Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD) Therapists in Larkspur, CA
I integrate EMDR and Internal Family Systems (IFS) for trauma, Attachment-Based Family Therapy (ABFT), and I-CBT for OCD, while keeping things grounded in a strengths-based, relational, whole-person perspective.
I work with clients ages 11+ and have a special interest in supporting LGBTQIA+ folks, neurodivergent (AuDHD) individuals, and those navigating OCD and trauma. I also enjoy working with parents of spirited kids and families moving through big transitions.
I integrate EMDR and Internal Family Systems (IFS) for trauma, Attachment-Based Family Therapy (ABFT), and I-CBT for OCD, while keeping things grounded in a strengths-based, relational, whole-person perspective.
I work with clients ages 11+ and have a special interest in supporting LGBTQIA+ folks, neurodivergent (AuDHD) individuals, and those navigating OCD and trauma. I also enjoy working with parents of spirited kids and families moving through big transitions.
I'm a Marin based therapist trying to help people better their lives.
I'm a Marin based therapist trying to help people better their lives.
Difficult feelings can be the beginning of new self-understanding and growth. If you seek a greater sense of yourself and are ready to engage in a process that results in lasting transformation, then depth psychotherapy-an integration of mind, body and spirit-is the path for you. Depth work happens through a supportive environment where a therapeutic relationship forms and facilitates inner development towards your fuller potential.
Difficult feelings can be the beginning of new self-understanding and growth. If you seek a greater sense of yourself and are ready to engage in a process that results in lasting transformation, then depth psychotherapy-an integration of mind, body and spirit-is the path for you. Depth work happens through a supportive environment where a therapeutic relationship forms and facilitates inner development towards your fuller potential.
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, who has enjoyed a deeply gratifying private practice for 30 years. I see children, adolescents, and adults in my office in Capitola, CA, as well as via telehealth. Local colleagues and physicians refer to me for their clients to work through settling anxiety, move through depression, and find their ground again after divorce, trauma, and life's challenges.
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, who has enjoyed a deeply gratifying private practice for 30 years. I see children, adolescents, and adults in my office in Capitola, CA, as well as via telehealth. Local colleagues and physicians refer to me for their clients to work through settling anxiety, move through depression, and find their ground again after divorce, trauma, and life's challenges.
For more specific types of problems (such as panic disorder or OCD), I provide exposure-based treatment.
My approach to therapy is based on Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT). A core idea in ACT is that trying too hard to get rid of or control our emotions tends to backfire. Instead of trying to get rid of unwanted thoughts and feelings (e.g., anxiety & depression), I will help you learn to react differently to them so that you can keep your focus on living a meaningful and fulfilling life based on what’s important to you. We will work together to set meaningful goals to address your concerns–whether they relate to life transitions, depression, anxiety, body image, grief/loss, job or academic stress, or gender & sexuality.
For more specific types of problems (such as panic disorder or OCD), I provide exposure-based treatment.
My approach to therapy is based on Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT). A core idea in ACT is that trying too hard to get rid of or control our emotions tends to backfire. Instead of trying to get rid of unwanted thoughts and feelings (e.g., anxiety & depression), I will help you learn to react differently to them so that you can keep your focus on living a meaningful and fulfilling life based on what’s important to you. We will work together to set meaningful goals to address your concerns–whether they relate to life transitions, depression, anxiety, body image, grief/loss, job or academic stress, or gender & sexuality.
My practice includes children, families and individual adults. I am an experienced child psychologist who has been helping children and teens for over 25 years. I see children who are struggling with friendships, school issues, the effects of divorce, low self-esteem, anxiety, and depression. I specialize in treating anxiety using a model that incorporates CBT and play therapy principles to help build coping skills, resiliency, empathy, and better social skills. I view children as complete individuals deserving of respect. My warm engaging style creates a safe trusting environment for children and adults.
