Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD) Therapists in Kentfield, CA
Are you overwhelmed by racing thoughts, painful memories, or feelings of anxiety and self-doubt? Maybe you find yourself stuck in cycles that feel impossible to break. If so, you’re not alone and you don’t have to face these challenges by yourself. I specialize in guiding individuals through these challenges using proven, research-backed therapies such as Relational Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), and trauma-informed care. Together, we’ll gently explore what’s holding you back, tap into your strengths, and build practical tools for lasting change.
Are you overwhelmed by racing thoughts, painful memories, or feelings of anxiety and self-doubt? Maybe you find yourself stuck in cycles that feel impossible to break. If so, you’re not alone and you don’t have to face these challenges by yourself. I specialize in guiding individuals through these challenges using proven, research-backed therapies such as Relational Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), and trauma-informed care. Together, we’ll gently explore what’s holding you back, tap into your strengths, and build practical tools for lasting change.
For over 40 years I have worked with a range of issues in life transitions, be it related to separation and loss, career, parenting, relationship, illness, aging, death and spirituality. For couples, I am an impartial and supportive facilitator who helps you modify dysfunctional roles and patterns by offering effective communication skills to negotiate unmet needs, and deepen understanding, acceptance and intimacy. For individuals I offer an integrated psychodynamic, mindfulness training, cognitive and behavioral approaches to personal change and growth.
For over 40 years I have worked with a range of issues in life transitions, be it related to separation and loss, career, parenting, relationship, illness, aging, death and spirituality. For couples, I am an impartial and supportive facilitator who helps you modify dysfunctional roles and patterns by offering effective communication skills to negotiate unmet needs, and deepen understanding, acceptance and intimacy. For individuals I offer an integrated psychodynamic, mindfulness training, cognitive and behavioral approaches to personal change and growth.
I provide effective counseling and therapy services addressing challenges with Trauma and PTSD, Substance Abuse/Dependence, Depression, and Anxiety. Clients are honored and validated for each unique situation. Through building a trusting, safe, and compassionate relationship, clients are guided through therapy. Therapist and client collaborate during the therapy process to find what helps the client best and enables them to have healthy relationships.
I provide effective counseling and therapy services addressing challenges with Trauma and PTSD, Substance Abuse/Dependence, Depression, and Anxiety. Clients are honored and validated for each unique situation. Through building a trusting, safe, and compassionate relationship, clients are guided through therapy. Therapist and client collaborate during the therapy process to find what helps the client best and enables them to have healthy relationships.
Josie Dameyer, Ph.D., MFT. I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I utilize Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Client Centered therapeutic techniques. I work with Individuals of all ages and specialize in the treatment of anxiety and depression, substance abuse, and stress related to career, relationship, or parenting.
Josie Dameyer, Ph.D., MFT. I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I utilize Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Client Centered therapeutic techniques. I work with Individuals of all ages and specialize in the treatment of anxiety and depression, substance abuse, and stress related to career, relationship, or parenting.
I specialize in treating anxiety disorders including panic, fear of flying, general anxiety, OCD, and social anxiety, with evidence based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
My approach is both active and empathic. Therapy is goal and outcome oriented and emphasizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Exposure Therapy, Schema, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment, and Gottman methods. Style is warm and integrative and may include goals, conflicts, and life transitions. Skills based therapy--short or longer term.
I specialize in treating anxiety disorders including panic, fear of flying, general anxiety, OCD, and social anxiety, with evidence based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
My approach is both active and empathic. Therapy is goal and outcome oriented and emphasizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Exposure Therapy, Schema, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment, and Gottman methods. Style is warm and integrative and may include goals, conflicts, and life transitions. Skills based therapy--short or longer term.
Hello! I am Dr. Sharon Laurenza, Licensed Psychologist. My business is "Behavioral Design: Solution-Oriented Approaches To Change" as I believe you can develop the skills needed to design the changes you desire, to bring you closer to your personal and/or professional goals. I work as a psychologist who does psychotherapy, executive and personal coaching, counseling and consulting. These areas emphasize your ability to become more in alignment – a better and more comfortable fit – with yourself (inside and out). This is done through our collaboration on your identified concerns and desire for change.
Hello! I am Dr. Sharon Laurenza, Licensed Psychologist. My business is "Behavioral Design: Solution-Oriented Approaches To Change" as I believe you can develop the skills needed to design the changes you desire, to bring you closer to your personal and/or professional goals. I work as a psychologist who does psychotherapy, executive and personal coaching, counseling and consulting. These areas emphasize your ability to become more in alignment – a better and more comfortable fit – with yourself (inside and out). This is done through our collaboration on your identified concerns and desire for change.
