What We Do


Using proven scientific methods, we diagnose and treat the most serious cases of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Treatment includes:

  • Dr. Edna Foa's Prolonged Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy
  • Dr. Schwartz's Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Four Steps Method for OCD
  • Individualized Therapy
  • Dedicated team of doctors, clinicians, and professionals
  • One-on-one psychotherapy
  • Child, Adolescent, and Adult Treatment
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Relapse Prevention
  • Inpatient Hospitalization for Severe Treatment Refractory Cases*
  • Couples Therapy
  • Treatment of Postpartum OCD and Maternal Health

Over a hundred of our patients were treated as inpatients at the UCLA Hospital system in the past. However, the Westwood Institute for Anxiety Disorders cannot guarantee hospitalization.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder does not need to control your life. We offer hope for OCD.

What is OCD?

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is characterized by obsessive thoughts and/or compulsive behaviors that significantly interfere with normal life.

Obsessions are unwanted, recurrent, and disturbing thoughts that a person cannot suppress and that can cause overwhelming anxiety. These are severe worries and doubts that won't go away.

Compulsions are repetitive, ritualized behaviors that the person feels driven to perform to alleviate the anxiety of the obsessions. The obsessive and compulsive rituals can occupy many hours of each day and seriously impair day-to-day living. Compulsions take away the worries, but only temporarily.

Does this sound like you? Read our clinical overview to learn more about this disorder. Try our online symptom checklist to see if you match the profile.

 

Conditions Treated

In addition to OCD, we treat several other conditions as well, including:

 

 

Announcements & News

Online and Phone Therapy

The Westwood Institute for anxiety Disorders is extending our services to online and telephone therapy to clients around the world struggling with OCD and related disorders. This method is cost-effective, which benefits clients with restrictions that do not allow them to leave their homes. The American Psychological Association has provided distance therapy to be safe and reliable. Furthermore, there are numerous studies and client testimonies that have indicated success through this method. In 1997, California established phone and online therapy to be legal. Be assured that all client information will always remain private and safe. If you have any further questions, please feel free to email us.

Due to the current pandemic (COVID-19), we are extending our services to full online and phone therapy to our clients.


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