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ERP + ACT specialists · Young adults · New York

Specialized OCD treatment
for high-functioning
young adults.

For college students and early adults exhausted by intrusive thoughts, mental compulsions, and the constant need for certainty. We help you stop organizing your life around OCD.

Private pay · major insurances coming soon · limited openings

THIS WORK IS DESIGNED FOR CLIENTS WHO ARE

Intelligent, insightful, and overwhelmed inside despite appearing fine to everyone around them

Stuck in invisible OCD cycles and ready for structured, specialized treatment — not endless talking about thoughts

Intelligent, insightful, and overwhelmed inside despite appearing fine to everyone around them

Wanting meaningful, lasting change — not temporary reassurance that wears off

Why most therapy does not work for OCD

Most therapy does not properly treat OCD.

Many clients come to us after years of:

  • Overanalyzing thoughts in therapy without changing the underlying cycle
     

  • Receiving reassurance that briefly helped — then made OCD worse
     

  • Learning coping skills without addressing compulsions directly
     

  • Feeling misunderstood because their compulsions are mostly mental, not visible

OCD is not treated by figuring out the thoughts. It is treated by changing your relationship and response to uncertainty.

THAT IS WHY OUR PRACTICE SPECIFICALLY FOCUSES ON

METHOD ONE

Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)

ERP retrains the OCD cycle by gradually reducing compulsive responses. You learn how to face discomfort directly, stop reinforcing obsessive loops, and build real tolerance for uncertainty — not just manage around it.

METHOD TWO

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

ACT helps you disengage from intrusive thoughts without fighting them, stop treating thoughts as emergencies, and reconnect with the life you actually want to live with tiny actions. Active, structured, and deeply transformative.

TREATMENT OPTIONS

Choose your track.

STANDARD TRACK

8–12 week ERP program

$350 / 45-min session

ACCELERATED INTENSIVE

90 min deep dive sessions

$450 / 90-min session

  • Extended sessions for deeper ERP work per visit

  • Faster gains within the same 8–12 week structure

  • Ideal before college move-in, a new job, or travel

  • For clients ready to move quickly and do the work

  • Private pay only

  • Weekly sessions with an ERP + ACT specialist

  • Structured treatment plan from session one

  • Between-session practice and support

  • Clear progress tracking across 8–12 weeks

  • Private pay · major insurances coming soon

Schedule your consult call to see if we are a good fit for you

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