Effective, Evidence-Based Therapy for Lasting Change

OCD is often misunderstood. It’s not about being “neat” or “organized”, it’s about facing intrusive thoughts or fears that can feel overwhelming and hard to control. In response, you might do mental or physical rituals to feel safe or certain, but over time, OCD only demands more.

In treatment, we’ll use Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help you relate differently to your thoughts and fears. Through guided exposures, you’ll learn to face the situations or sensations OCD tells you to avoid—gradually building confidence and freedom. Together, we’ll focus on reclaiming your time and energy from OCD so you can live more fully in line with your values.

Generalized anxiety can feel like living with a constant sense of worry or unease. Even everyday tasks can start to feel overwhelming, and it may become harder to focus, relax, or be present.

Treatment for generalized anxiety involves learning how anxiety works and developing tools to respond to it differently. Using evidence-based approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), we’ll work on building your ability to experience anxiety without letting it take over your life.

Over time, you’ll learn how to stay engaged in the activities and relationships that matter most to you—even when anxiety shows up—helping reduce symptoms of worry and build lasting resilience.

Postpartum OCD can feel deeply frightening and confusing. You may have intrusive thoughts or images that go against everything you value as a parent, leaving you feeling scared, ashamed, or unsure of what’s happening. Many new parents experiencing postpartum OCD worry that these thoughts mean something terrible about them, but they don’t. These thoughts are a sign of anxiety, not of danger or intent. You are not alone, and you are not a bad parent.

In therapy, we’ll create a compassionate and nonjudgmental space to understand what you’re going through and help you find relief. Using evidence-based approaches like Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), we’ll work together to help you face intrusive thoughts with gentleness, reduce compulsions, and reconnect with what matters most, your values, your baby, and your sense of self.

Healing from postpartum OCD is absolutely possible. With support and understanding, you can learn to trust yourself again and find peace in this new chapter of your life.

Social anxiety can make everyday interactions feel overwhelming. You might worry about being judged, saying the wrong thing, or doing something embarrassing, so much so that social situations start to feel impossible. Even when you want connection, anxiety can convince you to pull away.

In therapy, we’ll work together to understand how social anxiety shows up for you and gently practice facing the moments and experiences it tries to keep you from. Using Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), you’ll learn to approach social situations with greater ease and self-compassion. Over time, you can build confidence, connection, and freedom to show up as your authentic self.

Panic disorder often begins with unexpected panic attacks, sudden waves of intense fear or physical sensations like a racing heart, shortness of breath, or dizziness. These experiences can feel terrifying, leading to worry about when the next one will strike and avoidance of situations that seem risky.

Treatment focuses on understanding what panic is and how to respond differently to it. Through evidence-based approaches like Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), we’ll practice staying with the sensations of anxiety and panic in safe, supported ways. Over time, you’ll learn that these feelings, while uncomfortable, are not dangerous and you can move through them without fear. With practice, panic attacks become less frequent and less overwhelming, allowing you to reclaim a sense of calm and control in your daily life.

Illness anxiety can make every physical sensation feel alarming. You might find yourself scanning your body for signs of illness, seeking reassurance, or researching symptoms only to feel more anxious. Even when medical tests come back normal, worry can persist, leaving you feeling stuck in a cycle of fear and uncertainty.

In therapy, we’ll focus on breaking that cycle by learning new ways to respond to intrusive health worries. Using ERP and ACT, we’ll work together to face uncertainty, reduce checking or reassurance behaviors, and rebuild trust in your body. Over time, you can experience more peace and freedom to focus on the things that truly matter rather than what your anxiety wants you to fear.

Perfectionism isn’t about having high standards, it’s about feeling like nothing is ever enough. You may find yourself overthinking, redoing tasks, avoiding things you might not “do perfectly,” or feeling constant pressure to meet an impossible internal bar. Even small mistakes can feel overwhelming, leading to stress, burnout, and self-criticism.

In therapy, we’ll explore the patterns that keep perfectionism in place and learn new ways to respond to fear of “not good enough.” Using evidence-based approaches like CBT, Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), and ACT, we’ll gently challenge the urges to over-check, over-prepare, or avoid. Together, we’ll build flexibility, self-compassion, and the confidence to show up in your life without perfection calling the shots.

Over time, you can create more balance, ease, and freedom, letting go of impossible expectations and embracing what truly matters to you.

Specific phobias, like fear of flying, heights, driving, vomiting, needles, animals, or medical procedures, can feel intense and limiting, even when you logically know the fear is out of proportion. Your body reacts automatically, and avoidance becomes the only way to feel safe. But over time, avoidance can shrink your world.

Treatment for specific phobias involves gradually and safely facing the feared situations or sensations at a pace that feels manageable. Using Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), we’ll work together to retrain your brain’s fear response, helping you build confidence and reduce avoidance. You’ll learn that anxiety peaks and naturally subsides, even when you don’t escape or seek reassurance.

With practice, situations that once felt impossible become accessible again, allowing you to participate more fully in the parts of life you’ve been missing.