OCD therapy with the treatment that actually works.
Doctoral-level (PhD/PsyD) psychologists treating ocd for people
in Los Angeles and across Southern California — online, in-network, and usually with no waitlist. From Downtown to the Valley to the Westside, you can see a licensed psychologist without losing two hours to the 405 to get there.
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 Los Angeles.
Los Angeles runs on hustle — long commutes, an industry built on rejection, and a sprawl that can make a city of four million feel isolating. That's a lot of nervous systems running hot.
In-person specialists cluster on the Westside and charge accordingly. Telehealth means someone in Boyle Heights or Sylmar works with the same doctoral-level psychologist as someone in Santa Monica — without surrendering an afternoon to the 405. Every one of our
psychologists is licensed in California and sees clients across Los Angeles County — Downtown, the San Fernando Valley, the Westside, South LA, the Eastside, and the beach cities —
by secure video. Where you are in Los Angeles 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
