Phillip Salas (he/him)

I have been a licensed and trained mental health provider focusing on OCD for the last eight years. With experience, persistence and empathy, I have been very successful at helping people recognize their OCD symptoms, increasing their tolerance and ability to manage them, identifying coping skills without them resorting back to compulsions. I have been very successful, even in cases that have been challenging for others to treat.

I have been a licensed and trained mental health provider with expertise on OCD for the last eight years. With experience, persistence and empathy, I have been very successful at helping people recognize their OCD symptoms, increasing their tolerance and ability to manage them, identifying coping skills without them resorting back to compulsions. I have been very successful, even in cases that have been challenging for others to treat.

While most mental health providers can treat anxiety, not all specialize in this condition. I am a licensed and trained mental health provider with eight years of extensive knowledge and expertise in the field of anxiety and its related disorders. I combine research-backed techniques with my expertise to address anxiety symptoms, tailoring treatment plans to the specific needs of each patient, setting realistic recovery expectations, goals, and milestones.

After several years of working with children and adults with ADD/ADHD, I have developed expertise in the unique wiring of ADD/ADHD minds, helping patients recognize ADD/ADHD not as a deficiency, but as a different way of processing information. I help patients identify and channel their high energy levels, creativity, problem-solving abilities, and intellectual curiosity. I have the expertise to successfully provide telehealth to children with ADD/ADHD with positive outcomes.

Utilizing Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), a short-term structured form of behavioral treatment, I will help you problem-solve through your unique issues in life. I will help you identify the relationship between your beliefs, thoughts, feelings, and the behaviors that you exhibit as a result. Through CBT, I can help you develop more positive thought patterns and behaviors, gaining deeper insights that will promote your psychological and emotional well-being.

Utilizing Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), I will teach you how to live in the moment, develop healthy ways to cope with stress, regulate emotions, and improve your relationships with others. We will work together to resolve the any contradictions between self-acceptance and the change necessary to bring about positive changes. I will help you analyze problems or destructive behavior patterns and replace them with more healthy and effective ones.

Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) therapy is a therapeutic approach that is specifically designed for the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Utilizing ERP, I will gradually guide you through systematic, repeated, and prolonged exposures to situations that provoke obsessional fears while abstaining from performing compulsive behaviors. ERP therapy is not about eliminating your distress, but rather about learning how to accept and manage stress, breaking the link.