Mental Health
Am I overthinking or is my intuition right? Guidance from an OCD Therapist in Boston
By: Jen Lescher, LCSW/LICSW In my last two blogs, I wrote about overthinking, also known as rumination. As an OCD and anxiety therapist, I find that much of my work revolves around helping clients understand and disengage from rumination. One question I often get is: What’s the difference between rumination and intuition? And, if I…
Read MoreHow to train your mind to stop overthinking? Strategies from OCD Counseling in Boston, MA Part 2
By: Jen Lescher, LCSW/LICSW In my last blog post, I talked about how overthinking — also called rumination — fuels anxiety disorders and OCD. I also shared some ways to begin reducing rumination, such as using attention-training skills (learning to recognize when you’re ruminating and then gently redirecting your attention) and exposure statements (phrases that…
Read MoreHow to train your mind to stop overthinking? Strategies from OCD Counseling in Boston, MA
By: Jen Lescher, LCSW/LICSW Everyone has moments of overthinking — it’s part of being human. It’s not something that only happens to people who struggle with their mental health. But when overthinking starts to take up a lot of your time, distracts you from what matters most, and makes it hard to connect with others…
Read MoreWhen Your Brain Won’t Stop Questioning Right and Wrong: Moral OCD Therapy in Boston, MA
By: Jen Lescher, LCSW/LICSW Moral OCD, often called moral scrupulosity, is—in my experience—a very common theme in OCD. The obsessions (those stuck, intrusive thoughts you wish you could turn off but feel like you can’t) tend to center around whether you’re doing the right thing, whether you’re a bad person, or whether you’ve done something…
Read MoreThe Double Burden of OCD and Social Anxiety: How Therapy in Boston, MA Offers Relief Without Judgment
By: Jen Lescher, LCSW/LICSW Having OCD and other anxiety disorders — like Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), specific phobias, or Social Anxiety — is really common. In fact, social anxiety is actually described as a type of phobia — often called Social Phobia Disorder. I often see people with OCD also dealing with social anxiety, and…
Read MoreICBT for OCD in Boston, MA: Why Structured, Evidence-Based Care Makes a Difference
By: Jen Lescher, LCSW/LICSW In OCD therapy, I primarily use Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (ICBT). Both are offshoots of traditional Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). If you’ve been to therapy or have read a bit about mental health treatments, you’ve probably come across CBT. While ICBT for OCD shares some…
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