OCD Wellness

OCD Wellness OCD Wellness supports individuals in finding their inner strength and resilience. With an empathetic

🌿 We’re Hiring! 🌿OCD Wellness is growing, and we’re looking for a compassionate clinician to join our team! 💚We’re seeki...
10/22/2025

🌿 We’re Hiring! 🌿

OCD Wellness is growing, and we’re looking for a compassionate clinician to join our team! 💚

We’re seeking a Social Worker in Barrie or Collingwood who is interested in providing individual therapy and in-person group work within our upcoming Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) for OCD and related disorders.

✨ We value curiosity, teamwork, and a passion for helping clients reclaim their lives. We are looking for the right fit for our clinic, to find this we are open to providing training.

If you’re ready to make meaningful impact in a supportive, growth-minded environment, we’d love to hear from you.

📩 Apply or learn more by emailing info@ocd-wellness.com

🚀CHECK OUT OCD WELLNESS'S NEW INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT PROGRAM!At OCD Wellness, we understand how exhausting and isolating O...
10/17/2025

🚀CHECK OUT OCD WELLNESS'S NEW INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT PROGRAM!

At OCD Wellness, we understand how exhausting and isolating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) can feel — and how difficult it can be to regain your balance when intrusive thoughts and compulsions take over.

Our Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) for OCD offers a structured and supportive approach designed to help you make meaningful, lasting progress. Through specialized, evidence-based therapy, you’ll learn to face your fears, reduce compulsions, and rebuild confidence — one step at a time.

🔥STAY TUNED FOR MORE EXCITING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES COMING SOON! 🔥

🌍 OCD Knows No BoundariesOCD doesn’t wait for the “right” moment to show up.It can appear in the middle of life’s bigges...
10/15/2025

🌍 OCD Knows No Boundaries

OCD doesn’t wait for the “right” moment to show up.
It can appear in the middle of life’s biggest celebrations or most painful moments.
During weddings, births, graduations, deaths, job losses. OCD even shows during the smaller moments, while watching TV or enjoying coffee with a friend.

Whether life feels joyful, stressful, or calm, intrusive thoughts and compulsions can still surface. OCD attaches itself to what matters most to you which is why it often feels so confusing and distressing.

With the right support, you can learn to notice OCD’s presence without letting it take over every moment. You can also build tolerance to the uncertainty of whether OCD will present or not.

10/14/2025

It’s that time of year! It’s OCD Awareness Week and we are here to yell it from the roof tops!

As education and awareness is being spread be mindful of information seeking vs reassurance seeking.

We often see Chat GPT or the comment sections of social media platforms being a place OCD wants to pull to - just to name a few.

Fear will not write my story—will you let it write yours?OCD loves to act like the author of your life. It whispers scar...
09/26/2025

Fear will not write my story—will you let it write yours?

OCD loves to act like the author of your life. It whispers scary “what ifs,” scribbles worst-case endings, and convinces you that you have no say in the plot. But here’s the truth: you hold the pen.

Recovery isn’t about erasing fear or magically stopping intrusive thoughts—it’s about choosing, over and over again, to write anyway. Some days that might look like reaching out for help, showing up for therapy, or practicing a tiny exposure that feels huge inside. Other days it might simply be taking a breath and reminding yourself, OCD does not define me.

Each time you lean into uncertainty instead of letting OCD dictate your next line, you reclaim a sentence, a page, a whole chapter. That’s courage. That’s authorship of your life story. That’s living your life for you.

So today, ask yourself: will fear keep narrating, or will you start writing the life you deserve? Your story is waiting—messy, beautiful, and absolutely yours.
✨ Your story is bigger than fear.
✨ Your next chapter starts with a single step
✨ You are capable of living beyond fear.

💫Make your voice louder than OCD’s.

Perinatal OCD isn’t just intrusive thoughts, feelings and urges —compulsions are a big part of the cycle.💡 What Are Comp...
09/26/2025

Perinatal OCD isn’t just intrusive thoughts, feelings and urges —compulsions are a big part of the cycle.

💡 What Are Compulsions?
Repetitive behaviors or mental rituals done to reduce anxiety or “keep the baby safe.” They can be obvious or hidden.

🍼 Common Perinatal Compulsions
• Checking: Constantly monitoring baby’s breathing, re-checking locks, or re-reading medical advice.
• Body Scanning: Repeatedly monitoring your own sensations or the baby’s signals—counting kicks, checking for movement, or mentally searching for proof that you feel enough love or connection.
• Cleaning & Washing: Excessive hand-washing, sanitizing bottles or surfaces far beyond medical guidance.
• Reassurance Seeking: Repeatedly asking a partner, family, or doctor if everything is okay.
• Avoidance: Refusing to be alone with the baby, hiding sharp objects, avoiding certain rooms or activities.
• Mental Rituals: Silently repeating phrases, counting, or “neutralizing” scary images.

⚡ Why They Feel Necessary
Compulsions give short-term relief—a brief drop in anxiety that tricks the brain into thinking the ritual prevented harm.

