful patterns in order to get unstuck and to live fuller lives

Recurrent thoughts and mental images can cause significant anxiety, leading you to engage in an endless cycle of behaviors that reduce your distress temporarily. I can support you in breaking free from this cycle and gaining back control in your life. I utilize exposure and response prevention (ERP), in which you will gradually confront fears in a supportive and encouraging setting.

ERP therapy (Exposure Response Prevention therapy) helps to alleviate the obsessive and compulsive thinking patterns and behaviors that can feel paralyzing. We together will find the right approach for you. ERP therapy helps to reduce these symptoms through exploring core fears and participating in exposures to increase the ability to tolerate the anxiety. A unique

I have extensive training in Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) from the Yale Child Study Center. With my training in exposure with response prevention (ERP), I have well rounded background for treating OCD symptoms with the client as well as providing parents with tools to help them feel more confident in how to respond to their child's OCD/anxiety tendencies.

ERP therapy (Exposure Response Prevention therapy) helps to alleviate the obsessive and compulsive thinking patterns and behaviors that can feel paralyzing. We together will find the right approach for you. ERP therapy helps to reduce these symptoms through exploring core fears and participating in exposures to increase the ability to tolerate the anxiety.

Dr. Parlor is an internationally recognized educator and advocate for OCD recovery.

Please see our website www.CornerstoneCounselorsMHC.com for information on OCD treatment.

Does it feel like you can't stop thinking? Are your thoughts spiraling? Are your thoughts stuck in a loop? Whether it's thoughts about your relationship (will they cheat? are they right for me?), religion (what if I go to hell?), contamination (does this have germs? what could happen to me?), sexuality (what if I am wrong and I am actually...) or any number of other subcategories, the reality is that 1 in 40 people have OCD and it can manifest at any age.

Dr. Vivyan specializes in treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) through evidence-based therapeutic approaches, particularly Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). She also has training in Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT) for teens and young adults, which is another evidence-based treatment option.

As always, when constructing self-compassion coping statements, try to think about the most honest description of what’s happening. It isn’t necessarily the happiest, but it also should be void of criticism. Acknowledge that you are having the thoughts and feelings that you’re having. Recognize that others do (or at least would) find these thoughts and feelings difficult to contend with. Then invite yourself to recognize your strengths and your ability to exert those strengths against the OCD.

I have both professional training and clinical hands-on experience in working with many types of obsessive compulsive disorder. I have utilized cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), exposure and response prevention treatment (ERP) and other interventions to help many of my clients improve their ability to handle OCD symptoms.