ERP is the gold-standard treatment for OCD, but it can be challenging for parents.  If your child has obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), you know that this condition affects not only your child but also your entire family. 

• We Start with Education and Trust
  Your child will learn how OCD works in the brain — and how ERP helps retrain it. We build a strong, supportive relationship so they feel safe in the process.
   
• We Create a Plan Together
  Therapy is collaborative. We’ll identify your child’s specific obsessions (the fears) and compulsions (the behaviors), and we’ll create a personalized plan — called a fear ladder — that gently introduces them to the things they fear in a safe, step-by-step way.
   
• We Practice Facing Fears Without Compulsions
  Your child will practice exposures (facing a fear) without doing the compulsive behavior that temporarily relieves the anxiety. This teaches their brain that they can tolerate discomfort — and that the feared outcome usually doesn’t happen.
   
• We Build Long-Term Resilience
  With repeated practice, their anxiety goes down, OCD loses its grip, and your child becomes more confident, independent, and free.

Exposure and Response Prevention for OCD (ERP) does not have to be boring! In fact, I often will use a play-based approach to engage your child.  Using play as medium to confront fears provides a unique opportunity to address these anxieties in a non-threatening environment.

 If you’re living with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), you know how exhausting it can be to feel stuck in a cycle of unwanted thoughts, fears, or urges — and the rituals or mental routines you do to try to feel “just right” or reduce anxiety. 

ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention) is the gold standard treatment for OCD — and it's highly effective for adults. It helps you face your fears gradually, without giving in to compulsions, so you can reclaim control and start living more freely.

• We Start with Understanding OCD
  You’ll learn how OCD works in your brain and body — and why the things you do to feel better (compulsions) actually make OCD stronger over time.
   
• We Create a Personalized Plan
  Together, we’ll identify the thoughts, situations, or triggers that bring up distress — and build a step-by-step plan to face them in a way that feels safe and manageable.
   
• You’ll Practice Facing Discomfort Without Rituals
  During ERP, you’ll intentionally face situations that trigger your OCD (this is the “exposure”) and refrain from doing the compulsions or avoidance behaviors (that’s the “response prevention”).
  Over time, your brain learns that anxiety doesn’t last forever — and that you don’t need rituals to feel safe.
   
• You Gain Confidence, Control, and Freedom
  As you move through ERP, your anxiety decreases, and your trust in yourself increases. You’ll start to feel more like you again — not like someone controlled by OCD.

It is time to take back your life! OCD has caused significant distress and disruption in your life; my goal is to empower you through experience that you can cope with anxiety without engaging in compulsions or rituals.