OCD Therapy in Vancouver

OCD is a cornerstone of our practice.

Are fears holding you back from what matters most to you?
Do you feel stuck in a loop you cannot get out of?
Has OCD made your world smaller?
Do your thoughts feel so real and scary?

Our OCD therapists are trained in ERP, the gold-standard treatment for OCD.

A part of you may know that the thought is irrational, but it still feels incredibly urgent.

Intrusive thoughts
Constant checking
Obsession and compulsion loops
Mental rituals
Reassurance seeking
Intense anxiety symptoms
Avoiding triggers
Lost time
Shrinking world

Clients come to us for help with:

Clients come to us stuck in OCD loops

Repeating
Neutralizing
Perfectionist behaviours
And more

Washing
Checking
Ruminating
Reassurance Seeking
Counting
Arranging

Therapy helps reduce compulsions, such as:

Aggression
Relationship
Morality
And more

Harm
Contamination
Sexual
Religious
Health
Symmetry

Our OCD therapy helps with many themes, including:

Through therapy, the goal is to learn that you can tolerate uncertainty and tolerate distress. You also learn that the core fear is not coming true.

1) Assessment for proper treatment approach
2) Identify obsessions & compulsions
3) Identify core fears
4) Build a gradual exposure hierarchy
5) Develop behavioural experiments
6) Practice exposure in and in between session
7) Reflect and implement new learning

How our OCD therapy works

Schedule a free consultation

Sessions are usually 50 minutes. Sometimes, 75 or 100-minute exposure sessions may be helpful.

Cognitive Therapy helps you examine and reframe the distorted beliefs that give OCD its power, like overestimating danger or feeling responsible for harm. This helps reduce the meaning you attach to intrusive thoughts so they feel less threatening and urgent.

Cognitive Therapy

ACT helps you practice acceptance and defusion, which means noticing thoughts without treating them as commands. This helps you reconnect with your values instead of obeying the OCD voice.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

CBT helps you notice the thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors that keep OCD loops going. This can reduce self-blame and help you respond with more clarity.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

ERP helps you face feared thoughts, images, or situations without doing the ritual. Over time, this helps reduce compulsions and avoidance.

Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)

Our approach may include: