OCD therapists

Family Therapist, MS, LCMFT

Jennifer Fang Brehm is a licensed clinical marriage and family therapist in Silver Spring, Maryland, with 18 years in practice and licenses in Maryland and DC. She sees individuals, couples and families of all ages, from young children to older adults, and her specialty is couples work, including communication, conflict, intimacy, co-parenting, premarital preparation and separation or divorce. She also helps with grief, anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD and family conflict. She views the therapy relationship as a judgment-free place to explore and heal emotional, interpersonal and spiritual concerns. Her methods are research-supported, mainly CBT, emotionally focused therapy and solution-focused therapy, with play therapy for children. She offers a free phone consultation and sessions in person and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW-C

Amy Gates is a licensed certified clinical social worker in Rockville, Maryland, with 26 years in practice. She works with adults who feel overwhelmed, anxious or depressed, and she helps people who feel stuck in difficult life transitions. A large part of her practice is couples and parenting work, often with parents raising a child with special needs, helping them develop coping strategies that ease worry. She also sees teens, older adults and families, with concerns including grief, self-esteem, OCD and the perinatal period. Her approach is supportive, practical and solution-focused, treating therapy as a way to make change rather than only gain insight, and she uses CBT, coaching and strength-based methods. Sessions are offered online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC

Samantha Levinson is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Bryn Mawr with 18 years in practice and licenses in Pennsylvania and Florida. She works with toddlers, children, teens, adults, older adults, couples and families facing behavioral and emotional challenges. Her main areas are anxiety, ADHD, depression and other mood disorders, OCD, autism and trauma, and she also helps with eating concerns, grief and relationships. Her background spans in-home therapy, outpatient care and group practice. She uses person-centered therapy, CBT, DBT and play therapy, along with an understanding of child development, and she is gender-affirming and experienced with LGBTQ+ clients. She offers phone coaching between sessions and sees clients in person in Bryn Mawr and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Neal King is a licensed clinical social worker in Bryn Mawr, licensed in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He takes a direct, head-on approach to anxiety and stress, helping teens and adults understand the triggers that hold them back, and he also works with depression, self-esteem, trauma, ADHD, OCD and relationship and family concerns. He sees children, couples and families as well. A strength-based therapist, he emphasizes mindfulness, stress management, problem-solving and cognitive restructuring, and has developed mindfulness programs for more than 15 years. He is certified in EMDR and practices hypnotherapy, and also draws on Internal Family Systems and motivational interviewing. He sees clients in person in Bryn Mawr and offers telehealth.

Associate Professional Counselor, LAPC, MA, RYT-200, EOL, Doula

Roni Evans is a licensed associate professional counselor in Doylestown with five years in practice, who is also a registered yoga teacher and an end-of-life doula. They work with preteens, teens, adults, older adults, families and groups on trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, life transitions, self-esteem, OCD, eating concerns and chronic illness, including death and end-of-life planning. Their approach is trauma-informed, nonjudgmental and transparent, built around each client's strengths rather than a rigid manual, and draws on DBT, Internal Family Systems, exposure and response prevention and humanistic methods. They affirm neurodivergent and LGBTQIA2S+ clients and offer help with self-critical inner voices. Sessions are available in person in Doylestown and by telehealth.

Psychologist, PsyD

Dr. Josiana Cetta, a licensed clinical psychologist, practices in Media, Pennsylvania, owns Blue Ocean Counseling and has 13 years in practice. Dr. Cetta is licensed in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, holds PSYPACT authorization, and is familiar with resources in South Jersey from earlier work in Marlton. The practice centers on anxiety disorders, OCD and neurodivergence, including autism, for children, teens, adults and families, along with ADHD, trauma, grief and learning differences. The approach is warm, collaborative and strengths-based, using CBT, cognitive therapy, ACT, mindfulness-based therapy, exposure and response prevention and social skills development, with basic training in EMDR. Daytime and evening appointments are available in person and by teletherapy.

Psychologist, PhD, BCBA-D

Dr. James Chok is a licensed psychologist and neuropsychologist in West Chester, outside Philadelphia, and a doctoral-level Board Certified Behavior Analyst, with 21 years in practice. He works with people of all ages, from young children to older adults, and with families. His areas include anxiety and mood concerns, OCD, ADHD, autism spectrum disorder and panic disorder. He blends CBT, DBT and ACT principles and also applies behavior analysis. Alongside therapy he offers comprehensive neuropsychological testing of memory, attention and executive functioning, with a detailed feedback session on next steps. His training includes Penn State, UNC, and McLean Hospital at Harvard Medical School. He sees clients in person and online.

Family Therapist, MA, LMFT

Dana Ingersoll is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Boca Raton with 22 years in practice and licenses in Florida, California and Massachusetts. She works with teens, adults and couples who feel their usual ways of coping have stopped working. Her focus areas include anxiety, relationships and couples concerns, depression, trauma, ADHD, OCD and addiction, where she often supports a goal of moderate use. Her work looks honestly at what drives a person's habits, how those habits help and hurt, and healthier ways to handle stress, drawing on the Hakomi body-oriented method, Internal Family Systems, CBT and emotionally focused therapy. She offers a free 20-minute video consultation and sessions in person and online.

Counselor, PsyD, LMHC

Dr. Dee Franklin is a licensed mental health counselor with a PsyD and the owner and clinical director of CBT Fort Lauderdale, with 20 years in practice. She specializes in OCD, body dysmorphic disorder, eating disorders, sensory aversions and anxiety, and also treats phobias, panic, illness anxiety and pain-related somatic conditions, acute stress, trauma and PTSD. She works with preteens, teens, adults and families. Her treatment relies on cognitive behavioral therapy, exposure and response prevention and cognitive processing therapy, and she is BTTI trained and certified in several research-supported approaches. Clients can reach her by text or through her website, and she offers sessions in person and online.