Obsessive compulsive disorder - OCD treatment and therapy from NOCD

Treatment

Make no mistake: OCD is highly treatable. The key to getting your symptoms under control—so that OCD no longer rules your daily life—is understanding your treatment options and what's scientifically proven to work.

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3 Ways To Overcome The Impact OCD Has On Sleep

For many people with OCD, getting proper rest is a struggle. Here are three things to do to help you overcome your sleep issues.

By Stacy Quick, LPC

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ERP As a Family Lifestyle

Support is a key piece of your recovery journey. That’s why at NOCD, we provide a safe space for people in the OCD community through virtual support groups.

By Susanne Haase

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What to expect long term with your child’s OCD?

Support is a key piece of your recovery journey. That’s why at NOCD, we provide a safe space for people in the OCD community through virtual support groups.

By Teda Kokoneshi, LMHC, CCTP

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Handling Parental Burnout

Support is a key piece of your recovery journey. That’s why at NOCD, we provide a safe space for people in the OCD community through virtual support groups.

By Minde Faneuff

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Incentives to encourage kids’ engagement in ERP treatment

The concept of meta OCD is centered on obsessing over obsessing. Someone dealing with meta OCD questions everything, and it can wreak havoc on their life. 

By Paulina Stephens

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Dear Loved Ones: A Letter of Things We Wish You Knew (When We Were in The Trenches of OCD)

I know it can be challenging to try to look at things through the eyes of someone who has OCD, like I do. Here's what I want you to know.

By Stacy Quick, LPC

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How to Find OCD Consequences that Work

Support is a key piece of your recovery journey. That’s why at NOCD, we provide a safe space for people in the OCD community through virtual support groups.

By Julie Reville

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NOCD Support Groups: Finding Help and Hope in the OCD Community

Support is a key piece of your recovery journey. That’s why at NOCD, we provide a safe space for people in the OCD community through virtual support groups.

By Stacy Quick, LPC

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Obsessing about Obsessing: “Is this really OCD?”

The concept of meta OCD is centered on obsessing over obsessing. Someone dealing with meta OCD questions everything, and it can wreak havoc on their life. 

By Stacy Quick, LPC

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Confessing Intrusive Thoughts Can Actually be a Compulsion

Confessing your intrusive thoughts to gain reassurance can bring temporary relief when you have OCD. The only problem is, that it never lasts long.

By Stacy Quick, LPC

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Values Over Fear in OCD

Can OCD attack your values? Read along to know everything about OCD and how it affects your values and fears.

By Stacy Quick, LPC

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How ERP Can Treat All OCD Themes

Regardless of the OCD subtype, or the nature of the intrusive thoughts, all themes of OCD are treatable with ERP therapy.

By Stacy Quick, LPC

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What OCD Cost Me

When you have OCD, it can take a lot away from you, like peace, and time. But there are also other hidden costs related to this debilitating disorder.

By Stacy Quick, LPC

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Autism and OCD: My Journey from Self-Hating Perfectionist to Autistic OCD Advocate

Learn how Sarah Stanton spent her whole life using compulsions to try to be someone else and how ERP therapy helped her to recover from OCD.

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NOCD now offers more therapy sessions per week

We all know that OCD and related disorders are no laughing matter - these conditions are considered some of the most debilitating with which to be

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People-Pleasing Patterns in OCD

Though everyone’s individual personality traits will vary, one that seems to be prevalent for some people with OCD is the desire for “people pleasing.”

By Stacy Quick, LPC

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Dealing with Doubt

One of the hallmark symptoms of OCD is doubt, but the good news is that you can learn to accept uncertainty and live a full life.

By Stacy Quick, LPC

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Why Virtual Therapy Can Be As Effective As, Or Even More Effective Than, In-person Treatment For OCD

With virtual therapy, sessions can be done wherever obsessions are most likely to be triggered. This opens up the option of getting the right care.

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Can A Therapist That Doesn’t Share My Faith Treat Me Effectively?

One question I often get asked is, “How can my therapist treat my OCD if they do not share my faith?”

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Creative Interventions While Doing ERP

The use of creative interventions within exposure and response prevention (ERP) therapy can aid treatment for people with OCD.

By Barbara Zelop, LPC, ATR-BC

Reviewed by Stacy Quick, LPC

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