• Have you ever gotten stuck when facing obsessions, dealing with strong urges to do a compulsion and not knowing what to do?
• Do you feel overwhelmed when hearing that to get unstuck from OCD you have to “face all obsessions”?
• Are you afraid that facing your obsessions will prove that something is wrong, immoral, and unscrupulous with you?
• Is your career affected because of sticky thoughts?
• Have you tried to start a hobby but you discontinue it because of intrusive thoughts?
• Are you worried about being asked to do exposures that are against your values and inconsistent with who you are?
• Have you tried to enjoy a TV show and it gets difficult because of sticky thoughts?
• Are you concerned that your relationships are affected because of doubtful obsessions that are hard to let go?
• Are you afraid that if you do exposure exercises something bad will happen to you or your loved ones?
• Are you taking your obsessions as the absolute truth?
• Is your life restricted?
• Are you living in your head?
• Are you disconnected from what matters to you? 

• You have to learn about the different types of exposure exercises
• You have to face all those obsessions that keep you stuck which can feel overwhelming
• You will get stuck with compulsions
• You may get confused not knowing if you are doing a compulsion or if that’s a regular behavior that is not attached to OCD
• You will have to motivate yourself to approach exposure exercises
• You may struggle distinguishing different forms of mental compulsions
• You will worry about not doing exposures right
• You may get frustrated when your brain latches onto other obsessions or compulsions
• You will have to do all those exposure exercises (and a lot more) while juggling other areas of your life – job, school, relationships, health, and religion.
• You may feel hopeless and alone 

• Instead of spending hours in your head holding with white knuckles on to the thought “it’s too much, I can’t handle it” you learn skills to face all those overwhelming obsessions that come with sticky obsessions one-by-one? 
  

• And if instead of spending all your energy managing your obsessions, wrestling with those feelings, and dwelling on whether you can handle them or not, you put all that energy into handling those troublesome moments and do the stuff that truly matters to you. 
  
  

• Imagine if you learn to ride the waves of overwhelming fears that come with obsessions without sinking? 
  
  

I’m not saying that facing your obsessions will be easy peasy, but I’m saying that once you learn ACT & ERP skills to handle any annoying feeling that comes along with intrusive thoughts, you will stop making fear-based decisions.

If there’s one real “secret” it’s that you want to learn skills to live the life you want to live and be the person you want to be.

You can learn to approach exposures in the service of your personal values without spending a lot of time, energy, and mental effort on compulsive and avoidant behaviors that keep you stuck.

Instead of thinking of exposures as the end goal, you want to think of exposures as the means to living a rich, meaningful, and purposeful life.

This is a new way of getting unstuck from OCD!

ACT beyond OCD Adult Home Study is an 8-week recorded course – where I’ll teach you Acceptance and Commitment & Exposure skills to get unstuck from OCD and get back into your life so you can connect with others, pursue a career path, entertain a hobby, do the things you like, and have fun.

ACT beyond OCD is based on the book I wrote “Living Beyond OCD” after 17 years of delivering treatment for OCD & anxiety and facilitating an intensive outpatient treatment program in my practice. 

• You will learn hands-on ACT & ERP skills to stop struggling with OCD, build long-lasting skills to deal with fearful situations, and live with intention.
• You will know how it feels to be in charge of your life, to be the driver of your life, and to be the owner of your decisions.
• You will learn how to handle triggering moments with gentleness, caring, and compassion.
• You will learn to respond to overwhelming urges without sinking into them.
• You will find your own rhythm to tackle those old compulsions and avoidant behaviors.
• You will learn to navigate those behaviors that feed into OCD episodes, find your own cadence to stop them, and maintain a rhythm that is sustainable for you in the long-run.
• You will be prepared to handle any potential downfall that may come your way as you keep living your life.
• You will recognize the difference between living in reactive mode because of obsessions and wise moves.
• You will be prepared to face obsessions, fears, worries, anxieties, not as a one-time thing but as a life-long skill.
• You will learn to get unstuck from OCD episodes as they come your way, your ability to handle obsessions will increase, and you will drop the tug-of-war with your thoughts.
• You will learn skills to handle all types of obsessions you’re dealing with in your life, yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
• You will have a full values-based exposure to continue approaching your obsessions, worries, and anxieties as they come your way.
• You will learn a new way of relating to your mind and the work you’re going to be doing when facing values-guided exposures and taking steps toward what makes you tick.

• You have been recently diagnosed with OCD and want to learn about ACT & ERP skills
• You want to prepare yourself for exposure therapy
• You’re in the middle of treatment and want to augment your skills to tackle obsessions.
• You're familiar with ERP but not with ACT, you can augment your ERP work by learning ACT skills
• You’re in full recovery from OCD and want to refresh your skills to maintain your progress.
• You're already familiar with ACT + ERP and want a refresher.

I have been trained in all models of exposure therapy: habituation model, inhibitory learning model, and ACT & ERP. 

In addition to my doctoral training, I'm a  graduate of the International OCD Foundation Behavior Therapy Training Institute (BTTI) for the treatment of pediatric OCD and adult OCD; my clinical work is primarily based on Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), the recognized front-line treatment for OCD, anxiety and related condition disorders. I completed a 10-day intensive training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).

In my practice as a full-time therapist – and I mean it, when I say full-time therapist – I have witnessed firsthand all the struggles that come with facing our fears, worries, obsessions, and anxieties. It’s not easy work.

I have seen clients that responded well to traditional models of exposure therapy and I have seen clients that got stuck and felt discouraged about the possibility of getting better. In my work as a clinician, it’s very clear that tackling OCD is hard work and is possible; but when thinking of exposure to all those intrusive thoughts that keep you stuck, one size of exposure doesn’t fit all.

I have delivered ACT & ERP in individual sessions, compact treatments (3-4 times a week), and intensive treatments (15-hrs a week). Over the years I have seen that the combination of ACT & ERP skills is long-lasting life skills, prepares you to face any obsession-related struggles that come your way, helps you to develop a new mindset, and offer you a compassionate, research-based, and actionable approach to live the life you want to live.