OCD, ANXIETY, & PHOBIAS
When your mind won't let you just let it go.
Maybe you're caught in an endless loop of *what ifs*, replaying conversations, seeking reassurance, avoiding situations that feel too uncertain, or doing things over and over just to feel okay. You may even know your fears don't completely make sense—and still feel unable to turn them off.
OCD and anxiety can take up an incredible amount of mental space. Therapy can help you understand what's keeping the cycle going, respond differently to anxiety and uncertainty, and start making more room for the life you actually want to live.
Does This Sound Familiar?
Many people with OCD or anxiety experience:
Constant or excessive worry
Intrusive thoughts that are hard to ignore
Feeling the need to do things
"just right"
Racing thoughts or a feeling that your mind won't slow down
Panic attacks or intense physical anxiety
Spending a lot of time on mental or physical rituals
Seeking reassurance repeatedly
Difficulty tolerating uncertainty
Avoiding situations, people, or places due to fear or uncertainty
Feeling like anxiety or OCD is taking over your life
Wherever you find yourself today, therapy offers a space to pause, reflect, and move forward with support.
OCD and anxiety aren't
the same thing.
Anxiety often involves ongoing worry, fear, or a sense of being on high alert—like your body and mind are constantly bracing for something to go wrong.
OCD often involves intrusive, unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and/or repetitive behaviors or mental rituals (compulsions) that feel difficult to resist, even when they don't make logical sense.
While they can look similar and often occur together, they're not the same—and understanding the difference can help you get the right kind of support.
Anxiety may
look like:
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Excessive worry
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Feeling on edge
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Avoidance
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Panic attacks
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Physical symptoms
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(e.g., racing heart,
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tension, nausea)
OCD may
look like:
OCD and
anxiety often
overlap and
can occur
together.
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Intrusive thoughts or mental images
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Repetitive behaviors or mental rituals
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A need for certainty or "just right" feelings
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Difficulty tolerating uncertainty
How Therapy Can Help
Therapy for OCD and anxiety is not just about "thinking more positively" or "letting it go". We use evidence-based approaches, including Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Acceptance and Committment Therapy (ACT), to help you:
Understand what's keeping the cycle going
Build new skills for responding to anxiety and intrusive thoughts
Gradually face fears in a safe and supportive way
Reduce reliance on compulsions and avoidance
Create more flexibility, confidence, and freedom in your daily life
Support For Your Experience
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Support for unwanted thoughts, fears, compulsions, reassurance-seeking, and patterns that can keep you feeling stuck.
Generalized
Anxiety & Perfectionism
Help with chronic worry, overthinking, self-doubt, high expectations, and the pressure to get things “just right.”
Panic Attacks
Learn to understand and respond differently to intense waves of fear, physical sensations, and anxiety about when panic might happen again.
Intrusive Thoughts
Support for distressing, unwanted thoughts or images that can feel difficult to dismiss—even when they don’t reflect what you actually want or believe.
Phobias & Specific Fears
Work through fears and avoidance that may be limiting your choices, relationships, activities, or everyday life.
Meet Taylor
ASSOCIATE CLINICIAN
I know how exhausting it can be when anxiety or intrusive thoughts seem to take up more and more space in your life. My goal is to create a space where you feel understood while also helping you build the confidence and skills to respond differently to the thoughts, fears, and patterns that are keeping you stuck.
I specialize in working with adults navigating OCD, anxiety, panic, and trauma. My approach is warm and collaborative, but also active and practical. I draw from evidence-based approaches including Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), CBT, ACT, and EMDR, tailoring our work to you rather than expecting you to fit into one particular approach.
Therapy with me isn’t about eliminating every uncomfortable thought or never feeling anxious again. It’s about helping anxiety take up less space so you can spend more of your energy on the people, experiences, and parts of life that matter to you.
Fully Virtual Practice
Secure teletherapy sessions only.
Licensed in Georgia, Oregon, Florida, & South Carolina*
*Availability varies by clinician and state licensure