We all want to be happy, or at least free from emotional pain. If you're here, something in your life is causing emotional discomfort--and some part of you senses an invitation to explore your inner and relational worlds with understanding and compassion. I help adults and adolescents deal with obstacles to their preferred lives--unwanted symptoms, relationship challenges, difficulty adjusting to change and loss. My goal is to reinforce your strengths, while co-discovering with you new solutions to the issues blocking growth. I offer a creative and practical style, drawing on approaches specifically tailored to your needs.
We all want to be happy, or at least free from emotional pain. If you're here, something in your life is causing emotional discomfort--and some part of you senses an invitation to explore your inner and relational worlds with understanding and compassion. I help adults and adolescents deal with obstacles to their preferred lives--unwanted symptoms, relationship challenges, difficulty adjusting to change and loss. My goal is to reinforce your strengths, while co-discovering with you new solutions to the issues blocking growth. I offer a creative and practical style, drawing on approaches specifically tailored to your needs.
Encountering life’s many stressors and transitions can challenge one’s mental well-being, leading to uncertainty and emotional distress. In these experiences, I believe that a safe, collaborative therapeutic partnership can be the foundation for one to confront suffering, fortify strengths, and deepen self-awareness. I offer an honest and thoughtful communication style and perspective that incorporate humility and humor. With a focus on building personal resiliency, I partner with clients to assist them on their journeys to lead more connected and introspective lives.
Encountering life’s many stressors and transitions can challenge one’s mental well-being, leading to uncertainty and emotional distress. In these experiences, I believe that a safe, collaborative therapeutic partnership can be the foundation for one to confront suffering, fortify strengths, and deepen self-awareness. I offer an honest and thoughtful communication style and perspective that incorporate humility and humor. With a focus on building personal resiliency, I partner with clients to assist them on their journeys to lead more connected and introspective lives.
Whether your decision to make changes involves freedom from painful limiting beliefs, release from repetitive relationship patterns, or transformation through sincere self-examination, I help people to fully realize the person they are destined to become. I work with adults, couples, teens, and families, helping them to successfully attain short-term goals and craft long-range solutions by utilizing a variety of approaches matched to their specific needs or expressed desires as they learn new ways to address life's challenges. As a level 3 Gottman couples therapist, I work with couples utilizing John Gottman's evidence-based theory.
Whether your decision to make changes involves freedom from painful limiting beliefs, release from repetitive relationship patterns, or transformation through sincere self-examination, I help people to fully realize the person they are destined to become. I work with adults, couples, teens, and families, helping them to successfully attain short-term goals and craft long-range solutions by utilizing a variety of approaches matched to their specific needs or expressed desires as they learn new ways to address life's challenges. As a level 3 Gottman couples therapist, I work with couples utilizing John Gottman's evidence-based theory.
Therapy can be a source of tremendous relief and gratification. Unhappiness and anxiety that feel unbearable can lessen and disappear when you have someone who can help you understand the reasons for your suffering. A good therapist can also help you more easily get your mind off upsetting thoughts that preoccupy you. Or if you find yourself acting in self-defeating ways, studying it with a therapist can be of enormous help. Ideally, you will leave an initial consultation with a new way of thinking about the problem that brought you in.
Therapy can be a source of tremendous relief and gratification. Unhappiness and anxiety that feel unbearable can lessen and disappear when you have someone who can help you understand the reasons for your suffering. A good therapist can also help you more easily get your mind off upsetting thoughts that preoccupy you. Or if you find yourself acting in self-defeating ways, studying it with a therapist can be of enormous help. Ideally, you will leave an initial consultation with a new way of thinking about the problem that brought you in.
In my practice, I support and mentor clients with various mental health diagnoses, or just problems in living, in their efforts to manage and address the internal and external factors causing them suffering. Because I am an elder with lots of experience, I can often help clients find and/or choose among various resources to help them live well. I believe we all have the capacity to grow. Even if you have tried therapy before, it is worth exploring newer methods and approaches.
In my practice, I support and mentor clients with various mental health diagnoses, or just problems in living, in their efforts to manage and address the internal and external factors causing them suffering. Because I am an elder with lots of experience, I can often help clients find and/or choose among various resources to help them live well. I believe we all have the capacity to grow. Even if you have tried therapy before, it is worth exploring newer methods and approaches.
I specialize in cognitive behavioral therapy for psychosis (CBT-p) and serious mental illness — including schizophrenia spectrum disorders, bipolar disorder, PTSD, OCD, and depression.
