Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD) Therapists in Sierra Madre, CA
Kristy Cepielik
Licensed Professional Counselor, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Sierra Madre, CA 91024
I specialize in relationship issues pertaining to Infidelity; Youth (most often impacted by familial stressors) and Communication, which correlates and can manifest as obsessive thoughts, anxiety, depression and related addictions. Infidelity is a symptom of underlying issues. Trained in EMDR to identify and manage trauma, I became a therapist due to personal experience in dealing with affairs. I understand the emotional roller coaster infidelity creates. Emotional education and processing is important to understanding why you are experiencing the emotions you are dealing with.
I specialize in relationship issues pertaining to Infidelity; Youth (most often impacted by familial stressors) and Communication, which correlates and can manifest as obsessive thoughts, anxiety, depression and related addictions. Infidelity is a symptom of underlying issues. Trained in EMDR to identify and manage trauma, I became a therapist due to personal experience in dealing with affairs. I understand the emotional roller coaster infidelity creates. Emotional education and processing is important to understanding why you are experiencing the emotions you are dealing with.
Tina Pham
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, AMFT, APCC
Verified Verified
Sierra Madre, CA 91024 (Online Only)
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I have trained with world-renowned thought leaders in the treatment of anxiety, panic, OCD, depression, and trauma.
Have you ever felt trapped by the fears and worries that run through your head? Do you feel disconnected from your loved ones? Are you avoiding things that you used to love and losing hope that things will start to get better? I'm here to help you. Using evidence-based techniques, I partner with you to help you learn skills to live the life that you want to live. I specialize in working with teenagers, adults, couples, and families in addressing mental health and relational concerns and use research-backed methods to help you learn and gain the skills to overcome the challenges you face.
I have trained with world-renowned thought leaders in the treatment of anxiety, panic, OCD, depression, and trauma.
Have you ever felt trapped by the fears and worries that run through your head? Do you feel disconnected from your loved ones? Are you avoiding things that you used to love and losing hope that things will start to get better? I'm here to help you. Using evidence-based techniques, I partner with you to help you learn skills to live the life that you want to live. I specialize in working with teenagers, adults, couples, and families in addressing mental health and relational concerns and use research-backed methods to help you learn and gain the skills to overcome the challenges you face.
Whatever your struggle, I want to help you overcome it. I am committed to offering a therapy experience that is both safe and flexible: one where you are free to be yourself, yet create new possibilities for your life. I believe that every human being bears unique gifts, and that together we can use your strengths to bring about life change. So, in addition to determining what has gone wrong, we will make use of what has "gone right."
As a result, your therapeutic experience is likely to be both meaningful and "user-friendly."
Whatever your struggle, I want to help you overcome it. I am committed to offering a therapy experience that is both safe and flexible: one where you are free to be yourself, yet create new possibilities for your life. I believe that every human being bears unique gifts, and that together we can use your strengths to bring about life change. So, in addition to determining what has gone wrong, we will make use of what has "gone right."
As a result, your therapeutic experience is likely to be both meaningful and "user-friendly."
In my practice, I emphasize the importance of every individual knowing that they have been understood. I am passionate about helping others know themselves better and I meet my clients wherever they are regardless of age, area of struggle, or disability. My specializations are: Neurodevelopmental Delays including Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Issues, Behavioral Challenges, Impulse Control Issues, Learning Disabilities, and Regulation and Sensory Processing Disorders. I provide individual, family and group therapy, parent coaching, neuropsychological assessment, and school consultations.
In my practice, I emphasize the importance of every individual knowing that they have been understood. I am passionate about helping others know themselves better and I meet my clients wherever they are regardless of age, area of struggle, or disability. My specializations are: Neurodevelopmental Delays including Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Issues, Behavioral Challenges, Impulse Control Issues, Learning Disabilities, and Regulation and Sensory Processing Disorders. I provide individual, family and group therapy, parent coaching, neuropsychological assessment, and school consultations.
The focus of my work in Marriage and Family Therapy has been to help individuals and families gain greater control over their lives, acquire freedom from areas of trauma and maintain healthy relationships with God and loved ones.
The focus of my work in Marriage and Family Therapy has been to help individuals and families gain greater control over their lives, acquire freedom from areas of trauma and maintain healthy relationships with God and loved ones.
Choices Counseling & Skills Center
Marriage & Family Therapist, MFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Sierra Madre, CA 91024
Is ongoing daily stress taking its toll at work or home? Does it feel like the most important people in your life can't hear what you want or won't take "no" for an answer?
Let's work together to manage stress and take control of emotional reactions and behaviors. When we're angry, hurt, afraid, or nervous we often react in ways that can make an already difficult situation worse. Or, we just freeze and it gets even bigger! It often feels like the more critical the situation, the less effective we are! We can help.
Is ongoing daily stress taking its toll at work or home? Does it feel like the most important people in your life can't hear what you want or won't take "no" for an answer?
Let's work together to manage stress and take control of emotional reactions and behaviors. When we're angry, hurt, afraid, or nervous we often react in ways that can make an already difficult situation worse. Or, we just freeze and it gets even bigger! It often feels like the more critical the situation, the less effective we are! We can help.
Sulfiati's Threshold Counseling
Counselor, MA, LMHC
Verified Verified
Sierra Madre, CA 91024 (Online Only)
Are you at a crossroads? Throughout life, we experience "little deaths" that change our life’s course. Loss of a dream, health, family, the earth we stand on, job, marriage, relationship, country or beliefs can suddenly take us over a threshold, chosen or not into a new world where life no longer makes any sense. Our old tools and ways of coping or understanding our self or our world are no longer enough to pilot us to the other side of what can feel like a vast, deep and turbulent river. While often terrifying, these are the golden opportunities in which our true nature, our soul or purpose in life can be revealed.
Are you at a crossroads? Throughout life, we experience "little deaths" that change our life’s course. Loss of a dream, health, family, the earth we stand on, job, marriage, relationship, country or beliefs can suddenly take us over a threshold, chosen or not into a new world where life no longer makes any sense. Our old tools and ways of coping or understanding our self or our world are no longer enough to pilot us to the other side of what can feel like a vast, deep and turbulent river. While often terrifying, these are the golden opportunities in which our true nature, our soul or purpose in life can be revealed.
I am a licensed psychologist who works with adults and couples who face either temporary distress in their lives or longstanding problems with depression, anxiety, trauma, or personal/communication difficulties. I also specialize in the treatment of the psychological problems and decisions encountered in infertility and have expertise in helping persons, within their religious framework, resolve negative or traumatic experiences.
I am a licensed psychologist who works with adults and couples who face either temporary distress in their lives or longstanding problems with depression, anxiety, trauma, or personal/communication difficulties. I also specialize in the treatment of the psychological problems and decisions encountered in infertility and have expertise in helping persons, within their religious framework, resolve negative or traumatic experiences.
Curtis Miller
Marriage & Family Therapist, PsyD, DMin, LMFT
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Sierra Madre, CA 91024
The most fascinating and important part of my job as a therapist is how to have a really good conversation. It may sound too simple, but it cuts to the heart of what to expect from therapy. Through good conversation, you experience connection and understanding. When we are understood, difficult feelings change with resulting freedoms to engage life. Trained both as a Marriage and Family therapist and a psychoanalyst, I work with complex relationship issues, divorce and blended families, depression, anxiety, addictions, men's issues, and sexual trauma recovery, and integration of psychology and faith/spirituality.
The most fascinating and important part of my job as a therapist is how to have a really good conversation. It may sound too simple, but it cuts to the heart of what to expect from therapy. Through good conversation, you experience connection and understanding. When we are understood, difficult feelings change with resulting freedoms to engage life. Trained both as a Marriage and Family therapist and a psychoanalyst, I work with complex relationship issues, divorce and blended families, depression, anxiety, addictions, men's issues, and sexual trauma recovery, and integration of psychology and faith/spirituality.
Jessica Gillespie
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Sierra Madre, CA 91024 (Online Only)
My mission is to empower those that I work with to have meaningful connections to themselves and the world around them.I specialize in supporting individuals, couples and families who are in transition - specifically, if a family member is in treatment or struggling with abuse, trauma, eating disorders or chemical dependency. It is very important to me that I respect my clients' philosophies, values and goals in therapy. As I work with a family, I'm sensitive to the experience of being invited in and I only offer solutions that fit within the family culture.
My mission is to empower those that I work with to have meaningful connections to themselves and the world around them.I specialize in supporting individuals, couples and families who are in transition - specifically, if a family member is in treatment or struggling with abuse, trauma, eating disorders or chemical dependency. It is very important to me that I respect my clients' philosophies, values and goals in therapy. As I work with a family, I'm sensitive to the experience of being invited in and I only offer solutions that fit within the family culture.
Emotional pain can reveal areas that need attention, care, and exploration. Sometimes exploring the meaningful stories behind the emotional pain can be difficult, but it can be our guide to growth and healing. I am here to help you explore emotions and thoughts while offering a safe space to cultivate letting go of the things outside of your control.
Emotional pain can reveal areas that need attention, care, and exploration. Sometimes exploring the meaningful stories behind the emotional pain can be difficult, but it can be our guide to growth and healing. I am here to help you explore emotions and thoughts while offering a safe space to cultivate letting go of the things outside of your control.
Hi there, I'm Jonathan, a licensed marriage and family therapist. Congratulations on taking your first step toward wellness and recovery! I help people with issues like anxiety, depression, ADHD, anger management, marital/pre-marital issues, and more. I help my clients find their inner peace, develop coping skills for inter/intrapersonal struggles, and gain insight and focus to possess healthy cognitions and lifestyle choices. I use a variety of techniques including CBT, Solution Focused, Psychoanalytic, Humanistic, and Family Systems. I am nationally accredited as a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist.
Hi there, I'm Jonathan, a licensed marriage and family therapist. Congratulations on taking your first step toward wellness and recovery! I help people with issues like anxiety, depression, ADHD, anger management, marital/pre-marital issues, and more. I help my clients find their inner peace, develop coping skills for inter/intrapersonal struggles, and gain insight and focus to possess healthy cognitions and lifestyle choices. I use a variety of techniques including CBT, Solution Focused, Psychoanalytic, Humanistic, and Family Systems. I am nationally accredited as a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist.
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Marketa Velehradska
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Pasadena, CA 91107
I am a licensed clinical social worker with 11 years of experience providing psychotherapy to adults and teens. I have an extensive training in cognitive behavioral therapy but utilize an eclectic treatment approach that includes behavioral, mindfulness and interpersonal therapy. I specialize in treatment of depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, as well as trauma and PTSD. I strive to provide a safe and nurturing environment for clients to explore their current challenges and develop healthier coping mechanisms. I am committed to helping each individual achieve their goals. Please call or email me with additional questions or to set up an appointment.
I am a licensed clinical social worker with 11 years of experience providing psychotherapy to adults and teens. I have an extensive training in cognitive behavioral therapy but utilize an eclectic treatment approach that includes behavioral, mindfulness and interpersonal therapy. I specialize in treatment of depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, as well as trauma and PTSD. I strive to provide a safe and nurturing environment for clients to explore their current challenges and develop healthier coping mechanisms. I am committed to helping each individual achieve their goals. Please call or email me with additional questions or to set up an appointment.
As someone who has 32+ years of living with OCD, I can say, with sincerity, that I empathize with you and I'd be honored to help.
Many of my clients struggle with distressing thoughts and feelings. My clients often make mental and physical efforts to relieve the distress but are generally unable to find lasting relief. Many suffer in silence as thoughts become too difficult to talk about. My clients want to live life without so much fear, anxiety, guilt, and time-consuming behaviors.
As someone who has 32+ years of living with OCD, I can say, with sincerity, that I empathize with you and I'd be honored to help.
Many of my clients struggle with distressing thoughts and feelings. My clients often make mental and physical efforts to relieve the distress but are generally unable to find lasting relief. Many suffer in silence as thoughts become too difficult to talk about. My clients want to live life without so much fear, anxiety, guilt, and time-consuming behaviors.
I have worked with a wide range of clients from all backgrounds, with an emphasis on treating veterans and their families. I value a person-centered approach to building respectful and collaborative relationships to empower the change my clients seek through therapy. My area of particular interest is in working with individuals during life transitions, dealing with childhood trauma, OCD, ADHD, loss and grief, transgender issues, depression, anxiety, and interpersonal relationship struggles.
I have worked with a wide range of clients from all backgrounds, with an emphasis on treating veterans and their families. I value a person-centered approach to building respectful and collaborative relationships to empower the change my clients seek through therapy. My area of particular interest is in working with individuals during life transitions, dealing with childhood trauma, OCD, ADHD, loss and grief, transgender issues, depression, anxiety, and interpersonal relationship struggles.
, social anxiety, OCD, panic disorder), including exposure.
Do you struggle with constant worry and perfectionism? Does anxiety affect your ability to connect with others and your life in a meaningful way? Are you going through a current life transition or stressor with which you are struggling to adapt? Difficulty in your current relationships? Through my years providing therapy and supervising students who are learning how to become therapists, I have developed an expertise in these areas. I provide Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), and exposure therapy.
, social anxiety, OCD, panic disorder), including exposure.
Do you struggle with constant worry and perfectionism? Does anxiety affect your ability to connect with others and your life in a meaningful way? Are you going through a current life transition or stressor with which you are struggling to adapt? Difficulty in your current relationships? Through my years providing therapy and supervising students who are learning how to become therapists, I have developed an expertise in these areas. I provide Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), and exposure therapy.
Joshua Sandler
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MFA, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Arcadia, CA 91006
I specialize in helping adults & couples of all identities work on trauma, anxiety, boundaries, attachment, shame, authenticity, ADHD, OCD & intimacy.
Do you want to dig deeper? Are you repeating behaviors or situations and wishing you could break the cycle? Are you or your partner struggling with mismatched communication, attachment, intimacy, reactions, vulnerability, desire, culture, or conflict resolution styles? Sometimes, we're not sure what causes our distress, but we can sense we're not reaching our potential for health, happiness, or success. Even when we know the cause, change can still feel impossible. That's where I come in. Without judgment, my job is to listen, help you understand root causes of your difficulties, & teach you practical tools to help change your life.
