Hi, everyone. I’m Dr. Ali. I’m a clinical psychologist, and I’m also the clinic director here at BrainBody OCD Counseling. If you’re someone who’s struggling with OCD, with anxiety, with intrusive thoughts, you’re in the right place.
So I wanted to make this video just to take a couple minutes to explain to you what we offer here at BrainBody OCD Counseling and what sets us apart from other clinics. So the first thing to know is that if you’re struggling with OCD or anxiety, you want to seek out a specialist.
The reason being is that a lot of traditional therapies can make OCD and anxiety worse because they’re very focused on trying to control symptoms. So doing things like thought stopping, trying to reframe your intrusive thoughts directly, using visualization or progressive muscle relaxation to escape distress can all make it worse because we’re focused on trying to control the symptoms.
So the therapies that we provide as a specialty clinic are therapies such as Exposure and Response Prevention, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and other mindfulness-based therapies. The way these are different is that in these therapies, we’re very focused on changing the way you relate to your thoughts rather than trying to stop or control them.
And we have found that doing this in a very systematic way—so you’re going to work with your therapist step-by-step. Step one isn’t going in and feeling, you know, worse with exposure. Step-by-step, to really train your brain to learn that you don’t have to fear these things.
And every time you’re avoiding something or engaging in a compulsion, you’re inadvertently training your brain that you do have to fear it. So our therapists that you see on the website are all highly trained and experienced in treating OCD and anxiety.
And to take the first step to get set up with our clinic, you’ll want to hit the Schedule Now button. That’ll take you to a page where you have the option of either scheduling directly if you know which therapist you want to schedule with, or you can fill out our therapist match form and we can match you based on your answers with the therapist that’s best for you.
We look forward to supporting you.