Cognitive behavioral therapy is a collaborative, problem solving therapy that emphasizes practical solutions and taking concrete steps toward important life goals. I take a compassionate recovery-oriented approach that emphasizes the value of returning to meaningful activities in your life even if you are feeling quite depressed, anxious, or confused.
I specialize in cognitive behavioral therapy for psychosis (CBT-p) and serious mental illness — including schizophrenia spectrum disorders, bipolar disorder, PTSD, OCD, and depression.
Cognitive behavioral therapy is a collaborative, problem solving therapy that emphasizes practical solutions and taking concrete steps toward important life goals. I take a compassionate recovery-oriented approach that emphasizes the value of returning to meaningful activities in your life even if you are feeling quite depressed, anxious, or confused.
Sometimes things are not quite working as we had hoped in our lives or relationships, or we feel stuck, confused or sad and we’re not sure what to do about it. Perhaps you’ve contemplated speaking to a therapist about your struggles or considered couples therapy with your partner but, naturally, feel hesitant. Reaching out to a psychologist is a big step that can have a positive impact on our current challenges, our relationships and on our lives as a whole. While we can do some part of untangling our conflicts on our own or with thoughtful friends, a deep healing process is one that often requires an experienced professional.
Sometimes things are not quite working as we had hoped in our lives or relationships, or we feel stuck, confused or sad and we’re not sure what to do about it. Perhaps you’ve contemplated speaking to a therapist about your struggles or considered couples therapy with your partner but, naturally, feel hesitant. Reaching out to a psychologist is a big step that can have a positive impact on our current challenges, our relationships and on our lives as a whole. While we can do some part of untangling our conflicts on our own or with thoughtful friends, a deep healing process is one that often requires an experienced professional.
Sometimes this requires working with childhood experiences through exposure therapy, but it can also involve treating current OCD symptoms.
Anxiety, addiction, trauma, and relationships are my areas of expertise. I am a heady-yet-mindful person who works well with clients struggling with over-thinking, people-pleasing, and perfectionism. Many of my clients are creative, sensitive, and driven individuals who came from dysfunctional families and want to feel calmer and more free. I see entrepreneurs, co-founders, parents, couples, and individuals struggling in their relationships. I have a private practice in Marin County (Bay Area), CA, where I offer virtual and face-to-face therapy, consultation, and coaching for individuals and relationships.
Sometimes this requires working with childhood experiences through exposure therapy, but it can also involve treating current OCD symptoms.
Anxiety, addiction, trauma, and relationships are my areas of expertise. I am a heady-yet-mindful person who works well with clients struggling with over-thinking, people-pleasing, and perfectionism. Many of my clients are creative, sensitive, and driven individuals who came from dysfunctional families and want to feel calmer and more free. I see entrepreneurs, co-founders, parents, couples, and individuals struggling in their relationships. I have a private practice in Marin County (Bay Area), CA, where I offer virtual and face-to-face therapy, consultation, and coaching for individuals and relationships.
I work with individuals, couples, and families, on facilitating communication, conflict resolution, and often healing old wounds from childhood that cause difficulties in present relationships. I also work with children and their families on parenting issues. I work with couples having infertility issues and adoption.
I work with individuals, couples, and families, on facilitating communication, conflict resolution, and often healing old wounds from childhood that cause difficulties in present relationships. I also work with children and their families on parenting issues. I work with couples having infertility issues and adoption.
I work collaboratively with patients in individual therapy and while conducting neuropsychological, psychodiagnostic, and psychoeducational assessments. I provide information regarding patients' limitations, capabilities, cognitive functioning and diagnostic considerations. My interests and experience have contributed to my specializing in diagnosing and treating neuropsychological and educational disabilities (including ADHD/ADD) as well as working with individuals experiencing mood, adjustment and anxiety disorders. I assist people in the development of academic, professional and personal skills and the building of confidence in order to support reaching their highest potential. I provide behavioral pain management and work with patients who are adjusting to various disabilities.
I work collaboratively with patients in individual therapy and while conducting neuropsychological, psychodiagnostic, and psychoeducational assessments. I provide information regarding patients' limitations, capabilities, cognitive functioning and diagnostic considerations. My interests and experience have contributed to my specializing in diagnosing and treating neuropsychological and educational disabilities (including ADHD/ADD) as well as working with individuals experiencing mood, adjustment and anxiety disorders. I assist people in the development of academic, professional and personal skills and the building of confidence in order to support reaching their highest potential. I provide behavioral pain management and work with patients who are adjusting to various disabilities.
