OCD therapy for teens

in-person & online in houston

OCD can be so tiring, for them and for you.

Does your child experience strange and irrational fears? Maybe she repeatedly asks for reassurance or certainty. She may cope through excessive cleaning, checking, adjusting, counting, or simply avoiding. After these rituals, she may seem to feel better momentarily, but then the anxiety and worry cycle starts again. You’ve tried everything to help and you don’t know what to do.

Maybe you’re noticing:

  • Excessive washing or cleaning

  • Compulsive checking or questioning

  • Perfectionism for even small things

  • Unusual movements or rituals

  • Avoidance of normal situations

There is relief from OCD.

Exposure and response prevention

It is so liberating to understand how to deal with OCD. I was trained in the gold-standard treatment for OCD by renowned psychologist and researcher, Dr. Eric Storch.

We’ll systematically identify how OCD pops up in your child’s life and make a plan for addressing it step by step. We start by practicing strategies together in session and then have the teen practice regularly on her own.

With time, she will get good at recognizing and treating symptoms herself. Soon worrying about OCD will be a thing of the past, and she can get back to what’s most important.

What we’ll work on

Treatment for OCD can help your child:

  • Let go of worries

  • Eliminate time consuming and burdensome rituals

  • Get comfortable with uncertainty

  • Learn to be flexible

  • Be happy and carefree again

I’m here to free your teen from OCD.

FAQS

Common questions about treatment for OCD

  • OCD has a strong genetic component. Symptoms may emerge early on, but may not fully manifest until adolescence or young adulthood. Interestingly, OCD is genetically related to disorders such as tics, hair pulling/skin picking, hoarding, and body dysmorphia.

  • Exposure and Response Prevention is more effective at treating OCD than medications, and the benefits last longer.

  • OCD is your child’s battle, but you as a parent have a crucial role. As hard as this may sound, do your best not to feed OCD by doing things for an anxious child that you wouldn’t normally do.