Specialization
OCD Therapy
That changes
the cycle.
OCD can make certain thoughts feel threatening and compulsions feel impossible to resist. At Flow, we use EMDR and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) to target the root of the cycle — so the thoughts and urges lose their charge, and you can move forward with more freedom.
Virtual across Ontario
Registered therapists
$215/session
No consultation required
The OCD cycle
How OCD keeps you stuck.
OCD isn’t just worrying — it’s a cycle that can feel automatic and hard to break.
Intrusive thought or trigger
“What if something bad happens?”
Anxiety and distress
The thought feels real and creates intense uncomfortable feelings.
Compulsion or avoidance
You do something to feel better or reduce the anxiety.
Temporary relief
It feels better for a moment, but the cycle quickly returns, often stronger.
Flow’s approach
Take the charge out of obsessions and compulsions.
Rather than only learning to manage symptoms, we use EMDR and ERP to actually change how the brain and body respond to OCD. EMDR can directly target the distress associated with intrusive thoughts, compulsive urges and feared situations — so they feel less threatening and lose their power over time.
EMDR Therapy
Process and change the reaction.
EMDR can be used to directly target the emotional charge of obsessions, compulsions, triggers and feared outcomes. As these reactions are processed, the thoughts and urges can feel less intense, less threatening and less compelling — even when there is no underlying trauma.
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
Build a different pattern.
ERP helps you gradually face feared thoughts and situations without relying on compulsions or avoidance, so your brain learns that the danger isn’t real and the cycle can stop.
Real change
It can actually change OCD.
Research and clinical experience show that EMDR can reduce the emotional activation involved in OCD, not just teach you to fight against it. When the underlying distress is processed, compulsions and intrusive thoughts can lose their charge, allowing for meaningful and lasting change.
Less intrusive thoughts
Thoughts can feel less intense and less sticky.
Reduced urge to do compulsions
Thoughts and urges feel less compelling.
Decreased anxiety around triggers
Situations that used to feel dangerous feel more manageable.
More freedom in daily life
You can spend less time in the cycle and more time on what matters.
What therapy involves
A structured and personalized process.
- 1
Understand your OCD
We explore your symptoms, triggers, history and what is maintaining the cycle.
- 2
Process the triggers with EMDR
We target the distress connected to intrusive thoughts, compulsions and feared situations.
- 3
Practice new responses with ERP
You gradually face triggers without relying on compulsions or avoidance.
- 4
Build long-term change
We use future templates and ongoing practice to help new patterns stick.
Relevant therapists
You get your therapist.
Your therapist gets a team.
Our therapists who offer OCD and phobia therapy are specially trained and supported through ongoing consultation, training and a collaborative team.
Highly trained
therapistsEMDR, parts-informed and more.
Ongoing
consultationRegular support from trauma experts.
Better care
for youA collaborative team behind your progress.
