When your thoughts start running your life…

Anxiety and OCD Therapy in Chicago, IL

Services Available Virtually Throughout Illinois and Indiana

When your mind will not give you a moment of quiet, it can feel impossible to relax.

Maybe your brain runs constant what if scenarios. What if I made a mistake. What if I hurt someone. What if I get sick. What if I fail. What if this thought means something terrible about me.

You try to reason with it. Google it. Text someone for reassurance. Replay the memory. Avoid the trigger. Double check. Triple check.

And it works. For about five minutes.

Then the doubt comes back louder.

I provide anxiety and OCD therapy in Chicago and virtual therapy throughout Illinois and Indiana for teens and young adults who are exhausted from managing fear all day long.

Does This Sound Like You?

You might be dealing with:

  • Intrusive thoughts that feel disturbing, scary, or out of character

  • Constant overthinking and rumination

  • Reassurance seeking that never fully sticks

  • Compulsive checking, researching, or mental reviewing

  • Avoiding situations that trigger anxiety

  • Needing certainty before you can relax

  • Physical anxiety symptoms like racing heart, nausea, or trouble sleeping

You might look high-functioning. Good grades. Solid job. Responsible. Reliable.

But inside, it feels relentless.

Anxiety and OCD are especially common in teens and young adults who are thoughtful, conscientious, and driven. The same brain that makes you detail-oriented and responsible can also get stuck in loops of doubt and fear.

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  • Many of my clients say, “I know this doesn’t make sense, but I can’t let it go.”

    That is the trap.

    OCD and anxiety do not respond to logic alone. They respond to certainty seeking. The more you try to get 100 percent certainty, the more your brain demands it.

    You might:

    Replay conversations for hours
    Mentally check your memories
    Avoid saying certain words
    Research symptoms late at night
    Ask friends or family if you are a bad person
    Create rules to prevent something bad from happening

    On the outside, it might just look like you are careful. On the inside, it feels like you are never off the clock.

    You are tired of managing your thoughts. You want to live your life.

  • Let’s go from:

    Needing reassurance to feel okay
    → Trusting yourself without the extra check

    Replaying conversations at 2 am
    → Sleeping through the night

    Avoiding triggers
    → Facing them with confidence

    Trying to eliminate every intrusive thought
    → Letting thoughts exist without power

    Living in your head
    → Participating in your actual life

    That shift is possible with the right kind of anxiety and OCD therapy.

  • I use evidence-based treatments including Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).

    ERP is considered the gold standard treatment for OCD. It helps you gradually face the thoughts, situations, or sensations that trigger anxiety while resisting the urge to perform compulsions or seek reassurance.

    This might sound intimidating. We do it collaboratively and strategically.

    No throwing you into the deep end. No forcing you into something you are not ready for. We build a plan together.

    You will learn how to:

    • Recognize OCD and anxiety patterns

    • Reduce compulsions and reassurance seeking

    • Tolerate uncertainty without spiraling

    • Respond to intrusive thoughts differently

    • Build confidence in your ability to handle discomfort

    Instead of trying to eliminate anxiety completely, we focus on changing your relationship to it.

    Because the goal is not a perfectly quiet mind. The goal is a mind that does not control your life.

  • If you are a teenager, anxiety can show up as school stress, social fears, panic attacks, perfectionism, or obsessive worries about health, safety, or relationships.

    You might feel embarrassed about your intrusive thoughts. You might worry that something is wrong with you.

    It is not.

    If you are a college student or young adult, anxiety can attach itself to career decisions, relationships, independence, or big life transitions. You might feel behind, stuck, or afraid of making the wrong move.

    Therapy gives you a space to slow down, understand your brain, and build real skills.

OCD Is Not Your Personality

OCD can be sneaky.

It can attach to the things you care about most.

Your relationships. Your values. Your identity. Your future.

It tells you that if you just think about it a little longer or check one more time, you will feel certain.

But certainty is not the solution.

In OCD therapy, we work toward flexibility, not perfection. Toward courage, not control. Toward living according to your values, not your fears.

You do not have to figure this out alone.

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What Change Actually Looks Like

With consistent anxiety and OCD therapy in Chicago or virtual therapy in Illinois and Indiana, you can begin to notice:

  • Intrusive thoughts feel less urgent

  • You spend less time ruminating

  • Compulsions decrease

  • You make decisions more confidently

  • You show up to school, work, and relationships with more ease

You still have a thoughtful, driven brain. It just is not running the show anymore.

You deserve a life that is not dictated by what if.

If you are ready to stop managing fear and start moving toward what matters to you, anxiety and OCD therapy can help you get there.

And I would be honored to walk alongside you.

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