OCD and related anxiety concerns can create cycles of intrusive thoughts, uncertainty, fear, and behaviors that temporarily provide relief but ultimately keep the cycle going. These experiences can be exhausting, confusing, and difficult to explain to other people.
Daybreak Counseling provides personalized therapy for OCD and anxiety spectrum concerns in Bloomington, Indiana, with in-person care at our Bloomington office and telehealth available throughout Indiana.
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OCD is often misunderstood as simply being organized, particular, or afraid of germs. In reality, OCD can involve many different themes and experiences, including intrusive thoughts that feel frightening, disturbing, unwanted, or completely inconsistent with who you are.
Compulsions aren’t always visible either. Reassurance seeking, reviewing conversations, mentally checking, researching, avoiding situations, or repeatedly trying to feel certain can all become part of the cycle.
Unwanted thoughts, images, urges, or doubts that repeatedly demand your attention.
Repeatedly checking things or seeking certainty that something is safe, correct, or complete.
Frequently asking others, researching, or reviewing information to reduce uncertainty.
Reviewing, analyzing, counting, repeating, or trying to mentally “solve” distressing thoughts.
Avoiding situations, people, objects, or experiences that trigger uncomfortable thoughts or uncertainty.
Feeling driven to know for sure before you can move forward or let something go.
Trying harder to suppress intrusive thoughts or achieve complete certainty can sometimes strengthen the very cycle you’re trying to escape. Therapy can help you better understand how intrusive thoughts, anxiety, compulsions, avoidance, and temporary relief interact.
Treatment is individualized around your symptoms, experiences, and goals. Rather than determining whether an intrusive thought is “true,” therapy can help change how you respond to thoughts, doubt, discomfort, and uncertainty.
Recognize how intrusive thoughts, anxiety, compulsions, and temporary relief reinforce one another.
Identify both visible behaviors and less obvious mental rituals or reassurance patterns.
Practice responding differently when your mind demands certainty or immediate relief.
Spend less time responding to OCD and more time engaging with the life and relationships that matter to you.
There isn’t one therapy approach that works for every person experiencing anxiety. Depending on your symptoms, goals, and preferences, treatment may draw from several evidence-based and trauma-informed approaches.
Kari Davis, LMSW
Kari provides individualized therapy for clients in Bloomington and through telehealth across Indiana. Her approach is collaborative, supportive, and grounded in understanding each client’s experiences, strengths, and goals.
When working with OCD and anxiety-related concerns, therapy focuses on understanding the patterns that keep anxiety and uncertainty going while developing healthier ways of responding to difficult thoughts and emotions.
Daybreak Counseling provides in-person therapy for OCD and related anxiety concerns from our Bloomington office at 2215 S Curry Pike, Bloomington, IN 47403.
Telehealth therapy is also available for clients throughout Indiana based on provider availability, giving you flexibility when virtual therapy is a better fit.
Intrusive thoughts can be uncomfortable to talk about, particularly when they involve themes that feel frightening, embarrassing, or inconsistent with your values. Having an intrusive thought does not automatically mean that you want it, believe it, or intend to act on it. Therapy can provide a place to discuss these experiences without judgment.
Insurance participation and coverage may vary by location and plan. Indiana clients with certain Optum-administered plans, including applicable UnitedHealthcare and UMR plans, may currently need to see Kari via telehealth through Daybreak’s Iowa practice to use in-network benefits. Contact our team to verify your coverage and available appointment options.
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Your first sessions provide time to get to know your therapist, discuss your goals, and begin developing a plan for care.
Everyone experiences unwanted thoughts and uncertainty. With OCD, intrusive thoughts and doubts can become persistent and lead to compulsions or avoidance intended to reduce distress or create certainty. That relief is often temporary, which can reinforce the cycle.
Yes. Intrusive thoughts can involve themes that feel upsetting, frightening, embarrassing, or inconsistent with a person’s values. The presence of an unwanted thought does not by itself indicate that someone wants or intends to act on it.
No. Compulsions can also be mental or less visible, such as repeatedly reviewing an event, analyzing a thought, seeking reassurance, researching, counting, or trying to achieve certainty.
Treatment depends on the individual and the provider’s training. Approaches used for OCD may include specialized cognitive-behavioral treatments such as I-CBT and other evidence-based methods. Your therapist can discuss the approach being recommended and whether it fits your needs.
Yes. Daybreak Counseling offers telehealth therapy throughout Indiana based on provider availability, as well as in-person appointments at our Bloomington office. Insurance coverage may affect available appointment options, so our team can help verify your benefits before scheduling.
OCD can make uncertainty feel like a problem that must be resolved before you can move forward. Therapy can help you better understand that cycle and develop different ways of responding to intrusive thoughts, doubt, and anxiety.