THERAPY for OCD in SCHERTZ, TX
Therapy support for anxiety, stress, and OCD
Get out of the cycle of intrusive thoughts, doubt, and compulsions.
Maybe a thought pops into your head and you know you should be able to move on — but you can't.
Instead, you replay it. Analyze it. Google it. Ask someone what they think. Check again. Or try to convince yourself that everything is okay.
You might get relief for a little while, but then another doubt creeps in and you're right back where you started.
Whatever it is that you’re experiencing, you’re beginning to notice the impact of this in every facet of your life:
“What if this thought actually means something about me?”
Replaying conversations or situations over and over in your head
Checking, researching, or asking others for reassurance
Trying to feel 100% certain before making a decision
Avoiding situations that trigger uncomfortable thoughts or feelings
Trying to “fix,” cancel out, or get rid of intrusive thoughts
Feeling like you can't trust your own judgment
You may even realize that some of these behaviors aren't helping — but stopping them can feel almost impossible.
OCD therapy can help.
OCD doesn't always look like excessive cleaning or organizing. It can also show up as intrusive thoughts, constant doubt, mental reviewing, reassurance seeking, checking, avoidance, or feeling like you need certainty before you can move forward.
In therapy, we'll work on understanding the cycle that's keeping you stuck and changing how you respond when obsessive thoughts and doubt show up.
Rather than spending more energy trying to prove a thought wrong or make yourself feel completely certain, you can learn skills that help you tolerate uncertainty, reduce compulsive behaviors, and get back to living your life.
I use evidence-based approaches for OCD, including Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and other cognitive-behavioral strategies, based on your symptoms, goals, and needs.
OCD therapy can help you do 3 things:
Understand your OCD cycle.
Learn to recognize intrusive thoughts, triggers, compulsions, reassurance seeking, avoidance, and other patterns that may be keeping OCD going.
Respond differently to intrusive thoughts and uncertainty.
Practice allowing uncomfortable thoughts and feelings to be present without immediately checking, researching, analyzing, avoiding, or looking for reassurance.
Spend less time stuck in your head.
Build confidence in your ability to move forward without having to solve every thought, answer every “what if,” or feel completely certain first.
You don't have to solve every thought.
You can learn to let uncertainty exist without allowing it to control your day.
I offer OCD therapy in person in Schertz, Texas, convenient to Cibolo, Selma, Live Oak, New Braunfels, and the San Antonio area. Online OCD therapy is also available throughout Texas.
Common questions about OCD therapy
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We will start by looking at the thoughts, situations, and feelings that tend to trigger your anxiety or doubt. We'll also identify what you do afterward to try to feel better, safer, or more certain.
From there, we'll work on changing the patterns that keep the cycle going. Depending on your needs, therapy may include Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and cognitive-behavioral strategies to help you respond differently to obsessive thoughts and compulsive urges.
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ERP is a form of therapy commonly used to treat OCD. Instead of continually avoiding triggers or doing something to make the anxiety go away, you gradually practice facing uncertainty or discomfort while reducing the compulsive response.
The goal isn't to make sure you never have another intrusive thought. It's to help those thoughts have less control over what you do.
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No. Some compulsions are easy to see, such as checking or repeating behaviors. Others happen mostly in your head.
You might replay an event, analyze what a thought means, mentally check how you feel, try to replace a “bad” thought with a better one, or repeatedly search for certainty.
Part of therapy is learning to recognize these less obvious patterns.
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Yes. Intrusive thoughts can feel disturbing, confusing, or completely opposite of who you believe yourself to be.
Therapy provides a nonjudgmental place to talk about these thoughts and learn different ways of responding to them rather than getting pulled into analyzing, avoiding, neutralizing, or seeking reassurance about them.
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Everyone's treatment timeline is different. It depends on your symptoms, goals, how much OCD is interfering with your life, and your willingness to practice skills outside of sessions.
We'll work together to identify goals and track your progress along the way.
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Request a time to have a 15 min free phone consultation. From there we will see if we are a good fit and then get you scheduled for your first appointment.