I provide culturally sensitive, empirically validated psychotherapy services to individuals, couples and families, ranging from adolescents to seniors. I am committed to the therapeutic process as a collaborative journey and consider it a great privilege to be entrusted with my clients' most deeply-held thoughts and feelings. I am actively engaged with those who are grappling with issues of anxiety, depression, bereavement, relationship problems, life transitions, trauma, interpersonal difficulties and creative blocks, addressing my client's concerns in a humanistic and holistic manner that transcends preoccupation with pathology to work toward a life of deep meaning, creativity and interpersonal fulfillment.
I provide culturally sensitive, empirically validated psychotherapy services to individuals, couples and families, ranging from adolescents to seniors. I am committed to the therapeutic process as a collaborative journey and consider it a great privilege to be entrusted with my clients' most deeply-held thoughts and feelings. I am actively engaged with those who are grappling with issues of anxiety, depression, bereavement, relationship problems, life transitions, trauma, interpersonal difficulties and creative blocks, addressing my client's concerns in a humanistic and holistic manner that transcends preoccupation with pathology to work toward a life of deep meaning, creativity and interpersonal fulfillment.
Are you concerned or confused by your child, teen or young adult's behavior? Are you worried that your child is under stress? Do you feel like you are not a good parent for your child? It is very difficult to parent a child who is struggling with challenging feelings and behaviors. I provide therapeutic support to kids who struggle with ADHD, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, adoption issues, learning disabilities, behavioral challenges, academic or social issues, or major life changes. I offer support for parents.
Are you concerned or confused by your child, teen or young adult's behavior? Are you worried that your child is under stress? Do you feel like you are not a good parent for your child? It is very difficult to parent a child who is struggling with challenging feelings and behaviors. I provide therapeutic support to kids who struggle with ADHD, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, adoption issues, learning disabilities, behavioral challenges, academic or social issues, or major life changes. I offer support for parents.
If you’re feeling stuck in patterns that no longer serve you, it’s possible to break free and create lasting change! I support adults and teens in discovering who they truly are and navigating the challenging aspects of themselves with compassion and skill. With over 20 years of experience, I’m here to guide you through your journey toward deeper self-understanding and growth.
If you’re feeling stuck in patterns that no longer serve you, it’s possible to break free and create lasting change! I support adults and teens in discovering who they truly are and navigating the challenging aspects of themselves with compassion and skill. With over 20 years of experience, I’m here to guide you through your journey toward deeper self-understanding and growth.
I offer couples and individuals immediate insights, deeper clarity, and long-term improvement in an accepting and collaborative therapy environment. I'm a very experienced, analytical, and highly-trained psychotherapist (educated at UC Berkeley), yet I am practical, warm, and open. I work with people experiencing marital, parenting, career, spiritual, emotional, sexual, infertility, and addiction concerns; I'm expert at addressing those concerns. I enjoy working with couples and individuals who desire the help of a dedicated partner to more effectively navigate their relationships and lives.
I offer couples and individuals immediate insights, deeper clarity, and long-term improvement in an accepting and collaborative therapy environment. I'm a very experienced, analytical, and highly-trained psychotherapist (educated at UC Berkeley), yet I am practical, warm, and open. I work with people experiencing marital, parenting, career, spiritual, emotional, sexual, infertility, and addiction concerns; I'm expert at addressing those concerns. I enjoy working with couples and individuals who desire the help of a dedicated partner to more effectively navigate their relationships and lives.
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Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD) Therapists
How long does OCD treatment take?
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is often treated on a weekly or twice-weekly schedule, depending on symptom severity and the client’s preferences. Some clients may start to see a noticeable improvement in symptoms in as little as six weeks, but it’s also possible, especially in more severe cases, for treatment to take several months to a year before significant progress is made.
What happens if OCD is not treated?
Some people with OCD, especially those with mild symptoms, may find that they are able to adapt reasonably well to life with the condition, even if their symptoms never resolve completely. However, many people, particularly those whose symptoms are severe at the outset, find that their obsessions and compulsions grow more intrusive with time, making it harder to maintain relationships, hold down a job, or navigate the world successfully.
Are there medications for OCD?
Medication can be used to treat OCD. The class of drugs most often prescribed are selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, which include fluvoxamine (under the brand name Luvox), fluoxetine (Prozac), and sertraline (Zoloft), among others. In cases of treatment-resistant OCD, other classes of medication, such as tricyclic antidepressants or atypical antipsychotics, may be prescribed. Medication is frequently used in conjunction with therapy.
Can OCD come back after treatment?
Yes. Major life transitions, periods of stress, or other factors can cause symptoms to return or, if they were never fully eradicated, to ramp back up in intensity. For some, these relapses are brief and do not require additional treatment; identifying specific triggers and practicing the skills learned in therapy can help speed their course. For others, returning to therapy for a brief period can help address the underlying stress and strengthen coping mechanisms.