Mental Health

In my last post, I began discussing how insecure attachment—like anxious attachment—and Relationship OCD (ROCD) can interact. In this post, I want to answer some common questions about attachment styles and OCD, and clarify where they overlap and where they differ. Do people with OCD have anxious attachment? Not necessarily. People with OCD meet criteria…

By: Jen Lescher, LCSW/LICSW In the spirit of Valentine’s Day in February, I decided to write about one of my therapeutic specialties as well as a common—and sometimes complex—dating and relationship issue: the overlap between insecure attachment and Relationship OCD (ROCD). What are the four attachment styles? Attachment styles are a very popular topic these…

By Jen Lescher, LCSW/LICSW Valentine’s Day is a weird holiday. Unless you’re in elementary school passing out valentines to your classmates, you’re either included in this holiday or you’re not—based almost entirely on your relationship status. And it never feels good to not be included. We are biologically wired to belong, so when we don’t,…

In my last post, I shared how, in my experience, OCD and anxiety therapy requires coming face to face with some universal truths — not just for people with OCD and related anxiety disorders, but for everyone. In my last post, I discussed that one of those truths is learning to let go of control…

By Jen Lescher, LCSW/LICSW In my last post, I discussed how, in my experience, OCD and anxiety therapy requires confronting some universal truths—not just for people with OCD and related anxiety disorders, but for everyone. Specifically, I talked about how life is uncertain and how, to recover from OCD, we have to learn to get…

By Jen Lescher, LCSW, LICSW As an OCD and anxiety therapist with lived experience of having OCD, I have found that there are certain truths about life that you are repeatedly confronted with when you’re dealing with OCD or related anxiety disorders. What I mean by this is that there are aspects of life that…