I use several cognitive behavioral therapies (CBT), primarily Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) when working with OCD and anxiety, and Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP).

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a mindfulness based cognitive therapy focused around two main processes: 1) developing acceptance of difficult and unwanted thoughts and feelings (many of which are out of our personal control) and, 2) acting on our values to create a meaningful life.

Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP) uses the relationship you and I build to pay attention to and shape behaviors. We do this by seeing if the problems you are having in daily life are occurring in some form in the therapy session.

At times I might encourage slowing down to pay closer attention to behavior loops, memories, and emotions in order to hold challenging thoughts and feelings more lightly. It can be valuable to examine how thoughts connect to physical sensation and nervous-system response because our body cues impact our feelings which impact how we behave.