OCD and Anxiety Counseling

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Specialized Individual counseling for those struggling with OCD, social anxiety, generalized anxiety, hair pulling, skin picking, panic disorder, Pans/Pandas & tics and tourette's.

06/04/2026

You don't need to be on a plane to start treating your fear of flying.

Wrap yourself in a blanket on the floor. Go into a dark closet. Put on sounds of a plane, an MRI, a crowd. Visualize being there. Do it multiple times a day, every single day, until your brain stops treating it like a threat.

That's how exposures work at home. And it really does work.

Have you ever tried simulating a fear at home like this?

06/02/2026

A lot of people with claustrophobia think this is just how life is. That they have it, and that's that.

But claustrophobia is not a life sentence. You can actually change how your body responds to tight spaces. Your brain just needs to learn it's making a bigger deal than it needs to. And the way to teach it that is to do the thing anyway, even if you're faking through it at first.

Do you believe your claustrophobia can actually change?

I’m excited to announce my first-ever book signing event!Join me for a live discussion about OCD, anxiety, recovery, and...
06/01/2026

I’m excited to announce my first-ever book signing event!

Join me for a live discussion about OCD, anxiety, recovery, and the stories behind my debut book. There will be time for Q&A, book signing, and meeting members of our amazing community.

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Whether you’ve followed my videos for years or are just beginning your recovery journey, I’d love to meet you in person.

🎟️ Reserve your spot:
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06/01/2026

OCD and depression are more connected than most people realize.

When OCD symptoms go up, depression often eases. When depression spikes, OCD feels worse. But what's interesting is that when people work on their OCD and start getting back out into life, depressive symptoms drop too.

A lot of people feel depressed because OCD has kept them stuck indoors. When you start leaving again, confidence builds and both conditions start to improve.

Have you noticed your OCD and depression affecting each other?

05/31/2026

Fear of flying usually has nothing to do with the plane crashing.

Research shows most fearful flyers aren't afraid of dying. They're afraid of losing control or being trapped.

Small space. Sealed doors. No way to leave. That's what makes flying so hard for a lot of people.

And every time you avoid it, skip the elevator, cancel the MRI, take the stairs, you're teaching your brain that avoidance works.

It does work. Short term. But it makes everything worse long term.

Save this if avoidance has been running your life.

05/29/2026

Is anyone else persistently guilty about everything?

That feeling of just waiting. Like something is wrong. Like someone is about to reach out and tell you that you messed up.

Guilt can show up for the smallest things. Even just sharing an opinion or going about your day. But guilt is a false signal, just like anxiety. It doesn't mean you actually did something wrong.

You don't have to avoid life because of it. Feel the guilt and respond to it differently.

Do you struggle with persistent guilt?

Your OCD wants you to grab every thought and inspect it."What if I meant it?""Check just once.""Are you sure?"That's not...
05/28/2026

Your OCD wants you to grab every thought and inspect it.

"What if I meant it?"
"Check just once."
"Are you sure?"

That's not problem-solving. That's just OCD.

The floating technique is different. You notice the thought. You don't pick it up. You let it drift past like a cloud you're watching from the ground.

You're not pushing it away. You're not arguing with it. You're just not joining in.

Swipe to see how it works.

Comment MAYBE for OCD help and resources.

05/28/2026

Deep breathing and box breathing won't fix your fear of flying. They'll help you survive the flight. That's it.

And if you're drinking before you board or taking something just to get through it, you're making the fear worse. Because next time you have to do it all over again.

Your brain needs to learn something different. Not how to cope with the fear. How to not have it.

Have you ever tried anything besides calming techniques for flight anxiety?

Checking if you measure up is a quiet compulsion.You're scrolling someone's grid to see if you're more or less okay. You...
05/27/2026

Checking if you measure up is a quiet compulsion.

You're scrolling someone's grid to see if you're more or less okay. You're asking your therapist if your symptoms are the worst. You're watching recovery videos to see if you match. You're rereading your own posts to gauge how you came across.

It looks like research... but could actually be a checking behavior.

Here's the problem. Both answers feed it.

You feel worse? OCD says see, they're doing better than you. You feel better? OCD says maybe you don't really have it. Maybe you're faking.

It always finds a way to make you wrong.

Before the next scroll, ask yourself three things.

Would I feel okay if I couldn't compare?

Am I looking for information or for relief?

What would I do if I already knew the answer?

If those questions make you uncomfortable, you're checking.

Try this instead.

Mute the comparison accounts. Just less fuel.

Set a 5-minute timer and feel the urge without scrolling. Watch it get smaller.

Check in with your own life. Am I doing what matters to me?

There's no ruler you're being measured against.

You're not behind. You're not ahead. You're just living your life.

More info:
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OCD wants a yes or a no.Say yes and it confirms the danger is real. Say no and now you have to prove it. So you check an...
05/26/2026

OCD wants a yes or a no.

Say yes and it confirms the danger is real. Say no and now you have to prove it. So you check and the doubt tends to get worse.

Maybe says, I'm not really engaging with you.

When OCD asks "what if I actually meant it?" you say maybe I did, maybe I didn't. Either way I'm not figuring it out right now.

When it asks "what if I'm a bad person?" you say maybe, and I'm still going to act like the person I want to be.

When it screams "what if something terrible happens?" you say maybe, life has no certainty, I'm keeping going anyway.

Sometimes we want to add things after "maybe"...

"but I would never actually do it."
"but here's how I know I'm okay."
"but let me just check one more time."

The second you start justifying, OCD tends to gain more power.

And it's going to feel bad. Maybe should feel uncomfortable. That's okay.

But here's the thing. Maybe is helpful, but the action matters more.

Saying maybe and then doing the compulsion anyway doesn't help much. The exposure is in doing the thing you're scared to do while the doubt is still there.

Say maybe and then touch the doorknob. Say maybe and then send the text.
Say maybe and then go to the party.

The maybe helps you make space for the doubt. The action teaches your brain you can handle it.

Try it right now. Pick one thought you'd normally spend the next hour arguing with.

Say maybe about it. Out loud. Write it down. Then keep doing whatever you were doing before the thought showed up. Or choose an exposure to move closer to the threat.

Maybe isn't you agreeing with OCD. It's permission to live in the doubt and be okay with that.

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