Shala Nicely, LPC OCD Treatment with ERP Therapy
What I’ve learned in the almost 15 years of my OCD recovery is the more I live a lifestyle of ERP and the less I interact with OCD either physically or mentally, the fewer intrusive thoughts I have, and the more my life stays my own.
Here are some creative strategies you can use to motivate yourself to do ERP for OCD.
Watch my talk from the 2024 IOCDF Conference to find out how I learned first-hand that post-traumatic growth is available to those of us with intertwining OCD and PTSD, otherwise known as post-traumatic OCD.
The belief that we’re bad can turn into its very own sub-type of OCD: self-punishment as a ritual. Here’s how you can use an expected type of exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP) to break free.
