Online Christian Therapist Specializing in OCD in Iowa
Do you sometimes have thoughts that are uncomfortable and out of character? Maybe you spend much of your time asking yourself what those thoughts mean or seeking reassurance from others or the internet. Perhaps you double and triple check that you turned the stove off even though you didn’t cook at all today.
OCD isn't always about things like excessive handwashing or checking locks. Sometimes, the struggle happens entirely in your mind. You might replay conversations, question your memories, repeatedly pray for reassurance, or spend hours trying to figure out what your thoughts mean or whether they're true.
If this feels all too familiar, you are not alone! Therapy can help you step out of unhealthy cycles of anxiety and compulsive behaviors and discover a path toward healing.
How Therapy Can Help
Understand Your OCD
Learn to identify patterns of obsessions, compulsion, or reassurance-seeking to better understand the impact that OCD may be having on your life.
Make Room for the Unknown
OCD likes to have certainty. Questions like What if? and How do I know? often plague your mind. Therapy helps you to learn to tolerate this uncertainty rather than spinning your wheels trying to find reassurance.
Decrease Compulsions & Avoidance
Work to address intrusive thoughts in a healthy way rather than letting your life be dictated by OCD.
Ready to take the first step?
OCD & Faith
OCD often targets the things that matter most to us, including our faith. Scrupulosity is a form of OCD that centers on fears about sin, morality, or displeasing God.
You might find yourself repeatedly confessing sins, praying until it feels “right,” questioning whether something is sinful, or worrying that you've offended God without realizing it. You may even avoid religious practices because they bring up anxiety.
It can be hard to know where your faith ends and OCD begins. If you'd like, we can explore how the two intersect while using proven strategies to help you find freedom from OCD. The goal isn't to take away your faith, but to help you pursue God from a place of love and joy rather than fear.