OCD

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder can be a debilitating and exhausting mental health issue. There are many subtypes of OCD.
You can learn more about OCD here.

Bronwyn's Training/Experience With OCD: 

Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT) Practitioner

Certified ExRP (ERP) Therapist from UPENN's Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety

Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is an evidence-based treatment that has been through several randomized-controlled trials, used in multiple countries, and shown to be as effective in the treatment of OCD as ERP. 

I-CBT helps clients learn to trust themselves and their senses instead of going into the OCD narrative. This can be done without the use of exposure.

I-CBT is the treatment model I use most for OCD. However, I strongly believe that clients should be in charge of their treatment, and I ultimately leave the choice of modality up to the client and the client's needs/wishes for treatment.

To read more about I-CBT, please click HERE

To access the official I-CBT webpage, please visit HERE 

Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) therapy has shown to be as effective as I-CBT in the treatment of OCD. It is the most well-known treatment in the US and focuses on exposing oneself to the situations that cause fear/disgust in order to desensitize those triggers while also preventing oneself from engaging in rituals that have become paired with the feared situations. 

For more information about OCD or ERP, please visit HERE 

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