Therapy for OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)

OCD is not simply liking things tidy. It can involve intrusive thoughts, fear, doubt, rituals, checking, reassurance seeking, and a painful need to feel certain.

Moffat can support the counselling side of OCD patterns. If symptoms are severe, specialist OCD treatment such as CBT with exposure and response prevention may also be important.

How this can show up

• Intrusive thoughts that feel frightening, shameful, or out of character
• Checking, cleaning, counting, repeating, confessing, or reassurance seeking
• Avoiding people, places, tasks, or objects that trigger fear
• Feeling temporary relief after a ritual, then doubt returning
• Worrying that having a thought means something about who you are

What counselling with Moffat can focus on

Sessions can help you understand the anxiety loop, reduce shame, and notice how compulsions keep fear alive. Moffat can also support work around stress, identity, responsibility, and the emotional cost of living with constant doubt.

Starting sessions

You can speak about intrusive thoughts without being judged as dangerous or bad. Thoughts and values are not the same thing.