OCD

Are you struggling with OCD?

OCD is a psychological problem that can significantly and negatively affect quality of life.  People with OCD often experience intrusive thoughts about a variety of topic areas (harm, sex, contamination, violent acts) which they find distressing.

Often people with OCD will try to change their behaviour to try and get rid of these thoughts (and associated anxiety).  For example, if someone has an intrusive thought about passing on germs to a family member, they might find themselves frequently washing their hands.  Behaviours in OCD are often repetitive and significantly interfere with the way someone lives their life (for example, spending a lot of time carrying out routines or rituals and which get into  the way of living one’s life).

Signs that you should seek treatment for OCD

You should consider treatment for your OCD when:
When the OCD anxiety interferes with our usual activities, preventing us from getting on with life
When the OCD is stopping us from enjoying our lives it can start to affect our mood
When OCD is getting you down, or are starting to feel depressed
You are feeling anxious when thinking about causing harm to yourself or others – or you might have done so
Your efforts to resist compulsive acts or rituals make you increasingly anxious
You are unduly worried about contamination and germs

How does OCD affect people?

Often, people have the view that OCD is all about cleanliness or handwashing, but this is not always the case.  OCD can affect people in many ways.  Sometimes people might have upsetting thoughts about harm coming to their children and feel compelled to do things to ensure these horrible thoughts don’t happen.  They often might find they have set routines or rituals for the way they do things (e.g., touching a wall a certain number of times, or making their bed in a very precise way) and these routines might start to affect how they live their life.

If you find that you are often feeling worried or anxious about the type of thoughts you are experiencing, or if you find that you are feeling like you ‘have to’ do things to get rid of these thoughts and anxiety, it is a good idea to seek some treatment for this.

CBT therapy vs counselling: which is best?
What do Onebright offer?
Talking therapies, such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a very effective treatment for problems such as OCD. We offer CBT and Exposure Response Prevention (ERP) for the treatment of OCD that is in line with NICE guideline recommendations.
Benefit/results of therapy
People who have attended therapy often say that they are now able to go about their day being much less affected by anxiety, less bothered by the intrusive thoughts that they experience, and generally enjoying a better quality of life. They may be able to start doing things that they had stopped doing and enjoy life to the full. OCD can really start to get in the way of how you live your life, so it is important to seek treatment early for what can become a very disabling problem.
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Begin your journey

Onebright client liaison are available Monday to Friday between 9am-5pm (excluding bank holidays).
You must be aged 18 years or above to access our therapy services.