OCD therapists in Oakville, ON
Browse OCD therapists in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. Compare credentials, specialties and therapeutic approach. Contact a therapist to learn more.
OCD
Healing Pathways Counselling
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapists
We support individuals living with OCD who may be struggling with intrusive thoughts, compulsive behaviours, anxiety, and patterns that feel overwhelming or hard to control. Our approach is compassionate, structured, and supportive, helping clients better understand OCD, reduce shame, and build tools to respond differently to distressing thoughts and urges. Therapy can help clients develop greater confidence, improve daily functioning, and create more freedom from the cycle of obsessions and compulsions.
4 Years Experience
In-Person in Oakville, ON L6L 2X4
Online in Oakville, ON
OCD
Colleen Collins
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, C.C.C., Msc, MA
Using an Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) approach, I help people reduce anxiety, symptoms, and compulsions.
4 Years Experience
Online in Oakville, ON (Online Only)
OCD
Alessia Zita | Zita Psychotherapy
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapy (Qualifying)
Do you often feel caught in repetitive thoughts, urges, or behaviours that are exhausting or hard to control? Many people with OCD have learned to try to manage uncertainty, fear, or distress by performing rituals, checking, or overthinking—strategies that may have once helped you feel safe but now can feel overwhelming.
These patterns are not a personal failing—they are ways your mind is trying to protect you. What matters is how you respond when these thoughts and urges arise. Together, we can explore your experiences, understand what drives them, and build strategies to help you feel more in control, grounded, and lighter over time. You experience these patterns for a reason. Let’s explore why, and what comes next.
2 Years Experience
Online in Oakville, ON (Online Only)
OCD
Regan Kojovic
Registered Psychotherapist, MPsy, BSc
I help adults with OCD using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to understand intrusive thoughts, reduce compulsive behaviours, and develop effective strategies for regaining control and easing distress.
2 Years Experience
Online in Oakville, ON (Online Only)
OCD
Rosetta Racco
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapist
I have worked with children, adolescents and adults diagnosed with OCD and OCD characteristics.
8 Years Experience
In-Person in Oakville, ON L6J 1P5
Online in Oakville, ON
OCD
Tej Neringer, Pivotal Counseling
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapist
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a mental health condition that affects millions of people worldwide. It is characterized by persistent, intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors (compulsions) that individuals feel driven to perform in response to these thoughts. I use Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) Therapy as a guide to recognize, label and throw away intrusive thoughts while denying or delaying associated compulsions.
7 Years Experience
In-Person in Oakville, ON L6J 6G6
Online in Oakville, ON
OCD
Diana Ostap
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
I work with individuals experiencing obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors, helping them understand anxiety cycles and reduce the impact of intrusive thinking. Therapy focuses on building tolerance for uncertainty and developing healthier responses to distress.
0 Years Experience
In-Person in Oakville, ON L6H 5R7
Online in Oakville, ON
OCD
Shauna Switzer, MCP, MA RP
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, MCP, Registered Psychotherapist
OCD can involve intrusive thoughts, compulsive behaviours, anxiety, and patterns that interfere with daily life. Therapy helps individuals better understand OCD, reduce distress, and develop effective strategies to manage symptoms and regain a greater sense of control and freedom.
26 Years Experience
In-Person in Oakville, ON L6H 7S9
Online in Oakville, ON
OCD
Mind By Design®
Registered Psychotherapist, Psychology and Coaching Clinics
Obsessive-compulsive disorder is another mental disorder that is an improperly used term in pop media as it is usual to have routines that make us better even though it would not distress us if we could not do them. OCD on the other hand is when these routines start to impact the sufferer’s life, they inhibit them from fully functioning daily. Thus, people with OCD can feel as though their impulses and behaviours are outside of their control and are somehow unnatural.
17 Years Experience
In-Person in Oakville, ON L6H 5R7
Online in Oakville, ON
OCD
The Cohen Clinic
Psychologist, Psy.D.
OCD consists of obsessional thoughts and/or compulsive behaviours. These thoughts are recurring and persistent, and are unwanted and intrusive in nature. Additionally, compulsive behaviours are repetitive and done in response to obsessional thoughts or in response to rigid rules. Your therapist will work with you to identify your obsessions and compulsions, while utilizing Exposure and Response Prevention therapy.
14 Years Experience
Online in Oakville, ON (Online Only)
Oakville is one of the most affluent municipalities in Canada — a well-established Toronto suburb with a high median household income, well-funded schools, and a therapy culture that reflects the stresses of high-achieving, upper-middle-class suburban family life. The city's concentration of executives, professionals, and their families creates demand for therapists working with relationship complexity, parenting under pressure, and the psychological costs of maintaining prosperity and family cohesion. Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital provides institutional mental health resources alongside a well-established private therapy community. Oakville's growing diversity — with expanding South Asian and East Asian communities in its newer residential subdivisions — is gradually broadening the range of cultural frameworks therapists need to engage with.
OCD therapists in Oakville, ON Statistics
OCD therapists in Oakville, ON average 11 years of experience and charge around $180 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (86%), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) (66%), and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) (66%).
Average years in practice
11 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$180
Accept insurance
89%
Offer sliding scale
66%
Gender ID
| 71% |
Female |
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| 26% |
Male |
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| 2% |
Non-Binary |
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| 1% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 70% |
In Person and Online |
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| 30% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 86% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 66% | Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) |
| 66% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 62% | Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) |
| 55% | Narrative Therapy |
| 47% | Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) |
| 44% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
Ages Served
| 99% | Adult |
| 75% | Young Adult |
| 70% | Teen |
| 66% | Senior |
| 38% | Children |
Client Focus
| 49% | Women |
| 42% | Men |
| 39% | LGBTQ+ |
| 34% | Persons with Disabilities |
| 29% | Asian |