The jury is still deliberating whether health-related OCD obsessions are a sub-set of OCD or whether they are a separate condition entirely

We've been lucky enough to be part of a growing community on social media who are highlighting the importance of safety and professional...

If you are supporting someone with OCD, you will already know that your role involves a unique set of challenges. Challenges that are speci

As therapists with OCD we really do understand why our clients believe that their OCD fear is the most terrible thing that can happen.

Managing OCD, like love or physical fitness, is most certainly a verb and a commitment to do something, day-in and day-out. I don’t believe

At OCD Excellence, I talk a great deal about behaviour work, also known as exposure work, ERP, de-sensitisation and habituation. As a...

Having dealt with this symptom ourselves, we have personal experience around this particularly frustrating aspect of OCD. Ugh, even when...

If you suffer from OCD it would be a safe bet to assume you are, or have been, an AAA (anti-anxiety addict)

In the last two months, life has changed dramatically, often daily, and without an end in sight.

When my clients first arrive for therapy I’m under no illusion. What they'd like from me is certainty.

Psychotherapy can seem nebulous at the best of times....

I am the founder of OCD Excellence and I have OCD.

What’s the problem with reassurance and OCD? Any experienced OCD therapist will stress the importance of not reassuring as a priority, but w

OCD as a condition is very manipulative and darkly seductive. It draws clients inwards to focus on thoughts, feelings and emotions

All mental health disorders and conditions have a multitude of negative aspects. All of them are tough, with no quick fix, despite what phar

Have you been embarrassed about having OCD? Attitudes and awareness regarding OCD are certainly better than 10 years ago.

OCD is very lifestyle invasive and in the case of younger clients, family and carers can be very involved in the daily maintenance of OCD

Everything is going to be OK. It may be tough at times but it will be OK! You are not crazy or sick. You have a condition which can be...