ERP isn't about eliminating anxiety.
Learn how Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) can help you reduce OCD's influence, face fears with courage, and build a bigger, more meaningful life.
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) is the gold-standard treatment for OCD. ERP involves gradually facing feared thoughts, situations, sensations or uncertainties while resisting the compulsions, avoidance or reassurance seeking that OCD demands. Over time, this helps OCD lose its influence and creates more space for you to live the life you want to live.
How does ERP help OCD?
OCD often demands certainty, reassurance, avoidance, or rituals in an attempt to reduce anxiety. ERP helps people gradually learn that they can tolerate uncertainty and discomfort without relying on compulsions. Over time this can reduce OCD's influence and create more freedom in everyday life.
