Children’s OCD & Anxiety Collective

Children’s OCD & Anxiety Collective The Children’s OCD & Anxiety Collective is a California-based online CBT Center.

The Children’s OCD & Anxiety Collective is a California-based online cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) center for children, adolescents, and emerging adults with OCD, anxiety, and related disorders – founded by Elena Fasan.

One of the most powerful things we can do when a child we love is in distress is to model managing our own distress in t...
01/31/2026

One of the most powerful things we can do when a child we love is in distress is to model managing our own distress in the moment. We can ride the emotional wave with that child by modeling acceptance of their emotions and of our own ❤

Disclaimer:
Follow to learn more about how parents and others caring for young people diagnosed with OCD, OC spectrum disorders, and anxiety disorders can offer support and how ERP, mindfulness-based CBT, ACT, parenting training, and SPACE can help.⁠

Looking for therapy for your child, teen, or young adult or SPACE parent training to manage their symptoms? Contact the Children's OCD & Anxiety Collective through our website. See link in bio.⁠

Content on this page is provided for educational purposes only. Individual advice is not being offered, nor is online content a replacement for engagement in psychotherapy. Always consult with your licensed mental health practitioner before implementing any practices found online.

When parents follow clinical suggestions made by those offering evidence-treatment of OCD and related disorders, they te...
01/14/2026

When parents follow clinical suggestions made by those offering evidence-treatment of OCD and related disorders, they tend to get their lives back more quickly from the grip of OCD and/or anxiety.

Disclaimer:
Follow to learn more about how parents and others caring for young people diagnosed with OCD, OC spectrum disorders, and anxiety disorders can offer support.

Looking for evidence-based therapy for your child, teen, or young adult or SPACE parent training to manage their symptoms? Contact the Children's OCD & Anxiety Collective through our website. See link in bio.⁠

Content on this page is provided for educational purposes only. Always consult with your licensed mental health practitioner before implementing any practices found online.

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12/16/2025

Join me for this livestream this Thursday, 12/18, with and . Looking forward to our chat about this important topic!

It always surprises me when I hear parents of young OCD clients say their previous child's or teen's therapist(s) did no...
12/09/2025

It always surprises me when I hear parents of young OCD clients say their previous child's or teen's therapist(s) did not involve them in treatment and even that they had no idea what was going on during sessions. This makes no sense to me when treating OCD, since there tends to be family involvement in symptoms and the involvement usually has an impact on the entire family system.

Yes, we should leave it up to tweens and teens, who are individuating from parents and caregivers to meet alone if they prefer, and there are certain dynamics or issues that may lead to less collaboration with individual parents or caregivers. That being said, even if parents, caregivers, and other family members are not included in sessions, they can still be an. active part of the treatment process of pediatric OCD.

Disclaimer:
Follow to learn more about how parents and others caring for young people diagnosed with OCD, OC spectrum disorders, and anxiety disorders can offer support and how ERP, mindfulness-based CBT, ACT, parenting training, and SPACE can help.⁠

Looking for therapy for your child, teen, or young adult or SPACE parent training to manage their symptoms? Contact the Children's OCD & Anxiety Collective through our website. See link in bio.⁠

Content on this page is provided for educational purposes only. Individual advice is not being offered, nor is online content a replacement for engagement in psychotherapy. Always consult with your licensed mental health practitioner before implementing any practices found online.

Hands on shared activities that are tactile in nature offer so many benefits to families navigating OCD and/or anxiety d...
11/23/2025

Hands on shared activities that are tactile in nature offer so many benefits to families navigating OCD and/or anxiety disorders! Aside from the connection. lightness, and sense of play that arise from these shared activities, the benefits include learning to focus on process over outcome, confidence, patience, self-efficacy, joy, improved concentration, and shared responsibility ❤❤❤ Now go get messy together!!

Disclaimer:
Follow to learn more about how parents and others caring for young people diagnosed with OCD, OC spectrum disorders, and anxiety disorders can offer support and how ERP, mindfulness-based CBT, ACT, parenting training, and SPACE can help.⁠

Looking for therapy for your child, teen, or young adult or SPACE parent training to manage their symptoms? Contact the Children's OCD & Anxiety Collective through our website. See link in bio.⁠

Content on this page is provided for educational purposes only. Individual advice is not being offered, nor is online content a replacement for engagement in psychotherapy. Always consult with your licensed mental health practitioner before implementing any practices found online.

Discipline is love ❤ Discipline can be kind and nurturing while also firm and steady. Discipline is teaching and then su...
11/21/2025

Discipline is love ❤ Discipline can be kind and nurturing while also firm and steady. Discipline is teaching and then supporting the repetitive practice of skills toward mastery.

Disclaimer:
Follow to learn more about how parents and others caring for young people diagnosed with OCD, OC spectrum disorders, and anxiety disorders can offer support and how ERP, mindfulness-based CBT, ACT, parenting training, and SPACE can help.⁠

Looking for therapy for your child, teen, or young adult or SPACE parent training to manage their symptoms? Contact the Children's OCD & Anxiety Collective through our website. See link in bio.⁠

Content on this page is provided for educational purposes only. Individual advice is not being offered, nor is online content a replacement for engagement in psychotherapy. Always consult with your licensed mental health practitioner before implementing any practices found online.


