Online OCD therapists in Imperial Beach, California CA
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OCD
Layla Ashley Psychotherapy
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
OCD often involves persistent thoughts and repetitive behaviors that feel difficult to control. Therapy focuses on understanding the anxiety cycle and developing healthier ways to respond to intrusive thoughts.
23 Years Experience
Online in Imperial Beach, CA
OCD
Heidi Hartston
Psychologist, PhD
I have several decades of experience working with OCD, intrusive thoughts, compulsive behaviors, unwanted images, reassurance seeking and relationship OCD. Although it can be a devastating experience and can cause a traumatic level of anxiety, OCD is very responsive to the right specialized treatments. I can help you individually to empower your true wise mind and to quiet the doubting voice. I can also help with families or parents who are navigating how to distinguish helping a child with OCD versus enabling. And I can work with couples where relationship OCD or another type of OCD may be causing a rift. I combine insightful, caring depth work with evidence based techniques like exposure and response prevention (E&RP) and CBT that effectively free you from obsessive-compulsive patterns, and help you to reclaim the balanced, happy life you deserve. Check out my youtube channel for my IOCDF talks here: https://youtu.be/Qo60AaNYtlM?si=yebouBFY6kZhKd6o
35 Years Experience
Online in Imperial Beach, CA (Online Only)
OCD
Integrative Psychotherapy Group
Marriage and Family Therapist
We work with clients who express issues or concerns with OCD.
10 Years Experience
Online in Imperial Beach, CA
OCD
Stephanie Morfitt, LCSW More Fit Mental Health
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
When Your Mind Won’t Stop Looping
If you live with obsessive thoughts or repetitive behaviors, you probably already know how exhausting it can be. You might spend hours replaying what you said, checking if something bad might happen, or trying to get rid of thoughts that won’t leave you alone. Even though you know the worries aren’t logical, they still feel impossible to control. OCD isn’t about being “neat” or “organized.” It’s about anxiety that latches onto what matters most to you — your safety, your relationships, your values — and tricks your brain into thinking you need to keep checking or fixing something to feel okay.
In our work together, we’ll use a structured, evidence-based approach that combines TEAM-CBT with Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) — the gold-standard treatment for OCD. You’ll learn how to:
Break free from obsessive loops by gently facing feared thoughts instead of avoiding them
Reduce compulsions and checking behaviors step by step, in a safe, guided way
Calm the anxiety that drives the urge to control or neutralize uncertainty
Understand and retrain the beliefs that keep OCD patterns alive
Build confidence in your ability to handle discomfort without giving in to rituals
Our sessions are structured, compassionate, and active. You’ll track progress weekly and practice small daily exercises that teach your brain new patterns of safety and trust. Over time, what once felt unbearable starts to lose its power.
I BELIEVE:
OCD doesn’t define you — it’s a pattern your brain learned, and it can learn new ones.
Courage isn’t the absence of fear; it’s doing what matters while fear is present.
Recovery happens one small exposure at a time, not in giant leaps.
You deserve freedom from the constant “what ifs” that steal your peace.
Humor and self-compassion are essential tools in healing — not luxuries.
Also Integrated In Our Work:
• Interpersonal Work – to strengthen connection and empower you to be yourself using The 5 Secrets of Effective Communication
• Mindful Self-Compassion – to cultivate a gentler, kinder inner voice through the work of Dr. Kristin Neff
• Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM) – to regulate the nervous system and support trauma recovery alongside cognitive tools for a well-rounded approach
10 Years Experience
Online in Imperial Beach, CA
OCD
Growth and Change Counseling
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a control issue that is used to compensate for the fact that a person feels completely out of control. This disorder can have physiological consequences that can cause physical harm and results in lower seratonin levels in the body. As we support you in reducing anxiety and stresses and increasing your sense of control over multiple aspects of your life, you can begin to experience a reduction in your OCD tendencies and/or find it easier to manage them.
8 Years Experience
Online in Imperial Beach, CA (Online Only)
OCD
Life After Birth
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Lexi Berard, AMFT has training and experience in ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention), which is the gold standard for treating Perinatal OCD.
13 Years Experience
Online in Imperial Beach, CA
OCD
Jennifer Warkentin
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a type of anxiety where people ruminate over distressing thoughts and then engage in repetitive behaviors or mental acts as a way of managing the obsessive thoughts. It can take many forms with varying levels of intensity. OCD is typically treated with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy combined with Exposure Response Prevention. We will explore the thoughts and compulsions you're experiencing and create a robust plan of changing your experience of anxiety.
18 Years Experience
Online in Imperial Beach, CA (Online Only)
OCD
Holly Hoffman, PsyD, Psychotherapy
Psychologist, Licensed Clinical Psychologist in CA & NY
I specialize in treating OCD using Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), the gold-standard, evidence-based approach for reducing obsessions and compulsions. Through ERP, we gradually and collaboratively face the thoughts, images, and situations that trigger anxiety, while resisting the urge to engage in rituals or avoidance behaviors. Alongside ERP, I integrate Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help clients develop greater psychological flexibility — learning how to make room for uncomfortable thoughts and feelings without letting them dictate their actions. My approach focuses not just on symptom reduction, but on building a life guided by personal values, even in the presence of uncertainty or fear.
13 Years Experience
Online in Imperial Beach, CA
OCD
RelaxingOne.com Ned David Bratspis, PC
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
We are all imperfect and there is no perfect way to to deal with OCD.
