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If you can’t find an OCD specialist near you on iocdf.org, I would recommend googling ocd therapists near you & calling everyone who pops up & asking how they treat ocd, if they say ERP, that’s a good sign. You can ask them what they know about it to see how well versed they are. A lot of them might do a sliding scale fee. It’s a shame that so many mental health professionals don’t know much about ocd ?
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thank you so much i will try this :)
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i’ve had experiences with therapists like that too. there’s a big difference between therapists that “treat” ocd along with a lot of other things, and those that actually specialize in it. i’m sorry she’s not helping :(
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The therapy sessions on here are $50 for the first five sessions and then $25 for any follow up sessions. That's without insurance. Curious to if you're paying more or less right now. I've found NOCD therapy to be the cheapest therapy out there as I don't have insurance.
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for the first 90 min session it’s 123$ i thought, and my therapist accepts my insurance so i don’t pay
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@hope I also only paid $50 for my long sessions and $25 for my short ones, without insurance
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@lilywhitelilith that’s how it is for me too since my insurance doesn’t cover it
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@lilywhitelilith I was told $123.... and 30 minute sessions are half that price. Maybe we can ask for a discounted quote since we’re poor lol
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@BrainH20 This is so odd. I wonder if they've changed their prices for new patients. If so that's total s***.
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I had a therapist like this!! At that point I had been struggling with suicidal OCD for about 4 months until I connected with my first therapist. Ever since the beginning I kept saying how I was dealing with INTRUSIVE UNWANTED thoughts (obsessions) and that I constantly was self reassuring myself etc. (compulsions). You would think that it would click I had OCD but nope. I didn’t even know I had OCD myself at the time but you would think a professional would pick that up. Anyways we talked a lot about self care and how every has negative thoughts as well and it’ll just go away in its own. At some point she mentioned how I have OCD tendencies and it made me really think like hey maybe this is what I really have? Because it didn’t make sense how I kept having constant intrusive thoughts. I asked her one session to talk about OCD and all she literally did was pull out the DSM-5, read word-for-word what OCD was, asked me if I thought that’s what I could have, then said she wouldn’t diagnose me because she didn’t want to “label” me??? Then the subject changed and she kept pushing how I needed to do yoga. Like huh?
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some of them just make no sense. i don’t tell her anything because she’s going to make me feel dumb and i don’t want to open up about it to someone who won’t understand and most likely will make me feel worse
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@lilywhitelilith Right?? And omg I’m so sorry you had a therapist like that! That is so incredibly damaging. I hope you were able to find someone who actually knows about OCD and is amazing for you.
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@hope I would definitely seek elsewhere then. Your therapist is supposed to be someone you can feel comfortable enough telling anything to
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Is her name Bethany ?
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I feel really scared and worried that the therapist I find on NOCD might not be effective, and instead of getting better, I might end up feeling worse. I’m afraid that if I don’t feel any progress, I’ll want to switch therapists, but my mom might get impatient with me. I worry that she’ll lose faith in therapy, stop paying for it, and think it’s a waste of time and money. I know therapy takes time and it’s not a quick fix, but I’m scared that things won’t go the way I hope. What if I don’t connect with the therapist? What if they don’t understand my OCD as well as I need them to? I’ve already been struggling so much, and the thought of going through another disappointment is exhausting. I’m only 14, and I feel stuck because I can’t manage this on my own. I need help, but I also need my mom to stay patient and supportive through this process. I’m scared that if things don’t improve fast enough, she’ll give up on paying for therapy. I don’t know what to do, and it’s making me feel really anxious. I just want to get better, but what if nothing works out?
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OCD is so much more than just being 'neat' or 'organized'—it’s relentless, exhausting, and often deeply misunderstood. The intrusive thoughts, the compulsions, the anxiety—it can feel like a never-ending cycle that others just don’t seem to get. Many of us have had experiences where even therapists didn’t fully grasp the depth of our struggles. I myself faced difficulty being misdiagnosed and my talk therapist not understanding the full extent of what I was going through until I found NOCD. So many prior therapists wrote off my symptoms as general anxiety, not realizing it was actually OCD all along. If you could sit down with a therapist who truly wanted to understand, what do you wish they knew about OCD?
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Hello! What a journey this ocd thing is! After 17 years with one therapist, I knew I was no longer making progress, so I changed to a new therapist. After just 6 months with her, she suggested I might have ocd and to look into getting diagnosed. She was right and I was diagnosed with ocd last summer. Meds are making a big difference but I still have lots of unlearning and re-learning to do. I’ve been struggling with whether or not to switch to a therapist who specializes in ocd. I have no issues with my current therapist, but she doesn’t specialize in ocd and I sometimes think I need someone who does specialize in it. But of course, I have Pure O, so I can think myself in circles til the cows come home. Can anyone share experience about switching to a therapist who specializes in ocd?
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