Guys I'm very interested in your opinion as OCD patients, especially opinion of those who have therapists. I would like to know if my therapist is doing something good or bad for me as an OCD patient, and do you think he is the right choice for treating my condition. So my therapist is not actually a pshychologist, he is an NLP coach. Something like a life coach. He helped me a lot before with my social anxiety before I had OCD. But now, not only that he completely ignored when I said I have OCD, he thinks that treating the root of what caused my condition (which he refuse to call OCD) is what will help me. The root is fear of abandoment by my partner and extremely low self asteem. I know that is true but everytime I bring up my OCD it's almost like he's annoyed by that and he accused me of doing that to myself like I don't want OCD to stop! Now he wants me to talk to my partner about my fears, but I'm just not ready. I'm in such vulnerable state of mind I just can't do that. I will when I get a bit better, but right now I can't, and everytime I come to the session and I say I haven't spoke to my partner he is upset at me. The most important part is he just doesn't take OCD seriousy. I said it and he's like: "well maybe you do have OCD but that's not important." How is that not important?? Can you guys please give me advice, should I stop going to his sessions or is he doing the right thing by making me speak to my partner about that fear? I mean, he's pretty much expensive and my condition isn't changed at all.

Yes definitely don’t have a person who is a life coach treat you for OCD that is the first step. And Also ignoring your OCD to treat the root cause doesn’t make sense. I meant it along the lines of it isn’t something to be avoided. I know what my root cause is as well, but therapy to overcome how you feel because of the root cause is what’s important. The people in my life growing up, family, friends, people who are supposed to care about you, did the opposite for me. And the root of most OCD is believing you aren’t good enough and trying to find a reason to hate yourself. When you work through those issues it becomes easier to work through OCD as a whole.

My advise is consult with an ocd specialist. People who are not trained in treating ocd arent usually helpful and can even make things worse if they give the wrong kinds of advise or reassurance. There is value in getting to the root of what you are afraid of so you can design treatment program around that. But trying to find out what caused your ocd wont make ocd go away. How can you even say what caused it? Genetics, childhood, a bad event, enviroment? Its not a question that can be answered really in most cases.

Thank you for your advices ❤ I agree that the root is important but it doesn't make the symptoms of OCD go away. And most importantly he's ignoring the OCD diagnosis. I will definitely try to find specialist cause work with that person is going nowhere and it costs me a lot of money.

Thank you for your advice! Yes, I noticed that! I thought if I find a root the OCD will stop, but it didn't. I will definitely try to find someone else. I think he doesn't have any experience with OCD and most imortantly he doesn't know how serious it is since he constantly ignores it.

Actually finding the root cause DOES work. It’s the reason you have these issues in the first place. It’s the only thing that will make your ocd go away permanently otherwise we will be fighting it our entire lives and every time we think it’s gone an event will happen that will trigger stress and old trauma old anything and bring it right back and you’re right where you started.