OCD Therapy in Los Angeles
OCD can be exhausting. Intrusive thoughts, persistent doubt, anxiety, and urges to perform rituals or mental checks can consume increasing amounts of time and attention. I provide OCD therapy for adults, adolescents, and children using Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), the gold-standard treatment for OCD.
Some OCD compulsions are observable, such as checking, washing, repeating, or seeking reassurance. Others happen internally and may include reviewing past events, analyzing thoughts or feelings, mentally checking, praying, neutralizing thoughts, or trying to reach certainty.
OCD can center on contamination, health or illness, harm, morality, relationships, identity, existential questions, or the need for things to feel “just right.” The specific subject can change, but the underlying cycle is often the same: doubt creates distress, and compulsions provide temporary relief while strengthening the pattern over time.
OCD Isn’t Always Visible
ERP helps you gradually approach thoughts, situations, sensations, and uncertainties that trigger OCD while reducing the compulsions that keep the cycle going. Treatment is collaborative and tailored to your particular symptoms, goals, and readiness. You will not be pressured into exposures without preparation or asked to do something simply for the sake of feeling anxious.
The goal is not to eliminate every unwanted thought or achieve perfect certainty. It is to change how you respond to doubt and uncertainty so OCD takes up less space in your life.
Exposure and Response Prevention
Adults with OCD may appear capable and functional while privately spending hours ruminating, reviewing, checking, avoiding, or seeking reassurance. Some have lived with these patterns for years without recognizing them as OCD—especially when the compulsions are primarily mental.
My approach combines evidence-based treatment with warmth, curiosity, and respect. You can discuss disturbing, taboo, or confusing thoughts without judgment. Together, we will identify how OCD operates in your life and develop practical ways to step out of its cycle.
OCD Treatment for Adults
With younger clients, ERP is adapted to their developmental needs and introduced at a manageable pace. Treatment often includes collaboration with parents so families can recognize OCD patterns, reduce accommodation and reassurance, and support progress at home.
Play, creativity, and humor may be incorporated to help children engage with treatment and build confidence. I also offer SPACE-informed parent work when a child is unable or unwilling to participate directly in therapy.
OCD Treatment for Children & Teens
Referrals From Therapists
I welcome referrals from therapists whose clients would benefit from a focused course of ERP before returning to their ongoing therapy. With the client’s permission, I can coordinate treatment to support continuity of care.
Getting Started
I offer in-person OCD therapy in Atwater Village and telehealth for adults throughout California. Please reach out to schedule a free 15-minute consultation.