It is natural to respond to a child's urgency when they're distressed by matching it, even if they're safe. Slowing down...
11/19/2025

It is natural to respond to a child's urgency when they're distressed by matching it, even if they're safe. Slowing down and meeting their urgency with calm steadiness shows them that we know that they can handle their distress.

Disclaimer:
Follow to learn more about how parents and others caring for young people diagnosed with OCD, OC spectrum disorders, and anxiety disorders can offer support and how ERP, mindfulness-based CBT, ACT, parenting training, and SPACE can help.⁠

Looking for therapy for your child, teen, or young adult or SPACE parent training to manage their symptoms? Contact the Children's OCD & Anxiety Collective through our website. See link in bio.⁠

Content on this page is provided for educational purposes only. Individual advice is not being offered, nor is online content a replacement for engagement in psychotherapy. Always consult with your licensed mental health practitioner before implementing any practices found online.

Bedtime disruption is such a common experience among families managing pediatric OCD. You are not alone! Slow down, trea...
11/17/2025

Bedtime disruption is such a common experience among families managing pediatric OCD. You are not alone! Slow down, treat yourself with kindness, and do your best to separate your child from their OCD symptoms. Working with a trained ERP therapist can help your family learn to better manage OCD showing up at bedtime.

Disclaimer:
Follow to learn more about how parents and others caring for young people diagnosed with OCD, OC spectrum disorders, and anxiety disorders can offer support and how ERP, mindfulness-based CBT, ACT, parenting training, and SPACE can help.⁠

Looking for therapy for your child, teen, or young adult or SPACE parent training to manage their symptoms? Contact the Children's OCD & Anxiety Collective through our website. See link in bio.⁠

Content on this page is provided for educational purposes only. Individual advice is not being offered, nor is online content a replacement for engagement in psychotherapy. Always consult with your licensed mental health practitioner before implementing any practices found online.


For people with contamination OCD, the wet paint effect may lead them to compulsively monitor, wash, sanitize, and/or av...
11/13/2025

For people with contamination OCD, the wet paint effect may lead them to compulsively monitor, wash, sanitize, and/or avoid, in order to not feel disgusted or fearful. The problem is, we cannot avoid feeling disgusted and fearful, and trying to get rid of those feelings by engaging in compulsions only serves to trap us in the OCD cycle and paradoxically, less able to tolerate the very feelings we are trying not to feel.

Disclaimer:
Follow to learn more about how parents and others caring for young people diagnosed with OCD, OC spectrum disorders, and anxiety disorders can offer support and how ERP, mindfulness-based CBT, ACT, parenting training, and SPACE can help.⁠

Looking for therapy for your child, teen, or young adult or SPACE parent training to manage their symptoms? Contact the Children's OCD & Anxiety Collective through our website. See link in bio.⁠

Content on this page is provided for educational purposes only. Individual advice is not being offered, nor is online content a replacement for engagement in psychotherapy. Always consult with your licensed mental health practitioner before implementing any practices found online.


When kids and teens diagnosed with OCD present themselves and behave differently at home than they do at school, it can ...
11/10/2025

When kids and teens diagnosed with OCD present themselves and behave differently at home than they do at school, it can feel confusing and overwhelming. Please know that this indicates that they feel safe at home, and it also shows that they are incredibly brave and resilient. That being said, they might be white knuckling and pushing away thoughts and feelings while at school, leading to exhaustion and release after school. Hope it to be had, and recovery is possible with skillful provision of ERP by a trained clinician.

Disclaimer:
Follow to learn more about how parents and others caring for young people diagnosed with OCD, OC spectrum disorders, and anxiety disorders can offer support and how ERP, mindfulness-based CBT, ACT, parenting training, and SPACE can help.⁠

Looking for therapy for your child, teen, or young adult or SPACE parent training to manage their symptoms? Contact the Children's OCD & Anxiety Collective through our website. See link in bio.⁠

Content on this page is provided for educational purposes only. Individual advice is not being offered, nor is online content a replacement for engagement in psychotherapy. Always consult with your licensed mental health practitioner before implementing any practices found online.

Procrastination is a common, albeit unhelpful, coping mechanism. Even if procrastination provides a temporary respite, i...
11/09/2025

Procrastination is a common, albeit unhelpful, coping mechanism. Even if procrastination provides a temporary respite, it can increase stress and create anxiety, guilt, and stagnation.

Fortunately, we can counter urges to procrastinate with action and self-compassion. When we start taking sm all steps when we want to avoid, that action creates motivation.

We offer ourselves compassion by reminding ourselves that many people procrastinate, being kind and gentle with ourselves, and bringing ourselves back to the present moment, where we can choose to take action, even if it is uncomfortable and/or imperfect.

Disclaimer:
Follow to learn more about how parents and others caring for young people diagnosed with OCD, OC spectrum disorders, and anxiety disorders can offer support and how ERP, mindfulness-based CBT, ACT, parenting training, and SPACE can help.⁠

Looking for therapy for your child, teen, or young adult or SPACE parent training to manage their symptoms? Contact the Children's OCD & Anxiety Collective through our website. See link in bio.⁠

Content on this page is provided for educational purposes only. Individual advice is not being offered, nor is online content a replacement for engagement in psychotherapy. Always consult with your licensed mental health practitioner before implementing any practices found online.

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