What is OCD?
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can make you feel like you’re caught in a loop of unwanted thoughts, fear, and doubt. To cope, you might find yourself feeling compelled to perform rituals or behaviours to calm your anxiety. Maybe you’re excessively cleaning, arranging things in a specific order so they feel “just right”, or constantly checking and re-checking things. These rituals are your mind’s attempts to ease the distress you’re feeling. Having occasional distressing thoughts or calming rituals is totally normal. But with OCD, you might find yourself:
- Spending excessive time arranging or seeking reassurance.
- Constantly questioning your actions, decisions, and thoughts.
- Experiencing high levels of stress and anxiety.
- Finding these rituals are getting in the way of your work, relationships, and quality of life.
- Feeling intense guilt and shame, or fearing judgment.
What can life after therapy look like?
With effective therapy, you’ll learn tools and strategies to manage your OCD. You’ll develop a deep understanding of your triggers and learn how to challenge and reframe your thoughts. By building resilience and getting better at recognising when you need to use coping strategies, you can bounce back quicker, get back on track, and make the most of life’s experiences.
My approach is designed to help you:
- Gain control over compulsions and resist the urge to engage in them.
- Become more comfortable with uncertainty.
- Develop a stronger sense of self and trust your own judgment.
- Make decisions and take risks without being paralysed by doubt.
- Reclaim your autonomy and strengthen your relationships.
So, how do we treat OCD?
The gold-standard treatment for trauma, EMDR targets pivotal past experiences and uses bilateral stimulation (like eye movements or tapping) to help you process them. It’s interactive, practical, and respects your privacy by prompting the healing process physically. Basically, it rewires your brain so you can make sense of your experiences in a more positive way.
Psychodynamic
Therapy
Psychodynamic therapy explores how your past experiences shape your current thoughts and behaviours. Together, we’ll focus on identifying unconscious patterns and dynamics to help you understand yourself deeply and make lasting changes in your life.
Schema
Therapy
ACT
Therapy
Compassion
Focused Therapy
With a focus on fostering empathy, this therapy is designed to help you overcome self-criticism, promote wellbeing, and improve your relationships. With techniques like visualisation and mindfulness, it helps you develop a compassionate mindset towards yourself and others.
Ego
State Therapy
Recognising that we’re complex beings, Ego State Therapy offers a roadmap for understanding different aspects of our personality (ego states). We all have unique parts that shape our thoughts, emotions, and actions. By getting to know them, we can tackle internal conflicts and unresolved issues that may be causing difficulties in our life.
Dialectical
Behaviour Therapy
DBT blends cognitive behavioural therapy with ideas from dialectical philosophy. It’s designed to help you learn new skills to improve your mindfulness, communication, relationships, and emotional control. With a comprehensive treatment approach that provides ongoing support and guidance to integrate these skills into your life.
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