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Therapy for OCD
in North Vancouver
Support for intrusive thoughts, “what ifs,” compulsions, and rituals.
You're in the right place.Feeling stuck in loops you can’t turn off? If your mind feels loud, repetitive, and hard to trust, you’re not alone. Therapy can help.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder has a way of pulling you into cycles:
intrusive thoughts → anxiety → compulsions → temporary relief → repeat.
It can feel convincing, urgent, and often necessary. But what it’s actually doing is keeping you stuck. Therapy can help you step out of the loop and back into your life.
Intrusive thoughts that feel scary, shameful, disgusting, disturbing, unacceptable, or “not you,”
Constant doubt (“What if I did something wrong?” “What if I hurt someone?”),
Mental or physical rituals to feel certain, safe, or “just right” (washing hands, repeated phrases, rumination, checking the stove, etc.),
Reassurance seeking (from Google, people, or yourself - “I would never do that”),
Avoiding situations that trigger anxiety or uncertainty (not using knives when cooking, not eating food near its expiration date, clicking “not interested” for certain social media content),
Feeling like you can’t move on until something feels resolved.
You might logically know your fears don’t make sense, but they still feel very real.
❋ OCD can often show up as :OCD isn’t a thought problem. It’s a response-to-the-thought problem. Therapy helps you change how you respond to those thoughts so they have less power over your anxiety and behaviour.
HOW DOES OCD THERAPY WORK?
ERP: THE GOLD STANDARD FOR OCD TREATMENT
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) is the most effective, evidence-based treatment for OCD.
ERP works by helping you gradually face the thoughts, situations, or feelings that trigger your OCD, while choosing not to do the compulsions that usually follow. Over time, your brain learns that the anxiety fades on its own and that the feared outcome doesn’t need to be controlled, which is how the OCD cycle starts to weaken.
Other modalities that I typically use include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). ACT & CBT support OCD treatment by helping you relate differently to intrusive thoughts: CBT builds awareness of thinking patterns, while ACT helps you make space for uncertainty and choose actions based on your values, not OCD.
What to expect?
Therapy is collaborative, practical, and paced to feel challenging but manageable. Our work starts with understanding your OCD: your triggers, your compulsions, and what keeps the cycle going.
During sessions, you can expect:
A warm, non-judgmental space,
Clear explanations of how OCD works,
Structured, evidence-based strategies (ERP),
Support as you practice new responses,
Someone who understands how convincing OCD can feel.
ABOUT ALEXINA
📍 I’m a Registered Clinical Counsellor in North Vancouver.
🗣️ I work with anxiety, perfectionism, and negative self-talk in kids, teens, and young adults (ages 10–25).
☕️ My approach is warm, collaborative, and humorous.
🧠 I primarily use Cogntive Behaviour Therapy.
📚 I have a Master of Counselling Psychology, where I specialized in school and youth populations.
✨ I completed my clinical practicum at Foundry North Shore.
🤓 I tutored high school math for 10 years.
🏃♀️ My sport of choice is trail ultramarathons.
🐶 I have a dog named Chauncey.