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Better Life Therapy offers compassionate outpatient treatment for individuals with OCD<\/p>\n
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Obsessive compulsive disorder is one of the most misdiagnosed and under-diagnosed mental health disorders. On average, it takes 17 years to receive a correct diagnosis. If you experience recurrent thoughts and fears that make you feel you must engage in compulsive behaviors, we can help.<\/p>\n
Our OCD specialists have heard it all. We can empathize with the paralyzing and isolating experience of having intrusive thoughts run your life.<\/p>\n
OCD can be incredibly isolating. It may feel like you must be the only person in the world experiencing the thoughts or images you have. It can also be difficult to focus on relationships when you\u2019re caught up in acting on compulsions to keep obsessive thoughts at bay. OCD can also keep you stuck. Rituals can take minutes or hours from your day and can prevent you from doing the things in your life that matter.<\/p>\n
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Better Life Therapy’s OCD specialists have training and experience in ERP, the gold-standard treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder. Our OCD therapists have helped many people learn to understand and manage their OCD symptoms and regain a sense of control in their lives. We know how life changing it can be to work through obsessions in treatment to get unstuck. With the help of an OCD therapist, you can escape the OCD cycle and get more out of life.<\/p>\n
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder refers to a pattern of unwanted thoughts and fears that can lead to repetitive and often disruptive behaviors. These compulsive behaviors can manifest in countless ways, but they often interfere with daily life and can cause increasingly stressful or conflicting feelings. OCD typically centers around different themes. The examples of potential compulsions are endless, but they might include washing your hands compulsively due to a fear of germs or repetitively snapping your fingers in a certain succession to prevent something bad from happening.<\/p>\n
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You can work to avoid or stop your obsessions but without guidance, it can actually do more harm than good and increase your distress and anxiety rather than finding relief. So even with your best efforts to ignore them, they keep coming back, sometimes more frequently, and lead to even more repetitive behaviors. It is highly recommended to connect with a mental health professional such as a therapist to assist in working through OCD thoughts and behaviors.<\/p>\n
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There is a significant difference between requiring flawless results or performance and having OCD. Obsessive thoughts are not just worries about a problem that go away once it is solved, they are unwanted interruptions that are, at the very least, mild disturbances in your daily life and, at the very worst, crippling distractions that keep you from living your life.<\/p>\n
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder encompasses a wide variety of thoughts and behaviors with varying degrees of severity so symptoms can look drastically different from person to person. In general, the more common themes of OCD are:<\/p>\n
While obsessions are the unwanted thoughts expressed because of theme or fear, compulsions are the physical manifestations of these thoughts as a way to cope with them. While they almost always look different for everyone experiencing them, some common compulsions are:<\/p>\n
While these lists are not exhaustive, it is recommended that you seek a therapist or medical professional, such as your primary care physician, that can provide an accurate diagnosis and recommendation for treatment.<\/p>\n
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There are many therapeutic approaches that can assist people struggling with OCD in learning how to overcome their obsessions and compulsions. Some of the more common and proven therapy methods are:<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” max_width=”1170px” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”6em||6em||false|false” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ box_shadow_vertical=”0px” box_shadow_blur=”3px” box_shadow_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.25)” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Poppins|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”43px” header_letter_spacing=”3px” custom_margin=”||9px||false|false” custom_padding=”2px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”32b362c5-2718-410b-8166-eef5f17e2e6d” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” width=”90%” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/betterlifecolorado.com\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/OCD8.jpg” title_text=”OCD8″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n If you think you may be struggling with OCD, talk to your health care provider and a therapist. Primary care providers routinely diagnose obsessive-compulsive disorder and will refer individuals to qualified mental health professionals for therapeutic treatment.<\/p>\n Better Life Therapy offers comprehensive and effective treatments for OCD. We recognize that it is a serious condition for someone to live with and seeking relief from obsessions or compulsions does not have to be a lonely or painful process. We have qualified and trained therapists standing by who are more than capable to work with people struggling with OCD find relief and pursue their better life.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDERBetter Life Therapy offers compassionate outpatient treatment for individuals with OCDOBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD)Obsessive Compulsive Disorder treatment can improve your quality of life. Obsessive compulsive disorder is one of the most misdiagnosed and under-diagnosed mental health disorders. On average, it takes 17 years to receive a correct diagnosis. If you experience recurrent thoughts and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":303,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-345","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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WHAT SHOULD I DO IF I THINK I HAVE OCD?<\/h1>\n