Resilient Mind Therapies

Resilient Mind Therapies OCD Specialist providing CBT, ERP, I-CBT and EMDR for OCD, anxiety and trauma.

BABCP Accredited therapist supporting adults in Leicestershire and online across the UK.

Every person's experience of OCD is different, which is why treatment should be tailored to the individual.At Resilient ...
03/08/2026

Every person's experience of OCD is different, which is why treatment should be tailored to the individual.

At Resilient Mind Therapies, we'll take the time to understand your experiences before recommending an evidence-based approach that's right for you, whether that's CBT, ERP or I-CBT.

If you're considering specialist OCD therapy, book your free introductory call today.

📧 [email protected]
🌐https://f.mtr.cool/umxjoqgaqm
📍 Online across the UK | In-person appointments available in Leicester

Reassurance can feel helpful in the moment, but for people with OCD, the relief is often only temporary.The more you rel...
31/07/2026

Reassurance can feel helpful in the moment, but for people with OCD, the relief is often only temporary.

The more you rely on checking, asking or seeking certainty, the more your brain learns that the doubt must be important.

Understanding this cycle is a key part of evidence-based OCD treatment.

If you'd like to find out whether specialist OCD therapy is right for you, book your free introductory call today.

📧 [email protected]
🌐https://f.mtr.cool/cawzygmact
📍 Online across the UK | In-person appointments available in Leicester

29/07/2026

If the same thought keeps coming back, it isn't because you haven't thought about it enough.

For people with OCD, analysing a thought in search of certainty can actually make it feel more important, keeping the cycle going.

Understanding why this happens is an important part of evidence-based OCD treatment.

If you'd like to learn more about how specialist OCD therapy can help, book your free introductory call today.

📧 [email protected]
🌐https://f.mtr.cool/jddorpgsbl
📍 Online across the UK | In-person appointments available in Leicester

When an intrusive thought feels upsetting, it's easy to believe it must mean something about you.For people with OCD, th...
27/07/2026

When an intrusive thought feels upsetting, it's easy to believe it must mean something about you.

For people with OCD, these thoughts can feel incredibly convincing, leading to hours of analysing, questioning and searching for certainty. Understanding why this happens is an important part of understanding OCD.

If you'd like to learn more about specialist, evidence-based OCD therapy, book your free introductory call today.

📧 [email protected]
🌐https://f.mtr.cool/gzztzfpxej
📍 Online across the UK | In-person appointments available in Leicester

#

Replaying conversations over and over again can feel like you're being careful or trying to get things right.For some pe...
24/07/2026

Replaying conversations over and over again can feel like you're being careful or trying to get things right.

For some people with OCD, it's actually a mental compulsion. Going over every detail in search of certainty can keep the cycle of doubt going, rather than resolving it.

Understanding mental compulsions is an important part of understanding OCD.

📧 [email protected]
🌐https://f.mtr.cool/etgidqctef
📍 Online across the UK | In-person appointments available in Leicester

22/07/2026

Some thoughts can feel so real that it's hard not to question them.

For people with OCD, intrusive thoughts can create endless doubt, even when there's no evidence that anything is wrong. The more you try to find certainty, the stronger the cycle can become.

Recognising these thoughts as a feature of OCD is an important step towards understanding them.

📧 [email protected]
🌐https://f.mtr.cool/isrndfyazn
📍 Online across the UK | In-person appointments available in Leicester

For many people with OCD, the distress isn't simply caused by having an intrusive thought. It's the feeling that you mus...
20/07/2026

For many people with OCD, the distress isn't simply caused by having an intrusive thought.

It's the feeling that you must find certainty before you can move on.

You might spend hours analysing a situation, replaying conversations or asking yourself "What if?" over and over again. Each answer may bring temporary relief, but before long, another doubt appears and the cycle starts again.

One of the aims of evidence-based OCD therapy is not to eliminate uncertainty, but to change the way you respond to it. Learning why the search for certainty keeps OCD going can be an important part of treatment.

If you're looking for specialist, evidence-based OCD therapy, visit our website to learn more about our services.

📧 [email protected]
🌐https://f.mtr.cool/evmyhlmdar
📍 Online across the UK | In-person
appointments available in Leicester

One thing I notice with Confession OCD is that people often believe they are doing the right thing.They apologise again ...
08/07/2026

One thing I notice with Confession OCD is that people often believe they are doing the right thing.

They apologise again for something that happened years ago.

They explain the same conversation repeatedly because they worry they were not completely honest.

They feel they have to tell someone about an intrusive thought they never wanted because keeping it to themselves feels wrong.

Each confession brings relief for a while. Then the doubt returns.

What if I left something out?
What if I did not explain it properly?
What if I should tell them one more thing?

That is one reason Confession OCD can be so difficult to recognise. It often looks like honesty or having a strong conscience.

The difference is that honesty usually feels complete.

Compulsive confession rarely does.

It is driven by an urgent need to feel certain that nothing has been hidden, and that search for certainty is what keeps the cycle going.

Treatment is not about deciding whether another confession is needed. It is about changing the response to the doubt that keeps demanding one.

One of the hardest parts of OCD is often the shame.Many people spend months, sometimes years, worrying about a thought b...
26/06/2026

One of the hardest parts of OCD is often the shame.

Many people spend months, sometimes years, worrying about a thought before telling anyone about it.

Not because they think the thought is true.

Because they're frightened by what it might mean.

When they finally tell someone, the response is often reassurance.

"You'd never do that."

"That doesn't sound like you."

It comes from a good place, but the relief rarely lasts.

OCD tends to come back with another question, another doubt, or another reason why this situation might be different.

Normalising is different.

It doesn't try to answer the question OCD is asking.

Instead, it recognises that intrusive thoughts are something many people experience and that thoughts are not the same as intentions, desires or values.

You can take shame seriously without trying to remove all uncertainty.

Have you ever found yourself caught in this cycle?

25/06/2026

If you have OCD, it can feel as though checking your feelings should give you the answer.

This is something many people with OCD describe.

An intrusive thought appears, then the checking starts.

Did I really like that thought?
Did I feel anxious enough?
Did that feeling mean something?
What if I secretly wanted it?

Checking feelings can seem like the way to find certainty. It might make you feel better for a moment, but OCD soon asks the question again.

Over time, it is often the checking itself that keeps the doubt going.

In therapy, the goal is not usually to prove the thought wrong. It is to respond differently to doubt, uncertainty and the urge to keep checking.

Both ERP and I-CBT can help with this, although they take different approaches.

If this pattern feels familiar, it may be worth asking whether checking has become part of the OCD cycle.

Resilient Mind Therapies provides specialist OCD therapy online across the UK and in person in Leicester.

Address

Blaby Business Centre, 33 Leicester Road
Blaby
LE84GR

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 7pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 7pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 7pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Resilient Mind Therapies posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Practice

Send a message to Resilient Mind Therapies:

Shortcuts

Share

Category