LONG ISLAND OCD Education and Teletherapy Treatment Center and OCDSUPPORT NETWORK Since 1991 - Treatment by Professional who HIMSELFrecovered from OCD & UNDERSTANDS YOU. ERP Therapy is now available OVER your PHONE and it WORKS!

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NEW letter from successfully recovered client:

2/2021                                                                                                                                                                                     

"Dear Warren

I just wanted to express my thanks to you for all the help that you gave to my 14-year old daughter. You were spot on

when you said that we'd have our kid back [to normal] in a couple months' time. I'm so glad we found you - someone she was comfortable with, someone who understood what she was facing, and someone who knew how to effectively give her the tools to manage it all. You were an invaluable resource for the whole family! I wish you continued success with whoever else is lucky enough to find you.

                               -Fondly,

                                [her mom]

P.S.She made this bracelet just for you on the Rainbow Loom that you discussed many times! :)"

PPS - I wear it every day....

[Clinical note on color obsessions: One of her struggles was her obsessive fear of unwillingly endorsing "bad" people or organizations that she associated with certain colors, if she used those specific color bands in her projects on the loom. I recognized this as a symptom of OCD. These obsessive thoughts interfered with her creativity by making her avoid using certain colors.. I helped her beat this pattern by doing E.R.P.* phone teletherapy. Learning to be able to ignore those fears allowed her to be fully creative and use any color she wanted. (This kind of OCD thought makes many people afraid to wear certain clothes or paint a room or create art or play with toys and games with certain "forbidden" colors or materials, that remind them of bad thoughts. It is very common, but few people recognize it as OCD, and it is easily solved.)*Exposure-and-Response-Prevention behavioral therapy; the 'gold standard' for recovering from OCD.]