Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Sacramento Valley/Roseville for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

At the Cognitive Behavior Therapy Center, we provide compassionate, personalized and scientifically-based therapy for all of the various types of obsessive compulsive spectrum disorders.  OCD tends to cause fear and uncertainty about the people and things we care about most.

Types of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders We Treat in Roseville/Sacramento Valley

There are endless varieties of OCD beyond the types most people know about, such as excessive hand washing or orderliness. At the Cognitive Behavior Therapy Center of Sacramento Valley in Roseville, we treat all types of OCD including:

Contamination OCD – fears of germs or getting sick and dying from exposure to something dirty or unsafe resulting in excessive washing, showering and/or cleaning.

Just Right/Symmetry OCD – Needing things to be in just the right position or the same on both sides in order to alleviate tension or a sense of incompleteness.

Scrupulosity/Religious OCD – fear of doing or thinking something that might be immoral or offensive to God or your religion and excessive worry about going to hell.

Scrupulosity/Moral OCD – fear of doing or thinking something that might be counter to your ethical or moral values.

Safety Checking OCD – the need to repeatedly check your stoves, heaters, appliances, doors, and other items to be sure you are safe.

Postpartum OCD – intrusive, irrational thoughts of hurting your baby and checking behaviors and reassurance seeking that you would not or have not done anything harmful.

Harming Others OCD – fear of hurting another person especially a loved one or people who are important to you.

Relationship OCD – obsessive, irrational thoughts about relationship issues such as your partner’s faithfulness, obsessive jealousy or doubt about your love for your partner.

Sexually Intrusive Thoughts OCD – thoughts of a sexual nature that you find immoral or repugnant.

Sexual Orientation OCD/Gay OCD – excessive doubt about whether you are gay even though you are straight.

Health Obsessions/Hypochondriasis – excessive, irrational worry about getting a disease such as HIV, cancer or a sexually transmitted disease.

Hit and Run OCD – obsessive worry that you hit someone with your car and the need to go back and check to relieve anxiety.

Pure Obsessions/Mental Rituals OCD – intrusive or obsessive thoughts with mental rituals like counting or praying in order to neutralize the fears and reduce anxiety.

Self Harming OCD – excessive fear and doubt about whether you’ll go crazy and hurt yourself or commit suicide even though the idea of hurting or killing yourself is the last thing you want to do and you have absolutely no intention of acting on this thought.

Tourettic OCD – repetitive behaviors or rituals that you feel compelled to do to relieve physical tension or to reduce a general sense of anxiety about “something bad happening” without a specific fear.

Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum Disorders including trichotillomania/hair pulling, skin picking, tourette syndrome/tic disorders, body dysmorphic disorder and others.

How to Get Help for Obsessive Compulsive Disorders in Roseville/Sacramento Valley

The Cognitive Behavior Therapy Center specializes in OCD therapy and counseling with adults, children and teenagers. Click to send an email for more information on how we can help you or your family members overcome OCD.

Sacramento Valley and Sierra Communities We Serve

Cognitive Behavior Therapy Center of Sacramento Valley offers evidence-based therapy for Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Eating Disorders near the following Sacramento Valley and Sierra communities:

Sacramento Therapy Counseling • Roseville Therapy Counseling • Rocklin Therapy Counseling • Granite Bay Therapy Counseling • Lincoln Therapy Counseling • Folsom Therapy Counseling • Citrus Heights Therapy Counseling •  El Dorado Hills Therapy Counseling • Loomis Therapy Counseling • Grass Valley Therapy Counseling  • Auburn Therapy Counseling

The Cognitive Behavior Therapy Center of Sacramento Valley is a division of the Cognitive Behavior Therapy Center, Adult & Child Counseling, Inc. We have a successful CBT Center in the Silicon Valley/San Jose area: Cognitive Behavior Therapy Center of Silicon Valley. The CBT Center of Sacramento Valley is our second major office.

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