“What if I don’t actually love my partner? Do I even know what love is?”

“Is this a bad relationship or am I overthinking it?”

“Am I even attracted to them anymore? Are they attracted to me?”

“Is my partner settling for me?”

“Am I too much?”

Relationship Anxiety is a normal experience. We fear losing people who are important therefore want to do everything in we can to maintain these relationships. It’s when this desire becomes so all-consuming that relationship anxiety can make even the happiest and healthiest relationships feel unsafe. Relationship OCD (ROCD) takes relationship anxiety one step further and creates systems of obsession, comparison, checking behaviors, and an intense need for reassurance that create the very situations ROCD fears. Whether you struggle with relationship anxiety, insecurity, or ROCD, I offer ERP therapy to overcome these challenges. 

Different from traditional talk therapy that feeds into your anxieties and maintains your need for validation, Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) is a more effective treatment for those with OCD. ERP involves directly facing your anxieties with the support of a therapist, which builds resilience to compulsive behaviors. Learn more about ERP here. 

Some examples of ROCD compulsions are: