OCD therapy with the treatment that actually works.
Doctoral-level (PhD/PsyD) psychologists treating ocd for people
in Fresno and across the Central Valley — online, in-network, and usually with no waitlist. Specialist care can be thin on the ground in the Central Valley — telehealth puts a doctoral-level psychologist within reach no matter where in Fresno you are.
The intrusive thought you'd never act on but can't stop reacting to. The checking, the reassurance-seeking, the mental review that eats hours. OCD is not "being particular" — it's a specific, treatable disorder, and generic talk therapy can make it worse.
OCD therapy, explained.
OCD runs on a loop: an intrusive thought spikes anxiety, a compulsion relieves it for a moment, and the loop gets stronger. The gold-standard treatment is Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) — deliberately facing the trigger without the compulsion until the brain learns the alarm is false. For clients who don't tolerate ERP, we also offer Inference-Based CBT (I-CBT). This is specialist work; our OCD clinicians are trained in it, and a typical course runs 12–20 sessions to substantial relief.
OCD therapy in Fresno.
The Central Valley works hard and often gets overlooked — agriculture, long hours, and a culture where “toughing it out” is the default answer to struggling.
Specialist mental-health care has long been harder to find in the Valley than on the coast. Telehealth puts a doctoral-level psychologist within reach of Fresno without a drive to the Bay or LA. Every one of our
psychologists is licensed in California and sees clients across Fresno County — the Tower District, Clovis, northeast Fresno, and the surrounding Valley towns —
by secure video. Where you are in Fresno decides the view out your window during session, not whether
you can get ocd care.
What ocd therapy here looks like.
- ERP — the gold-standard, research-backed OCD treatment, delivered by trained specialists
- Inference-Based CBT (I-CBT) as an alternative for those who don't tolerate ERP
- A clear course of care — most people reach substantial relief in 12–20 sessions
Who you’d work with.
Dr. Jessica Habashy
Dr. Maria Meinerding
Dr. Sara Chamberlin
