OCD therapists in Seaside, CA
Browse OCD therapists in Seaside, California. Compare credentials, specialties and therapeutic approach. Contact a therapist to learn more.
OCD
Dana Fogel-Stark
Therapist, M.S., LMFT
I use Exposure Response Prevention as well as Dialectical Behavioral Therapy in treating OCD.
30 Years Experience
Online in Seaside, CA
OCD
Carrie Gauthier
Hypnotherapist, Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, CCHt
With OCD, we typically regress to the root cause memory in a hypnotic regression, clear and process the emotional block, and pave the way forward with hypnotic programming customized to rewire you to replace the outdated programming with new healthy, calm, and desirable way of being. By literally installing new hardware, we can circumvent unhealthy impulses before they can happen, and after repeated playback of your hypnotic recording, you are carving new neural pathways with the new commands we program. Before long, the new way becomes automatic and intuitive, and you won't even have to think about it. With any hypnotic regression we do, we uncover root cause and reverse-engineer our way to the desired, healthy ways of being where you have control of your mind and feel safe again. Where you are calm and centered, organized and prepared. You are thoughtful and measured, and back to harmony and peace. I provide you with tools also you can use if you feel triggered to shift your brainwave state in only a few minutes. You will benefit from feeling emotionally regulated, comfortable in your own skin, and safe in your own mind again.
2 Years Experience
Online in Seaside, CA (Online Only)
OCD
Eve Angela Fritsch
Marriage and Family Therapist, M.A.
OCD is more than being organized or liking things a certain way. It can involve unwanted thoughts, persistent doubt, and compulsive behaviors that become exhausting. Therapy can help you better understand OCD, reduce its hold on your life, and regain a sense of freedom in your thoughts.
9 Years Experience
Online in Seaside, CA (Online Only)
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 Seaside, CA
OCD
Empowered Wellbeing, Decolonizing Intersectional and Integrative Complex Trauma & Dissociation Recovery Support
Life Coach, view my credentials online at: www.recoveringfromwithin.com/credentialslongform
OCD is interesting in that it could have trauma based origins, physiological origins, including epigenetic, or could be an adaptive response to something that is currently challenging. First is to decipher where the origin is as best as one can, in general an integrative and functional approach may work well, as it could be based in metabolic deficiency, for example.
Shared with care: in certain cases, we have witnessed it might evolve in people or communities where power abuse is rampant -- these compulsions can set in as ways to adapt to holding maladaptive and abusive thinking and distracting a person from the inhumanity and incoherence of the abusive thinking they have been groomed to take on. This is not written about from a hegemonic perspective, however decolonizing theory will find these challenges of OCD and even paranoia heightened in people or communities that habituate enacting atrocities. This is not trauma it is an expression of intensive moral injury and benefits from interrupting the moral injury and moving the person into ethical recovery of their humanity.
Contrapositively, trauma impactees may show OCD traits as a way of the mind distracting from torture or other forms of recurring harm psychologically (e.g repeated and intensive gaslighting), physically, sexually...etc. Here we would apply a trauma based approach to care along with Havening, Brainspotting and other ways to soothe a nervous system and restore mental networks as best we can/
Please feel free to ask if you have more questions.
15 Years Experience
Online in Seaside, CA (Online Only)
OCD therapists in Seaside, CA Statistics
OCD therapists in Seaside, CA average 18 years of experience and charge around $224 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (76%), Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) (36%), and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) (36%).
Average years in practice
18 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$224
Accept insurance
43%
Offer sliding scale
32%
Gender ID
| 56% |
Female |
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| 37% |
Male |
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| 4% |
Non-Binary |
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| 3% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 59% |
In Person and Online |
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| 41% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 76% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 36% | Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) |
| 36% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 34% | Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) |
| 33% | Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) |
| 33% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
| 32% | Behavioral Therapy |
Ages Served
| 99% | Adult |
| 62% | Young Adult |
| 58% | Senior |
| 49% | Teen |
| 24% | Children |
Client Focus
| 46% | Women |
| 43% | LGBTQ+ |
| 42% | Men |
| 36% | Military / Veterans |
| 32% | Black / African American |