ADHD/OCD Testing & Treatment
ADHD/OCD Evaluation & Support
ADHD and OCD can feel overwhelming and sometimes debilitating. Getting simple To-Do list items done can seem like the most insurmountable goals. In addition, your energy level never quite feels reliable enough to allow you to follow through on completing tasks. Sound familiar? If you have not yet been diagnosed with ADHD, but are consistently having difficulties with organizational skills, task management, losing things, staying focused, hyperactivity, low motivation, mood swings, lethargy, insomnia and high levels of anxiety, you may be experiencing ADHD and OCD symptoms.
As hard as it may be to believe, we can help you get to a place of more calm, more peace and less anxiety. Is it an easy road? Not by a longshot. But is it possible to learn how to successfully manage your symptoms and become much less bothered by the personality tendencies that make you feel stuck? Absolutely.
We are here to help you find that path to wellness and reassurance that lets you know you CAN more peacefully co-exist with your ADHD and OCD. It all starts with a thorough evaluation of your symptoms and an official diagnosis, if you haven't received one already. Reach out and let us help get you started on your journey toward feeling and living better today.
Learn more about how we can help:
ADHD Therapy & Strategies:
To help work through your feelings of procrastination and overwhelm, I utilize a combination of Behavioral Activation and Motivational Interviewing techniques:
Motivational interviewing is a collaborative conversation style used to help you get unstuck and decrease uncertainty about change or taking action by prompting you to think deeply about your personal values and to incrementally build manageable routines and consistent steps that are aligned with those values.
Behavioral activation can then be used to break the cycle of stagnation or despair by working on a variety of exercises to increase your self-empathy, build on past strengths and successes, and develop consistent life-altering routines. These strategies are carefully designed to help you achieve mastery and confidence in taking concrete actions to improve your mood, motivation level and sense of well-being.
OCD Therapy & Strategies:
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) is a specialized behavioral therapy recognized as the gold standard for treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). It focuses on breaking the cycle of obsessions (intrusive thoughts) and compulsions (rituals performed to relieve anxiety) by directly addressing the behaviors that maintain OCD.Key Principles of ERP Therapy
- Exposure: You intentionally face the thoughts, objects, or situations that trigger your anxiety and obsessions.
- Response Prevention: You consciously avoid performing the compulsive rituals or safety behaviors that usually follow the trigger.
By repeatedly confronting triggers without engaging in compulsions, your brain learns that anxiety will naturally peak and subside, and that you can tolerate uncertainty and distress without rituals. Over time, this reduces the power of OCD triggers.Typical ERP Therapy Process
- Education & Mapping: The therapist learns about your specific obsessions and compulsions, and helps you understand how OCD operates in your life.
- Building the Hierarchy: Together, you create a personalized list (hierarchy) of fears, ranked from least to most distressing.
- Step-by-Step Exposures: You start with less distressing challenges and gradually work up the hierarchy, only moving forward when you feel ready.
- Real-World Practice: Exposures are practiced both in therapy sessions and as homework, helping you apply skills in daily life.
Supportive ApproachERP is collaborative and paced according to your comfort. We provide a safe, judgment-free environment, offering validation and encouragement throughout the process. The ultimate goal is to help you reclaim your time and freedom from OCD, teaching you that while you can't control every thought, you can control your response. When you’re ready to make a positive, meaningful change in how to accept, manage and decrease your OCD symptoms, call us today and we’ll help guide you every step of the way.
