
The longest lesson of this work is that people are very good at building lives around a thing they will not go near. They reroute, they decline, they invent reasons, and from the outside it all looks like preference. Specific fears are unusual in that they respond well and often quickly, once someone decides to stop negotiating with them. The treatment is not mysterious. It is a graded, predictable process that you control the speed of, and it works far more reliably than most people expect after years of managing around the problem. Most are startled by how much of it comes down to doing the steps in the right order and refusing to skip ahead. I sat in the client's chair myself long before I ever sat in this one, which is why I have no patience for the idea that a fear has to be reasonable before it deserves help. You will not have to justify anything to me first. If you have been quietly rerouting your life, get in touch.
OCD, Phobias
ERP specialist for contamination, harm, and relationship OCD.
CBT
Individual Therapy, Family Therapy
Teens (13-17), Adults (18-64)
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