I am OCD Center of Los Angeles / Tom Corboy, Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) and I can help:

The OCD Center Los Angeles is a private, outpatient clinic specializing in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and related anxiety-based conditions. Among the disorders we treat are:

• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Pure Obsessional OCD
• Perinatal / Postpartum OCD
• Social Anxiety
• Panic Disorder
• Phobias
• Body Dysmorphic Disorder (body image anxiety)
• Hypochondria (health anxiety)
• Trichotillomania (compulsive hair pulling)
• Dermatillomania (compulsive skin picking)

Unfortunately, traditional psychoanalysis and talk therapy have little impact on these conditions.  Conversely, research has consistently found CBT to be the most effective treatment for these disorders.  While treatment may last many years with traditional therapy, most clients make dramatic improvement with CBT in just 4-6 months.

The OCD Center of Los Angeles has three therapists on staff, all of whom specialize in using CBT to treat OCD and related anxiety conditions.  We treat adults, children, and adolescents, and offer services six days a week, including evening and Saturday appointments.

In addition to providing individual Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for the treatment of OCD and related conditions, we also offers eight low-fee therapy/support groups. We currently offer five weekly therapy/support groups for adults with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and related anxiety conditions, as well as three therapy/support groups for children and adolescents. These groups are led by our staff therapists, and use the same treatment protocol as our individual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy program.

The OCD Center of Los Angeles also offers telephone and webcam-based online therapy. Telephone and online counseling are ideally suited to people in the following situations:

• Those who have a physical condition which limits their mobility;
• Those with psychological conditions which restrict travel;
• Those who live in areas distant from our offices who are unable to find specialized care near their home.

Both telephone and internet therapy have repeatedly been found to be safe and effective in numerous research studies, and have been legal in California since 1997.

Our office is conveniently located in the Westwood area of Los Angeles, just off both the 405 and the 10 freeways.  We have office hours six days a week, including evening and Saturday appointments.

The first step towards entering individual or group therapy is to e-mail our office.  We look forward to helping you.