Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

OCD is simultaneously one of the most common and most misunderstood mental health disorders. Yet there is so much hope despite the distress it causes. There are extremely effective treatment options. I am passionate about my clients receiving research-backed treatment, including Exposure-Response Prevention, Acceptance-Commitment Therapy, and Inference-Based CBT. Please know that OCD is recoverable! You deserve to live a full life, and you can.

OCD can be challenging and debilitating, but it doesn’t have to be. Together we will work to identify the root causes of your obsessions and compulsions. We will explore how your fears and anxieties are impacting your day to day life. We will develop a plan to tackle the obsessions and compulsions head on by challenging and loosening up from your thoughts and overcoming urges. I will incorporate various techniques to help you meet your goals. One of these is Exposure and Response Prevention.

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.

I utilize a CBT approach by understanding the client's thoughts behind each compulson. I have them create a list of their compulsions and obsessive thoughts so they can better understand how prominent the OCD is in their life, and what it looks like as a whole. I work with them to identify the trigger, thought, or situation provoking their OCD. I utilize a variety of different worksheets, exercises, and techniques to challenge, cope with, and decrease the OCD prevalence.

OCD is treatable and it is our goal to get OCD into full remission. We specialize exclusively in the treatment of OCD in adult women, and treat 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.

OCD is treatable and it is our goal to get OCD into full remission. 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. Specializing exclusively in the treatment of OCD in adult women allows us to focus 100% on the latest knowledge and highly-effective techniques that will likely work best for you. We specialize in all subtypes of OCD.

I offer evidence-based approaches for OCD & anxiety along with meaning & narrative therapeutic activities. These include CBT, ERP, ACT, & i-CBT.

I am trained in Exposure Response Prevention to assist clients overcome Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

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.

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.

In the practice, we use mindfulness based CBT with ERP therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), which allows you to learn ways to resource anxiety and fears between sessions and use the learned skills as coping tools while engaging in your exposure plans. The work you do in therapy is vital to your life outside of our sessions.

I have a professional passion for treating all things anxiety & OCD. I take pride in continuing to build my competence, gain more understanding, and become more efficient when treating mild to severe anxiety-related issues. I've learned a combination of evidenced-based treatments for anxiety & OCD, including CBT, ERP, DBT, ACT, and SPACE. I treat all forms of OCD, including contamination OCD, scrupulosity OCD, "just right" OCD, harm-related OCD, sexual-related OCD, and intrusive thoughts.

OCD is not always what we assume or tend to think it is. OCD can include compulsive behaviors but also may be thought-based without ritualistic behaviors to follow obsessive thinking. When a client comes to therapy thinking they have OCD, it is important to be thorough and open to the exploration of their presenting concerns; additionally, we will look at how obsessive thinking is impacting your life. Through exposure work, ideally those anxiety or fear-inducing thoughts will lessen in severity.

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 will help you explore the internal and external factors that drive obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors to help you break free of these and live a more grounded life.

I have years of experience using evidence-based exposure and response- prevention (ERP) based approaches to treat OCD. I can treat OCD in adults, children, and adolescents!