Deconstruct and resolve your OCD. Get unstuck and stay unstuck.

Specialized OCD Therapy

Psychotherapist

Joshua Kohansamad, LMFT

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OCD therapy can change your life

Clients come to me when:

  • Your mind seems to work tirelessly with no “off” button

  • Your world has been getting smaller and smaller as you avoid things

  • No one seems to understand why you cannot just ‘let it go’

  • Your mind hijacks the things you care about most

  • Compulsions or mental checks help you feel safe or “just right”

  • You seek reassurance, but it never sticks

  • You feel guilt or shame about your thoughts

OCD can have a deep and lasting impact, mentally, emotionally, and even physically. It’s more than being organized or cautious. OCD involves intrusive or distressing thoughts and repetitive behaviors (mental and physical) that can disrupt how you think, feel, and relate to the world around you.

According to the International OCD Foundation, about 1 in 40 adults in the U.S. live with OCD or will do so at some point in their life.

Types of OCD I commonly treat:

  • fears of contamination

  • harm worries

  • perfectionism

  • taboo thoughts

  • sensorimotor OCD

  • relationship OCD

  • decision making paralysis or regret

  • magical thinking

  • health concerns

  • and much much more (the number of possible themes in OCD is endless)

Common symptoms include rituals, avoidance, and a cycle of doubt that feels impossible to break. Everyone’s experience with OCD is different, and so is the path to recovery. But healing is possible with OCD therapy, and you don’t have to do it alone.

OCD is not simply your brain being hijacked by your amygdala. You are acting on doubt when no such doubt should be present. This represents a normal process (doubting something) being misapplied to concerns being built from a sophisticated and hyperactive imagination. With Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, we dive deep into the reasoning errors you are making and dismantle them so that you are no longer under the spell of your OCD. In addition, I incorporate key principles of rumination and response prevention to help you fully unlock yourself from the grasp of OCD.

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OCD Therapy With Me

Below, you can explore my primary methodologies – think of these like “frameworks” for how we might collaborate.

  • ICBT is a non-exposure approach that helps you challenge OCD by recognizing the imagined story behind the fear, reconnecting with facts, and trusting your senses.

  • ERP helps you gradually face fears and reduce compulsions in a safe, supported way. I find this especially effective for clients overwhelmed by physical rituals and magical thinking.

  • An evidence based treatment to address rumination and worry. Maybe you feel like your OCD jumps from topic to topic? Rather than looking at what you are worried about, we look at how you are thinking to address the root cause of anxiety and OCD.

Joshua Kohansamad, LMFT

Psychotherapist

I am licensed psychotherapist specializing in the treatment of OCD, anxiety and chronic pain. I use evidence based modalities to treat these issues and I cater my treatment to the nuances of your particular situation. I take a warm and encouraging approach and utilize my clients’ strengths in treatment. If you are ready to take that next step, I’d love to hear from you.

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  • Fill out the free consultation form and I will get back to you to schedule an initial chat.

  • This is your opportunity to ask any questions you have and learn more about my approach to therapy. We will together decide if therapy with me would be a good fit.

  • I do a comprehensive intake process to make sure we have all the information needed to map out a treatment plan that will lead to success. We will look at things such as your history with the presenting condition, previous treatments and effectiveness, your learning style, nuances to your particular challenge and how it shows up, and more.

  • We will meet at a pace that works for you and will lead to the best outcome. We will move through a fundamentally structured (yet flexible) therapeutic process that moves you closer and closer towards your goals.

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I offer a no-pressure complimentary consultation so that you can get all your questions answered and learn more about my approach. Don’t hesitate to reach out.

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