Specialties:
OCD
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Online OCD Treatment in Maryland
If you find yourself caught in repetitive thoughts, urges, or behaviors that feel impossible to control, you may be experiencing OCD. You might notice compulsions you feel you must complete or intrusive thoughts that create intense anxiety. These patterns can take up hours of your day, make it hard to focus on work or relationships, and leave you feeling frustrated or exhausted.
OCD often goes unseen by others. You may appear organized, careful, or meticulous, while internally you feel trapped by the need to control uncertainty or prevent imagined harm. Over time, these behaviors and thoughts can interfere with your daily life and create a cycle that feels impossible to break.
Support can help you regain freedom from these patterns. Together, we explore the thoughts and behaviors that maintain OCD, develop strategies to respond rather than react, and build skills to reduce anxiety and reclaim control. Counseling provides a safe, understanding space to work toward a life less dominated by compulsions and intrusive thoughts.
FAQ’s About Obsessive Comulsive Disorder
What is OCD?
If you feel trapped in repetitive thoughts, urges, or behaviors that you cannot control, you may be experiencing OCD. It is more than being “perfectionistic” or “detail-oriented.” OCD shows up when your mind convinces you that something terrible might happen unless you perform certain rituals or repeatedly check, count, or organize. These thoughts and behaviors can interfere with your daily life, relationships, and sense of peace.
How It Shows Up
If you recognize yourself here, OCD often appears in ways like:
• If you have unwanted thoughts or images that make you anxious or guilty.
• If you feel compelled to perform rituals or repeat actions to prevent harm or calm your anxiety.
• If you spend hours checking, organizing, counting, or seeking reassurance.
• If you avoid certain situations, objects, or people because of intrusive thoughts.
• If you know the behaviors do not make sense, yet you cannot stop.
These experiences are not a flaw or weakness. They are your mind trying to manage anxiety in the only way it knows how.
Why It Happens
OCD develops when the brain’s natural anxiety and threat-detection systems become overactive. Your mind interprets certain thoughts as urgent threats and signals your body to respond through repetitive behaviors. This cycle can feel automatic and unmanageable, even though the original danger is not real. Understanding this helps reduce self-blame and opens the door to change.
How We Treat OCD
If these patterns feel familiar, therapy can help you break the cycle and regain control. Together we:
• Identify your personal triggers and rituals.
• Learn strategies to manage intrusive thoughts without relying on compulsions.
• Practice gradual exposure to anxiety-inducing situations in a safe, structured way.
• Strengthen coping skills to reduce distress and build confidence.
• Create a more balanced, manageable life without letting OCD dictate your choices.
OCD is treatable. With support, you can experience relief, regain control, and feel steadier in your thoughts, behaviors, and daily life.