Breaking the Cycle
Insights for OCD & Related Diagnoses

Lots of acronyms in our title, let's explore it! Do you pull your hair, bite your nails, chew on your lip, etc.? Has anyone ever told you to "just stop it" or downplayed the experience by telling you to just grab a fidget? While fidgets can be helpful, they are often treated as the only option to treat these behaviors, which just isn't the case. It can be incredibly frustrating when these behaviors are generalized to "just be anxiety" or a "bad habit" that only willpower alon

Therapy is not “one size fits all.” Just as doctors have specialties, so do therapists. You wouldn’t go to your dentist if you had a heart murmur, you’d seek out a cardiologist. Different diagnoses have different treatments, and it’s important to find a specialist so you are ensured effective care that will not worsen your symptoms. What are Evidence-Based Treatments? Evidence-based treatments are therapeutic approaches that are supported by research and proven to be most hel

Do you bite your nails, pick your skin, pull your hair, etc.? These behaviors are super common, but aren't talked about nearly enough due to the stigma and shame associated with them. As a therapist specializing in BFRBs who also has lived experience with a BFRB, spreading awareness and challenging stigma is very important to me and my work. BFRBs are very common, but simultaneously very misunderstood, and many people don't even know or realize that there is a treatment for t

"I'm going to utterly fail my exam tomorrow." "That was so embarrassing, she totally thinks I'm a huge weirdo." "I haven't heard from my sister in a couple hours, I must have done something to upset her." Do any of these thoughts sound familiar? Everyone experiences thoughts like these from time to time, especially when we experience uncomfortable or stressful situations that leave us feeling anxious, fearful, and embarrassed. Cognitive distortions are patterns in our thinkin