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*

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:

• Body Dysmorphic Disorder
• Social Phobia
• Specific Phobias
• Eating Disorders
• Panic Attacks and Panic Disorder
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder
• Trichotillomania: Compulsive Hair Pulling