35 Years Experience
Online in Imperial Beach, CA (Online Only)
OCD
Barry Ross
Psychologist, Ph.D.
I am a psychologist, marriage family therapist, bioenergetic analyst, and psychoanalyst with more than 30 years of clinical experience in treating adolescents, adults, and marital couples. I am skilled in helping a person to feel understood and related to in a new and helpful way.
42 Years Experience
Online in Imperial Beach, CA
OCD
Ken Howard, LCSW, CST - GayTherapyLA.com
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, MSW, LCSW, CST
Ken has been a person living with OCD himself since childhood in the Washington, DC area from the 1970's. Later, he developed a specialty in supporting gay men living with OCD or OCPD. As a Certified Psychiatric Social Worker (USC, 1994), he has coordinated care for clients living with OCD/OCPD (which has a higher prevalence among gay men) through liaison with psychiatric (MD) services as needed, as well as providing Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Exposure/Response Prevention (ERP) therapy, and Systematic De-Sensitization Behavioral Therapy.
34 Years Experience
Online in Imperial Beach, CA (Online Only)
OCD
Marina Edelman | TrueMe Counseling
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
We support clients struggling with obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors using evidence-based approaches. Treatment focuses on reducing anxiety cycles and restoring daily functioning.
20 Years Experience
Online in Imperial Beach, CA
OCD
Dr. Christina Charlotin
Psychologist, Psy.D.
I have extensive experience treated those who struggle with OCD related symptoms including chronic rumination and compulsive behaviors.
14 Years Experience
Online in Imperial Beach, CA
OCD
Len Ramsay
Registered Psychotherapist, Gestalt Therapist , M.B.A.
Obsession. Compulsion. Addiction. These are first cousins, thoughts and actions that seem to happen all on their own volition. In my work, there is always something good about these 3 amigos - or they would not be here in your life. The work is to discover what that is, and like in the serentiy prayer: Deal with what you can change, accept what you can't , and know the difference. Sometimes it means changing a belief, sometimes a field or environmental condition... sometimes taking care of some emotions hiding in dark places.
13 Years Experience
Online in Imperial Beach, CA (Online Only)
OCD
Dr. Maxwell Rappoport
Psychologist, Ph.D.
For obsessive-compulsive disorder, I primarily use Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), the gold-standard treatment for OCD, often combined with CBT and Mindfulness strategies. This work helps reduce compulsive behaviors, loosen the grip of intrusive thoughts, and restore freedom in daily life.
9 Years Experience
Online in Imperial Beach, CA (Online Only)
OCD
Dr. Cassidy Blair, PSY.D.
Psychologist, B.A., M.A., Psy.D.
A variety of therapies may be applied in helping OCD clients in making meaningful and positive changes in their lives.
18 Years Experience
Online in Imperial Beach, CA
OCD
Dennis Sapire
Psychologist, JD PhD
I am CBT trained and have helped many clients overcome OCD using evidence-based approaches.
24 Years Experience
Online in Imperial Beach, CA
OCD
Hailey Williford
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
In my practice, I enjoy working with clients experiencing symptoms of OCD including but not limited to: intrusive and or distressing thoughts, compulsions, reassurance seeking, difficulty in relationships (including ROCD), specific phobias, etc. I utilize Exposure and Response prevention Therapy (ERP) to manage anxious reactions to triggers.
3 Years Experience
Online in Imperial Beach, CA (Online Only)
OCD
Jennifer Bearden
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
When unwanted thoughts and compulsions take over, you lose precious energy and freedom. We'll work to change your relationship with these intrusive thoughts, helping you see them as just thoughts, not facts, so they lose their grip. Through a "parts work" approach, we will gently explore the underlying function of the OCD—often driven by protective, highly-concerned "parts" seeking safety—to help them relax their extreme roles. You'll learn how to accept discomfort without acting on the compulsion, choosing instead to commit to actions aligned with your truest self. Our goal is to shift your focus from constant struggle to meaningful living.
26 Years Experience
Online in Imperial Beach, CA
OCD
Gail Kirk Poust
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
OCD is a bully that takes your values hostage. It finds what you care about most (your loved ones' safety, your goodness, your faith, your relationship) and turns it into unwanted thoughts you can't shake and rituals you can't skip: checking, washing, confessing, mentally reviewing, asking for reassurance one more time. The relief never lasts, and the loop keeps tightening. Here's what I want you to know: intrusive thoughts are not intentions, and being horrified by a thought is proof of your values, not evidence against them. I treat OCD with ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention), the gold-standard approach. It is collaborative, paced, never sprung on you. I also treat postpartum OCD, where intrusive thoughts about your baby leave you terrified and silent. That, too, is treatable, and having the thought is not the same as being a danger. The thoughts have had the last word long enough.
12 Years Experience
Online in Imperial Beach, CA (Online Only)
OCD therapists in Imperial Beach, California Statistics
OCD therapists in Imperial Beach, California average 18 years of experience and charge around $227 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are OCD (100%), Anxiety or Fears (94%), and Depression (75%).
Average years in practice
18 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$227
Gender ID
| 53% |
Female |
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| 37% |
Male |
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| 5% |
Non-Binary |
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| 5% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 58% |
In Person and Online |
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| 42% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 100% | OCD |
| 94% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 75% | Depression |
| 67% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 66% | Social Anxiety |
| 64% | Stress |
| 64% | Loss or Grief |