Laura Yocum, LMFT, Executive Director of the OCD Center of Los Angeles, shares Part 1 of her personal journey with OCD—from a little girl overwhelmed by fear and responsibility to the beginning of a path that would ultimately shape her life and career. In this deeply personal story, Laura reflects on the early experiences of OCD that she carried quietly for years and the moments that began to change everything.
Category: Scrupulosity OCD
Online Reassurance Seeking: Compulsions in the Digital Age
Emmily Hovhannisyan, MSW, ACSW, of the OCD Center of Los Angeles discusses the common existential OCD, discussing its presentation, common existential thoughts, and treatment overview.
You, Me and the OCD: How Couples Therapy Can Help in Relationships Impacted by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Emma Kazarian, AMFT, APCC, of the OCD Center of Los Angeles discusses the benefit of seeking OCD-informed couples therapy when OCD impacts the relationship dynamic between partners. In part one, Emma discusses the ways in which the partner with OCD can know what to look out for in assessing the need for couples therapy, and how to support their partner through psychoeducation, communication and disclosure.
When Philosophy Becomes a Compulsion: A Closer Look at Existential OCD
Kristen Taylor-Ladd, MA, LMFT, of the OCD Center of Los Angeles discusses the common existential OCD, discussing its presentation, common existential thoughts, and treatment overview.
The Backdoor Spike: How Having No Anxiety Scares the Hell Out of You!!
Kristen Taylor-Ladd, MA, LMFT, of the OCD Center of Los Angeles discusses the common OCD experience of the backdoor spike: what is it, what it can look like, and how it can be treated.
Meet Our Social Media Manager Natalie Najera!
Natalie Najera, of the OCD Center of Los Angeles, brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our team as our Social Media Manager, as well as her own personal experience and recovery from OCD.
Seeking a Spiritual Escape: Spiritual Bypass and Scrupulosity OCD
Brandi Roberts, MS, AMFT, of the OCD Center of Los Angeles, shares her personal experience and recovery from religious scrupulosity OCD and spiritual bypassing, as well as discusses the dynamics and treatment of this common OCD subtype.