OCD Treatment

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is highly treatable — but it responds best to a specific therapy that many general practices don’t provide. At Clinic Ovis, OCD care is built around exposure and response prevention (ERP), the treatment with the strongest research support for OCD. Inference based cognitive behavioral therapy(I-CBT) is also offered, often in conjunction with ERP and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).

What ERP looks like

ERP is a structured, collaborative therapy. Together with your clinician, you’ll gradually and safely face the situations, thoughts, and triggers that drive obsessions — while learning to resist the compulsions that keep the cycle going. It is challenging work, done at a pace you help set, and it is where lasting change comes from.

What we treat

We work with the full range of OCD presentations, including contamination fears, checking, intrusive thoughts, scrupulosity, and “just right” symptoms, as well as related conditions such as body-focused repetitive behaviors.