OCD Group Intensive Treatment Program
For a more information please download our complete treatment sheet
Our upcoming group intensive dates
- 2nd December 2024
- 13th January 2025
- 17th February 2025
- 17th March 2025
- 7th April 2025
- 19th May 2025
- 23rd June 2025
- 4th August 2025
- 1st September 2025
Types of therapy included in the group in treatment program:
Psychoeducation of OCD symptoms
We offer clear, concise, and accurate information as part of all of our programs so that you begin to gain a deeper understanding of your OCD symptoms. Knowledge is power, and we find that this has never been truer than it is for clients struggling with OCD obsessions and compulsions.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) & Exposure Response Prevention Therapy (ERP)
CBT and ERP are often considered the gold standard of therapy for OCD under the NICE guidelines. We use CBT to help you identify which cognitive distortions are driving your behaviour, and, more importantly, how to challenge them using exposure-response prevention techniques.
Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy (REBT)
REBT is an empirically supported type of Psychotherapy. Using elements of REBT, we will help you identify your irrational core beliefs that are likely to be driving your unhelpful thought patterns, emotions, and behaviours.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
ACT is an empirically supported Psychological intervention that aims to help clients accept their internal conflicts, which supports significant behavioural shifts, which is particularly important when challenging the compulsive elements of OCD. ACT also allows clients to live more meaningful lives free with less avoidance.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Learning not to believe everything the mind throws at you is crucial to managing OCD effectively. We’ll teach you several ways to disarm your OCD thoughts and create space between the triggers and the emotional, compulsive reaction using mindfulness-based stress reduction and meditation techniques.
Compassionate Focussed Therapy (CFT)
Self-depreciation and self-loathing are often very strong for individuals experiencing OCD. We will teach you ways to begin liking yourself again, improving your self-esteem, confidence, and how you relate to others. It is also essential to approach aspects of ERP compassionately to ensure ERP programs are as effective as possible, subsequently leading to better and more successful therapeutic results.
Not sure if you have OCD?
Intensive Group Session FAQs
Obsessions and compulsions are central problems within OCD, and for this reason, intensive forms of therapy often correlate with better results. This kind of therapy also allows our therapists to quickly build a solid and trusting therapeutic relationship with our clients, which is a crucial component in building the trust needed for our therapist to help you successfully manage your OCD symptoms.
Your allocated therapist will be right next to you every step of the way, from the day you walk into our centre-right until the very end of your journey with us.
Dr. Saxena, a Psychiatrist at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, concluded that after patients attended intensive treatment for OCD, patients showed significant improvements in their OCD symptoms and their ability to function, based on PET scans. In addition, result success was also found in patients that had previously not responded successfully to standardized CBT. Dr. Saxena concluded: “Our study reinforced the efficacy of the treatment, and now we’ve shown how it works in the brain.”