All About OCD - Resource List

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OCD Treatment Providers:

Therapy Search Tools:

Important Note: Some therapists are more knowledgeable about OCD than others. It’s always very important to ask a potential new therapist about their familiarity with OCD, and what experience they have treating the disorder.

Reputable websites where you can learn more about OCD:

See the “OCD Themes” section for further information about various OCD themes.

These tools can help determine whether you may be experiencing OCD symptoms, but only a licensed mental health professional can diagnose OCD. Results should be viewed as an indication that you would benefit from seeking a professional assessment. Please see the “Find Help for OCD” section to locate a provider.

Screening Tools:

A detailed overview of the brain structures involved with OCD, and descriptions of what is occurring in the brain:

Mindfulness in relation to OCD:

More mindfulness information and guides:

Grounding:

Grounding techniques are mindfulness practices that can help lower anxiety and distress by redirecting our awareness back to the present moment. They are not a treatment, but rather a tool to utilize for anxiety management.

Harm OCD:

Contamination OCD:

Pure O:

Sexual Obsessions:

Scrupulosity:

Just Right OCD:

Relationship OCD (ROCD):

Somatic/Sensorimotor OCD:

Checking OCD:

Magical Thinking:

Sexual Orientation OCD (SO-OCD):

Real Event OCD:

Existential OCD:

Perinatal OCD: