my therapist recommended i write down an anxiety producing thought and then write a rational counter-statement to that thought. the thing is i fear that wont that only fuel my OCD? i asked my therapist this and they said that i should still try it because i have to teach myself to believe rational thoughts. what should i do? a lot of what i learned about OCD is to not give it power or attention but wont this give it attention?

This sounds like terrible advice for OCD. Is this person actually trained to treat OCD?

Yes, I had an ocd therapist have me do this for a few sessions and for me it was very effective but it may not be that way for others.

For me, when I did that, it became a compulsion of reassurance and it didn't help me get over the fear. How do you see this yourself, how do you react to it? For me, the rationality comes after I've done some extensive ERP, since the ERP makes my own brain come down from the anxiety, instead of listening to others' logical opinions etc, it's my own opinion that comes to the surface once I'm more logical and less emotional.

Agreed that something I naturally did to combat OCD is very similar to this, but that for some people it might be difficult or worsen OCD, but maybe while working with a therapist is the time to try it to find out. Good luck!

This does not sound like good advice. I had a therapist who did not specifically specialize in OCD, and she told me to write the intrusive thought and then rationalize it by explaining why it is true. This did not help at all, though I did it for almost a year. in fact it probably kept the ocd obsessions alive by giving reassurance. Please seek out a therapist who actually specializes in OCD, using ERP, if this technique doesn’t seem to be changing anything. ❤️

*by explaining why it is not true