OCD therapists in Gulfport, Mississippi MS
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Logan Smlth
Psychologist, PhD
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) involves unwanted and repetitive thoughts or feelings (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors (compulsions). Sometimes your compulsions can be physical actions (like checking a lock, or washing your hands, touching something, etc.) or mental actions (like mentally backtracking your steps, planning everything carefully, counting etc.). Sometimes people with OCD feel “out of control” or incredibly distressed if they don’t do a compulsion in response to an obsession. OCD can feel more intense during periods of stress, and is often accompanied with depression symptoms or other forms of anxiety.
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) is the therapy I typically use in the treatment of OCD; it can also be helpful for certain phobias. This therapy will involve careful, preplanned, gradual exposures to the focus of OCD, while helping you learn how to stop yourself from acting on your compulsion. Clients experiencing OCD are often doubtful of their ability to control their compulsions, but find ERP to be surprisingly effective. An ERP treatment course usually involves weekly, one-hour appointments for as long as they seem appropriate, at which point I usually decrease the frequency of appointments gradually (moving to once every two weeks, once every three weeks, etc.). Some clients benefit from meeting more often than once per week, which is something we can discuss if it seems appropriate.
5 Years Experience
Online in Gulfport, Mississippi (Online Only)
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Psychotherapy.Com
Psychologist, Ph.D.
Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
29 Years Experience
Online in Gulfport, Mississippi
OCD
Alan Jacobson, Psy.D.
Psychologist, Licensed Psychologist, Nationally Registered Health Service Provider
I use cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) along with Exposure Response Prevention (ERP), all within a positive and humanistic therapeutic environment to help people with OCD. We'll work together to help you overcome your symptoms and feel more in control. These methods are proven and powerful, and many people find some relief early in treatment.
24 Years Experience
Online in Gulfport, Mississippi (Online Only)
OCD
Dr. Brian M. Berman
Psychologist, Psy.D.
I specialize in exposure therapy with response prevention (ERP) which is an empirically supported treatment for OCD. By utilizing this behavioral treatment, I help clients work through anxiety while reducing compulsive behavior.
21 Years Experience
Online in Gulfport, Mississippi
OCD
Catherine Bitney
Psychologist, PhD, LP
I have a passion for helping clients reduce OCD - a disorder that is very time consuming and debilitating. This kind of work is so very difficult, but for those that can make it into therapy and take advantage of exposure and response prevention, the results are astounding.
14 Years Experience
Online in Gulfport, Mississippi (Online Only)