Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Treatment Options

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Have you been looking for OCD Therapy in Kentucky?

Have you been struggling with unwanted thoughts, images or obsessions? Having you been spending much of your time mental reviewing past events, doing repetitive behaviors or rituals or maybe seeking reassurance from others. If this sounds familiar, you maybe struggling with OCD.

What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?

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New Step Therapy provides therapy for OCD both in person and online for clients located in Kentucky. New Step Therapy has therapist that utilize Exposure Response Prevention and Acceptance Commitment Therapy. Exposure Response Prevention (ERP/EXRP) is a specialized version of cognitive behavioral therapy to treat OCD and similar diagnoses. ERP goal is to help clients break the cycle between the obsessions and compulsions and reduce the impact the symptoms have on the client’s daily functioning. ERP works to break the cycle by having the client slowly and gradually engage in intentional exposures that has the client facing situations, obsession, thoughts or images that trigger the clients anxiety or obsessions prior. The client will also be learning strategies to help resist the urge to engage in compulsions or rituals, avoidance and/or other safety behaviors to help maintain progress. Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a therapeutic approach that encourages the client to learn how to not directly control, eliminate, or avoid difficult thoughts or feelings by reframing your relationship with them and take meaningful action toward the things that matter most to you and how you wish to be functioning.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a mental health condition involving unwanted, intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors or mental acts (compulsions) that are performed to reduce anxiety or prevent a feared outcome. These patterns can be time-consuming and cause significant distress or disruption in daily life.

Common OCD symptoms include:

  • Obsessions such as fear of contamination, harm, or making a mistake

  • Compulsions like excessive cleaning, checking, counting, or seeking reassurance

  • Difficulty tolerating uncertainty

  • Avoidance of situations that trigger obsessive thoughts

  • Distress or guilt about one’s thoughts, even when they don’t reflect true desires or intentions

OCD is not simply about being overly neat or anxious—it's a serious, treatable condition. Without treatment, it can become more severe over time.

Reference: American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed., text rev.; DSM-5-TR).

New Step Therapy Treatment Approach for OCD

Treatment Team

  • Danielle Jennings, LCSW

    Danielle works with pre-teens, teens and adults. Utilizes EXRP and ACT for most clients.

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  • Frederick 'Rick' Marino

    Rick will be accepting clients starting late August 2026 and will be utilized EXRP.

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