Sometimes we as people wait until the last minute to solve a problem. I know I've been guilty of it. There's so many time in my life...

If you live with OCD, you may have noticed how stress seems to make everything harder. Maybe your intrusive thoughts feel louder, your...

Top 3 Benefits of Therapy Intensives for Faster Healing For people navigating the exhausting and overwhelming terrain of OCD or trauma,...

Change is an inevitable part of life, but for individuals with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), even positive transitions can feel...

When I had my first baby at age 24 I hopped on google early on in my pregnancy. I was nervous about delivery and determined to research...

I still remember sitting on my bedroom floor at eight years old, gripping a pencil and a notebook, determined to write down every single...

Introduction Living with OCD or PTSD  is hard enough on its own — but when they show up together, things can get really messy, really...

While Bruce Perry is better known for his Book co-authored with Oprah Winfrey called What Happened To You, I first came across him...

Crushes and Chaos As a young college student I had a roommate whose relationships seemed intense.  She would say she wanted to be single,...

If Your C-PTSD Goes Into Remission, I’ll Throw You a Pizza Party It started as a joke. A playful post on social media designed to add a...

Disclaimer: The advice in the blog will not apply to every person with C-PTSD and this blog post is not a replacement for individual...

Shame As a young sociology graduate student I was struggling with scrupulosity that I thought was in remission. It had stopped being so...

While most of my colleagues call me an OCD specialist or a trauma specialist I call myself a guilt specialist. There's nobody better at...

As a therapist specializing in scrupulosity , my clients often grapple with intense feelings of guilt and shame surrounding their...

A relative with scrupulosity once shared with me that in their first therapy session as a teen, their therapist asked them what was...

As a therapist working in Utah I was hit very early on in my career by how much shame is affecting our community. Shame is the belief...

If I had to describe my clients this week with one word it would be “triggered.” My clients tend to be LDS affiliated and worry a lot...

Any mental health diagnosis is hard on a parent. You want to help your kid, but unless you have a PhD in psychology you’re probably...

I’m Afraid I’ll Become My Mom Early on in my clinical work I treated a woman who I considered an exceptional parent. She often brought...

What the Heck is Scrupulosity? In a world where mental health awareness is becoming increasingly prominent, some conditions still remain...