My practice includes children, families and individual adults. I am an experienced child psychologist who has been helping children and teens for over 25 years. I see children who are struggling with friendships, school issues, the effects of divorce, low self-esteem, anxiety, and depression. I specialize in treating anxiety using a model that incorporates CBT and play therapy principles to help build coping skills, resiliency, empathy, and better social skills. I view children as complete individuals deserving of respect. My warm engaging style creates a safe trusting environment for children and adults.
I will show you how to get a handle on trauma, OCD, panic, and phobias.
I specialize in treating anxiety in its many forms; panic, phobias, trauma-related distress, and the persistent worries that interfere with daily life. My practice welcomes adults, adolescents, and older adults across all identities and abilities. I offer a grounded, inclusive space where clients can safely explore the roots of their anxiety and develop practical tools for emotional regulation. Using a compassionate and collaborative approach, I help clients shift unhelpful thought patterns and restore a sense of calm, clarity, and resilience.
I will show you how to get a handle on trauma, OCD, panic, and phobias.
I specialize in treating anxiety in its many forms; panic, phobias, trauma-related distress, and the persistent worries that interfere with daily life. My practice welcomes adults, adolescents, and older adults across all identities and abilities. I offer a grounded, inclusive space where clients can safely explore the roots of their anxiety and develop practical tools for emotional regulation. Using a compassionate and collaborative approach, I help clients shift unhelpful thought patterns and restore a sense of calm, clarity, and resilience.
I am versatile in my clinical experience with clients of different ages and cultures. I have particular training in working with individuals struggling with trauma and the many symptoms related to trauma. I also have many years of experience working with those who struggle with addictions. I enjoy providing support groups for adults and teenagers. I have worked in schools, outpatient clinics, and private practice. I also have experience in suicide prevention work with teenagers and young adults.
I am versatile in my clinical experience with clients of different ages and cultures. I have particular training in working with individuals struggling with trauma and the many symptoms related to trauma. I also have many years of experience working with those who struggle with addictions. I enjoy providing support groups for adults and teenagers. I have worked in schools, outpatient clinics, and private practice. I also have experience in suicide prevention work with teenagers and young adults.
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.
Therapy is a way of connecting to yourself and exploring your challenges in a safe and collaborative way. I understand the bravery it takes to show up in your vulnerability and I aim to provide a safe, non-judgmental, and compassionate space that cultivates courage over comfort in our work. As a somatic psychotherapist, I like to offer a space for the body and mind to connect. My work is also influenced by humanistic, relational, and psychodynamic modalities tailored to support your unique individual needs.
Therapy is a way of connecting to yourself and exploring your challenges in a safe and collaborative way. I understand the bravery it takes to show up in your vulnerability and I aim to provide a safe, non-judgmental, and compassionate space that cultivates courage over comfort in our work. As a somatic psychotherapist, I like to offer a space for the body and mind to connect. My work is also influenced by humanistic, relational, and psychodynamic modalities tailored to support your unique individual 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.
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.
I specialize in treating anxiety and depression. I use a practical approach known as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help patients find health and happiness in their professional, romantic and social lives. I work with individuals, couples and groups.
I specialize in treating anxiety and depression. I use a practical approach known as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help patients find health and happiness in their professional, romantic and social lives. I work with individuals, couples and groups.
My clients tend to be people who want to feel more in control of their emotions, more effective at getting what they want, less stuck, more flexible, more connected and really just more at peace. They seek relief from patterns - sometimes chronic and severe, sometimes only subtly troublesome - of painful emotions, negative self-talk and thoughts, rumination, relationship instability and self sabotaging behaviors. Many of my clients tend to have had very painful formative or recent experiences of invalidation that have been difficult or confusing.
My clients tend to be people who want to feel more in control of their emotions, more effective at getting what they want, less stuck, more flexible, more connected and really just more at peace. They seek relief from patterns - sometimes chronic and severe, sometimes only subtly troublesome - of painful emotions, negative self-talk and thoughts, rumination, relationship instability and self sabotaging behaviors. Many of my clients tend to have had very painful formative or recent experiences of invalidation that have been difficult or confusing.
