Mental Health

This is a question I get a lot from clients: Do I have OCD, specifically ROCD (relationship OCD), or is this anxious attachment? To be honest, this is a tricky question for many reasons: 1. OCD and anxious attachment have some similarities 2. People with ROCD are often experiencing an activated attachment style, like anxious…

Why Overthinking Is So Common in Relationships As an OCD therapist, I teach clients all the time how to reduce overthinking, often called rumination. I have written many blogs about rumination because it is such a huge part of what keeps us stuck in OCD and anxiety cycles. Today, I am going to talk more…

When I have intro calls with potential clients, which are free 15-minute calls that I provide to people who are interested in seeing if we could be a good fit for therapy, many people ask me what a typical OCD therapy session looks like. It makes sense that potential clients want to know what to…

Why Self-Trust Matters in Relationship OCD In my last blog, I discussed relationship OCD (ROCD) and how a lack of self-trust often contributes to ROCD. This can look like not trusting your intentions or desires in your relationship, not trusting your own memory, and not trusting your ability to handle your relationship ending. A lot…

Normal Relationship Questions vs Relationship OCD I think it is common, and even necessary, to question your relationship, especially in the beginning stages when you’re still building trust and seeing if you’re compatible. Other times it’s important to question your relationship are when there is constant high conflict, conflict without repair, changes in the relationship…

Understanding Mindfulness in OCD Therapy In my last post, I talked about using mindfulness to treat OCD. I want to spend some more time talking about this because I think it is an extremely helpful approach to managing OCD, while I also think it can feel confusing and abstract. Why Mindfulness Can Feel So Uncomfortable…