Say No to OCD. Choose What Matters.

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For more than 15 years, I specialized in working with people affected by obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). That work gave me a deep appreciation for both the torment OCD can create and the resilience of those who face it.

As I step away from private practice, my focus is shifting toward sharing what I have learned through writing and OCD education. My forthcoming self-help book, Say No to OCD: The Art of Rejecting Compulsions, reflects the central idea behind my work: people with OCD can learn to recognize OCD’s demands, reject compulsions, and move toward what matters to them.

Effective OCD treatment requires saying no to reassurance or trying to reason your way out of anxiety. It means learning to recognize how OCD works, identify the compulsions that keep the cycle going, and practice responding differently.

Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) is central to this approach. Response prevention means learning not to automatically give OCD what it demands—even when uncertainty and discomfort are present.

I call this Bossing It Back: recognizing OCD’s demands, rejecting compulsions, and finding your inner boss.

My mission is to make effective OCD treatment more understandable and accessible—to people living with OCD and those who support them.

Through education and writing, I want to help people recognize how compulsions tighten OCD's grip and understand the role of Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) in breaking that cycle.

Above all, Boss It Back is about helping people spend less of their life saying yes to OCD's demands and more of their time pursuing what matters most.