I would like to take this opportunity to provide you with some information about myself and my practice.I am a licensed clinical psychologist and have been in practice for over 30 years. I specialize in working with adults and adolescents in individual, family and group therapy settings. I treat a wide array of conditions, from stress management and normal life issues and interpersonal and family problems to more serious conditions such as depression, anxiety, trauma and other psychological problems.
I would like to take this opportunity to provide you with some information about myself and my practice.I am a licensed clinical psychologist and have been in practice for over 30 years. I specialize in working with adults and adolescents in individual, family and group therapy settings. I treat a wide array of conditions, from stress management and normal life issues and interpersonal and family problems to more serious conditions such as depression, anxiety, trauma and other psychological problems.
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.
If you are hoping to make a change, I can help you. By shifting perspectives, we can collaboratively help break patterns that impair relationships, health and work. Therapy can be safe and effective; I will help you reach your goals and increase emotional resilience.
If you are hoping to make a change, I can help you. By shifting perspectives, we can collaboratively help break patterns that impair relationships, health and work. Therapy can be safe and effective; I will help you reach your goals and increase emotional resilience.
Originally from Sweden, I have worked here in the United States as a therapist for over 33 years. I reside with my dog Maki in southern California. I have four children and eight grandchildren. I have also gone through the tragedy of loosing two close family members to cancer. In my years of experience, I have worked as a medical and psychiatric social worker/therapist in hospitals, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient programs and in private practice. With respect and compassion, we will work together to increase self-awareness, identify your goals for therapy and get you to the finishing line.
Originally from Sweden, I have worked here in the United States as a therapist for over 33 years. I reside with my dog Maki in southern California. I have four children and eight grandchildren. I have also gone through the tragedy of loosing two close family members to cancer. In my years of experience, I have worked as a medical and psychiatric social worker/therapist in hospitals, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient programs and in private practice. With respect and compassion, we will work together to increase self-awareness, identify your goals for therapy and get you to the finishing line.
For nearly 20 years (since 2007) I have been working in the mental health field with children, adolescents and their parents, as well as with individual adults. I consider it a profound privilege to help my clients through difficulties so that they might find greater ease and satisfaction in their lives.
You may well be searching through these provider listings on Psychology Today with a mixture of intense feelings: overwhelm, anxiety, skepticism or even despair. Whether you're new to psychotherapy or experienced, it can be difficult to accept that help is needed and to clarify exactly what you're looking for in a provider.
For nearly 20 years (since 2007) I have been working in the mental health field with children, adolescents and their parents, as well as with individual adults. I consider it a profound privilege to help my clients through difficulties so that they might find greater ease and satisfaction in their lives.
You may well be searching through these provider listings on Psychology Today with a mixture of intense feelings: overwhelm, anxiety, skepticism or even despair. Whether you're new to psychotherapy or experienced, it can be difficult to accept that help is needed and to clarify exactly what you're looking for in a provider.
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I have experience working with men, young adults and teens with a variety of mental health-related challenges and complex life circumstances including Men's Issues, Depression, Anxiety, OCD, Divorce, and overall stress to name a few.
During the first session, we will work on brief introductions and begin exploring and navigating the specific problems you're facing. We will work on creating specific goals that will help direct your treatment.
I have experience working with men, young adults and teens with a variety of mental health-related challenges and complex life circumstances including Men's Issues, Depression, Anxiety, OCD, Divorce, and overall stress to name a few.
During the first session, we will work on brief introductions and begin exploring and navigating the specific problems you're facing. We will work on creating specific goals that will help direct your treatment.
OCD doesn't feel like anxiety — it feels like responsibility.
I specialize in treating OCD using Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). Our work focuses on changing how you respond to intrusive thoughts, so they lose their power. Rather than trying to think your way out of the cycle, we build your capacity to tolerate uncertainty so the thoughts stop running the show.
OCD doesn't feel like anxiety — it feels like responsibility.
I specialize in treating OCD using Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). Our work focuses on changing how you respond to intrusive thoughts, so they lose their power. Rather than trying to think your way out of the cycle, we build your capacity to tolerate uncertainty so the thoughts stop running the show.
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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.