I specialize in helping adults & couples of all identities work on trauma, anxiety, boundaries, attachment, shame, authenticity, ADHD, OCD & intimacy.
Do you want to dig deeper? Are you repeating behaviors or situations and wishing you could break the cycle? Are you or your partner struggling with mismatched communication, attachment, intimacy, reactions, vulnerability, desire, culture, or conflict resolution styles? Sometimes, we're not sure what causes our distress, but we can sense we're not reaching our potential for health, happiness, or success. Even when we know the cause, change can still feel impossible. That's where I come in. Without judgment, my job is to listen, help you understand root causes of your difficulties, & teach you practical tools to help change your life.
I specialize in treating trauma, dissociative disorders, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, OCD, schizophrenia, and chemical dependency.
I have been practicing for over 30 years in the field of mental health and addiction. In individual therapy I utilize a psychodynamic and CBT approach in which work with clients unfold as a mutual, collaborative process occurring in an atmosphere of safety and respect. I view a clients' problem(s) in a framework that places an emphasis on how their past emotional and interpersonal experiences are affecting the way they are today. I believe that a client's unconscious can influence their inner experience (e.g., thoughts and feelings).
I specialize in treating trauma, dissociative disorders, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, OCD, schizophrenia, and chemical dependency.
I have been practicing for over 30 years in the field of mental health and addiction. In individual therapy I utilize a psychodynamic and CBT approach in which work with clients unfold as a mutual, collaborative process occurring in an atmosphere of safety and respect. I view a clients' problem(s) in a framework that places an emphasis on how their past emotional and interpersonal experiences are affecting the way they are today. I believe that a client's unconscious can influence their inner experience (e.g., thoughts and feelings).
Relationships For Better: Individuals + Couples
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Arcadia, CA 91006
You want to thrive in your closest relationship: we're here for you. My name is Megan Lundgren, and I am the Director of Relationships For Better, a relationship counseling private practice based in Monrovia, in the San Gabriel Valley. My team of experienced and skilled therapists specializes in helping people navigate relationship hurdles with compassion and care. Relationships are the most important part of life: let's make them better, together.
You want to thrive in your closest relationship: we're here for you. My name is Megan Lundgren, and I am the Director of Relationships For Better, a relationship counseling private practice based in Monrovia, in the San Gabriel Valley. My team of experienced and skilled therapists specializes in helping people navigate relationship hurdles with compassion and care. Relationships are the most important part of life: let's make them better, together.
People seek therapy with me for a variety of reasons. Sometimes it is about something specific like a relationship problem, eating disorder, parenting issue, or many other human dilemmas. At other times it is because of general feelings of depression, anxiety, difficulty concentrating or dissatisfaction at work or in their relationships. We can talk on the phone to determine what you need and then I will work closely with you to determine the best course of therapy.
People seek therapy with me for a variety of reasons. Sometimes it is about something specific like a relationship problem, eating disorder, parenting issue, or many other human dilemmas. At other times it is because of general feelings of depression, anxiety, difficulty concentrating or dissatisfaction at work or in their relationships. We can talk on the phone to determine what you need and then I will work closely with you to determine the best course of therapy.
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Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD) Therapists
How long does OCD treatment take?
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is often treated on a weekly or twice-weekly schedule, depending on symptom severity and the client’s preferences. Some clients may start to see a noticeable improvement in symptoms in as little as six weeks, but it’s also possible, especially in more severe cases, for treatment to take several months to a year before significant progress is made.
What happens if OCD is not treated?
Some people with OCD, especially those with mild symptoms, may find that they are able to adapt reasonably well to life with the condition, even if their symptoms never resolve completely. However, many people, particularly those whose symptoms are severe at the outset, find that their obsessions and compulsions grow more intrusive with time, making it harder to maintain relationships, hold down a job, or navigate the world successfully.
Are there medications for OCD?
Medication can be used to treat OCD. The class of drugs most often prescribed are selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, which include fluvoxamine (under the brand name Luvox), fluoxetine (Prozac), and sertraline (Zoloft), among others. In cases of treatment-resistant OCD, other classes of medication, such as tricyclic antidepressants or atypical antipsychotics, may be prescribed. Medication is frequently used in conjunction with therapy.
Can OCD come back after treatment?
Yes. Major life transitions, periods of stress, or other factors can cause symptoms to return or, if they were never fully eradicated, to ramp back up in intensity. For some, these relapses are brief and do not require additional treatment; identifying specific triggers and practicing the skills learned in therapy can help speed their course. For others, returning to therapy for a brief period can help address the underlying stress and strengthen coping mechanisms.