Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is one of the most well-established and effective treatments for OCD. As part of this approach, we incorporate Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). Treatment helps individuals gradually and safely face thoughts or situations that trigger anxiety while learning to refrain from performing compulsions. Over time, the brain learns that anxiety can subside on its own, even without the ritual, leading to a significant reduction in distress and symptoms.
The pace of progress varies greatly from person to person. We see each individual as a whole person, not simply as a diagnosis. In general, focused OCD treatment typically lasts several months. A gradual approach, consistency, and active collaboration are key to achieving meaningful and lasting improvement.
Absolutely. Many people with OCD experience primarily mental symptoms, sometimes referred to as “Pure O.” In these cases, both the obsessions and the compulsions—such as mental checking, reviewing past events, or repeatedly trying to reassure oneself—take place internally. Treatment at our clinic is carefully adapted to address this form of OCD as well.
The initial assessment allows the therapist to get to know you in a broad and meaningful way, beyond the symptoms themselves. During the session, the therapist will identify and map the obsessive-compulsive pattern, if present, and explore how and when it affects your daily life. This appointment is essential for understanding your individual needs and developing the most appropriate treatment plan for you.
To support effective treatment, the process may include focused exercises or tasks between sessions. These are always developed collaboratively and with your agreement. Practicing between sessions can significantly help you apply therapeutic tools in everyday life and support more effective progress.
Sessions are generally held in person at the clinic. However, when attending in person is not possible, sessions may also be conducted online via Zoom. Online treatment follows the same high professional standards and can provide an effective, high-quality therapeutic experience.
Our standard treatment is broad and comprehensive. It combines psychoeducation—providing clear and thorough information about OCD—with work on important areas of life and meaningful activities, alongside ERP.
ERP-only treatment, by contrast, focuses specifically on behavioral practice in response to anxiety. At our clinic, specially trained behavioral coaches may become involved during more advanced stages of treatment to reinforce or replace certain elements of conventional therapy, depending on the individual’s needs.
The involvement of partners or family members is considered individually in each case. If the treating therapist believes their involvement could support the process, they may be invited to a focused session to receive practical guidance and tools for providing helpful support.
These experiences exist along a broad spectrum. At one end is clinically recognized OCD, while other points along the spectrum may involve varying levels of hypervigilance, perfectionism, and an excessive sense of responsibility—sometimes described as a “responsibility disorder” or a “pre-OCD” state.
The assessment session is designed to identify where your difficulties fall along this spectrum and determine the most appropriate form of support.
Yes. The clinic offers focused parental guidance based on the SPACE approach—Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions. This evidence-based treatment provides parents with practical tools for responding to anxiety and OCD in children and adolescents by changing their own responses and behavior, without requiring the child to participate in the sessions.
Fundamentally, no. ROCD is a subtype of OCD based on the same familiar obsessive-compulsive mechanism, but its content focuses on romantic relationships and partnership.
Because this is a particularly sensitive and complex area, our clinic has developed specific therapeutic adaptations to provide individuals experiencing ROCD with precise, compassionate, and appropriately tailored care.
Most of our therapists are clinical social workers with an MSW degree and comprehensive training in advanced approaches to OCD treatment, including CBT, ERP, and ACT. The team’s professional and clinical training is guided and led by the clinic’s founder, psychologist Gideon Fine.
The clinic’s behavioral coaches, who become involved during advanced stages of behavioral treatment, are primarily graduate students in mental health and therapeutic professions. Each coach is carefully selected and receives specialized professional training focused on implementing ERP in real-life settings.
Yes. The clinic works in direct and ongoing collaboration with two specialist psychiatrists. Psychiatric services—including assessment, consultation, and the adjustment of supportive medication when appropriate—are available to clinic patients online via Zoom or during in-person appointments at the clinic in Ra’anana.