Among the toughest barriers to effective treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is insufficient training among mental health treatment providers providing therapy for this condition. While many graduate programs do provide an overview of the OCD counseling process, they do not offer specialized training for this specific condition.

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I am a cognitive behavioral therapist specializing in OCD, anxiety disorders, BDD, and body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs). I am also trained and certified to treat ADHD. One study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry found that 39.9% of patients with trichotillomania also had ADHD, compared to 19.9% of the control group (Trivedi et al.,

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