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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What Is ERP Therapy for OCD? This Is How Exposure and Response Prevention Works

Exposure and response prevention, or ERP, is the most commonly recommended, evidence-based form of therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The

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Undiagnosed OCD can be deadly. Here’s how providers can help

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

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Most types of CBT are ineffective in treating OCD—here’s why

In the 1970s, exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP) was specifically created to help millions with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) manage

By Grant Stoddard

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What to expect if you are newly diagnosed with OCD

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

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How identifying core fears can help with OCD recovery

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 Stacy Quick, LPC

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The integrated experience, a new approach to exposure and response prevention therapy

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

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What can I do when OCD makes me afraid to eat?

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

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Where you shouldn’t seek treatment for OCD—and where you should

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

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Effective ways you can respond to unwanted thoughts

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

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Here’s why response prevention is the key to OCD recovery

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

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How do I know if I’ve started to conquer OCD?

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

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Do I need a diagnosis to start OCD therapy?

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

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Your therapist may say they treat OCD, but are they really specialized?

Imagine Taylor, a young woman with OCD. As her senior year of college got more stressful, she started experiencing intrusive thoughts out of the

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How to Respond When Your Partner has OCD

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

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How I was finally able to open up about my OCD fears

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

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Signs you may be getting the wrong treatment for OCD

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

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The price of untreated OCD

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

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Why does my OCD keep switching themes?

A question many people who are experiencing symptoms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) have is, “why does my OCD keep switching themes?” This is

By Stacy Quick, LPC

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GAD vs OCD: Could you have been misdiagnosed with GAD?

Although there may often be similarities between Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), there are also some key

By Stacy Quick, LPC

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I have OCD, and I have also experienced trauma. Can I be helped?

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a serious, highly debilitating condition that involves disturbing mental content referred to as obsessions, which