🔁 How They Worsen the OCD Cycle
Each ritual sends the message: “This thought is dangerous.”
➡️ The brain keeps sounding the alarm.
➡️ Intrusive thoughts return stronger and more frequent.
➡️ Anxiety grows, feeding the need for more compulsions.

🌱 Breaking the Cycle
Evidence-based therapy like Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP) helps parents face fears without rituals, teaching the brain that the thought itself isn’t dangerous.

You are not alone—and needing support doesn’t mean you’re a bad parent. Help is available, and recovery is possible. 💛

Perinatal OCD can begin during pregnancy (prenatal) and continue or start after birth (postpartum).🕊 During PregnancyInt...
09/24/2025

Perinatal OCD can begin during pregnancy (prenatal) and continue or start after birth (postpartum).

🕊 During Pregnancy
Intrusive, unwanted thoughts might center on:
• Baby’s health – “What if something I eat or breathe harms the baby?”
• Contamination – “What if touching a doorknob causes an infection?”
• Responsibility for harm – “If I move wrong, will I cause a miscarriage?”
• Decisions – “What if I choose the wrong birth plan or doctor?”

👶 After Birth
New themes can appear, including:
• Accidental harm – “What if I drop the baby or they stop breathing in their sleep?”
• Intentional harm (ego-dystonic) – distressing images of hurting the baby, even though you never would.
• Contamination – fears of visitors spreading illness.
• Bonding & morality – “What if I don’t love my baby enough?”

✨ Key Facts
• These thoughts are ego-dystonic—they go against your values and desires.
• Perinatal OCD is not postpartum psychosis.
• Evidence-based treatments like Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP) helps parents regain confidence and enjoy parenthood.

If you notice intrusive thoughts or compulsive checking, you are not alone and not dangerous.
Reaching out for professional support is a sign of strength, not weakness. 💛

Set up a consultation with an OCD Wellness clinician today!

✨ One week into the school year and OCD may already be trying to tag along. Whether you’re a child, teen, young adult, o...
09/10/2025

✨ One week into the school year and OCD may already be trying to tag along. Whether you’re a child, teen, young adult, or parent, remember—you don’t have to do this alone. ✨

🎒 For students: Keep routines simple and flexible, notice OCD’s tricks, and lean on supports.
📚 For teens & young adults: Practice letting go of certainty and lean into exposures, even in small ways.
❤️ For parents: Encourage bravery, not avoidance, and remind your child they are not their OCD.

School is full of learning—not just academics, but also resilience and growth. 🌟

Do your thoughts feel stuck on repeat? You’re not “just overthinking.”This could be OCD — a cycle of obsessions (distres...
08/12/2025

Do your thoughts feel stuck on repeat? You’re not “just overthinking.”
This could be OCD — a cycle of obsessions (distressing thoughts) and compulsions (behaviours or mental rituals to feel safe or certain).

You’re not alone, and more importantly — you can get better.
Let’s talk about what real help looks like.

📍We offer virtual and in-person therapy across Ontario. With virtual support across New Brunswick and PEI.

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💡 Book a free consult today. Link in bio.

📣 OCD IS TREATABLE – AND THERE’S HOPE! 💪🧠Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) can feel overwhelming—but you don’t have to...
08/02/2025

📣 OCD IS TREATABLE – AND THERE’S HOPE! 💪🧠

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) can feel overwhelming—but you don’t have to face it alone, and you don’t have to stay stuck in the cycle.

✅ The truth? OCD is treatable.
The gold-standard treatment is Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) therapy—a specialized, evidence-based approach proven to help people reclaim their lives.

🌀 ERP helps you face your fears gradually, resist compulsions, and build confidence in your ability to handle uncertainty. Over time, it rewires the brain's response to anxiety and doubt.

💡 With the right support, things can get better. Many people go on to live meaningful, fulfilling lives—not free from fear, but free from OCD’s grip.

At OCD Wellness, we offer expert, compassionate care tailored to YOU. Healing starts with knowledge—and the first step is reaching out.

📍 Serving clients across Ontario both in-person and virtually.

📍 Serving clients across New Brunswick and PEI virtually

🤖 OCD & ChatGPT: When AI Becomes a CompulsionAI can be helpful. But for individuals with OCD, tools like ChatGPT can eas...
07/18/2025

🤖 OCD & ChatGPT: When AI Becomes a Compulsion

AI can be helpful. But for individuals with OCD, tools like ChatGPT can easily become a new form of reassurance-seeking.

You might find yourself typing in questions like:
🔍 “What if I’m secretly a bad person?”
🔍 “Is this OCD or real?”
🔍 “Can someone with OCD ever act on their thoughts?”
🔍 "What does it mean when.....?"

Here’s the issue:
Every time you search for certainty — even through ChatGPT — you’re feeding the OCD cycle.

It feels helpful. But it’s actually making it harder to tolerate the unknown, which is exactly what OCD treatment aims to strengthen.

💡 Real healing comes not from getting the “perfect” answer — but from learning how to live without needing one.

🌿 At OCD Wellness, we help clients build the skills to break free from compulsive reassurance, no matter where it's coming from — Google, AI, or your own mind.

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