Marcio Guzman

During this second session, my therapist led me through an ERP technique he'd customized toward an obsession that's troubled me daily for a good while. I since have used this technique several times each day, confronting the obsession without using compulsions in an effort to reduce the stress. I'd say that, all in all, things are improving at this early stage. Also, confronting the obsession has given me the feeling of having a degree of control over it, whereas before I felt it largely was controlling me. Further, my therapist enabled me to realize that my obsession-caused stress almost immediately prompted me to breathe shallowly, making the stress worse. He urged me to employ diaphragmatic breathing and taught me more about this technique than I'd previously been aware of. This also has been helpful.

I feel my first session with Marcio went very well. He clearly was empathetic that my longstanding OCD has become acute during the past several months and has been impacting my life considerably. He also demonstrated kind patience with my tendency to over-explain myself and moved the session along well to gain the information he needed. I've never previously had a therapist who specializes in treating OCD, and I look forward to benefitting from Marcio's expertise and, with his guidance, to working hard to significantly reduce my OCD-caused stress.

Marcio is a truly great therapist, I’m grateful to have found him on my journey toward recovery.