Say No to OCD. You're the Boss.

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My specialty for many years has been in working with people affected by obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). That work gave me a deep appreciation for both the torment OCD can create and the resilience of those who face it.

As I step away from private practice, my focus is shifting toward sharing what I have learned through writing and OCD education. My forthcoming self-help book, Say No to OCD: The Art of Rejecting Compulsions, reflects the central idea behind my work: people with OCD can learn to reject compulsions and discover that what OCD wants for them isn't the same as what they want for themselves.

Effective OCD treatment means learning to recognize that OCD wants you to perform compulsions to get fleeting relief, certainty, or the illusion of control. The goal isn't to reason your way out of anxiety. It's to learn that you have a choice about how you respond to OCD's demands.

Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) is central to this approach. Response prevention means choosing not to give OCD what it wants, even when uncertainty and discomfort are present.

I call this Bossing It Back: recognizing OCD’s demands, rejecting compulsions, and finding your inner boss.

My mission is to make effective OCD treatment more understandable and accessible to people living with OCD and those who support them.

Through education and writing, I want to help people see that OCD doesn't get to make their choices for them. Learning to recognize the difference between what OCD wants and what you want for yourself creates an opportunity to choose differently.

Boss It Back is about helping people discover that choice.