Virtual OCD & ERP Therapy for Adults in Utah and Oregon
OCD can involve intrusive thoughts, persistent doubt, and compulsions that provide temporary relief but keep the cycle going.
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) helps you practice experiencing uncertainty and distress without relying on compulsions, reassurance, avoidance, or attempts to achieve complete certainty.
Ascent Therapy Co. provides private-pay virtual OCD and ERP therapy for adults located throughout Utah and Oregon.
What OCD Can Feel Like
intrusive thoughts
constant doubt
mental reviewing
checking
reassurance seeking
contamination fears
rumination / attempts to neutralize thoughts
intrusive images
OCD can show up in many ways
perfectionism driven by fear / doubt
fear of making mistakes
relationship OCD
hyper-responsibility
difficulty tolerating uncertainty
repetitive rituals or avoidance
Many people with OCD feel caught in cycles of intrusive thoughts, fear, doubt, compulsions, and temporary relief—even when part of them recognizes that the feared outcome may be unlikely or impossible to resolve with complete certainty.
What is ERP?
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) is a specialized, evidence-based treatment for OCD.
The exposure component involves intentionally practicing contact with thoughts, images, situations, or sensations that trigger obsessions. Response prevention involves choosing not to rely on compulsions, reassurance, avoidance, or mental rituals in response.
The goal is not to eliminate every intrusive thought or guarantee that anxiety disappears. ERP helps you develop greater flexibility in responding to discomfort and uncertainty so that OCD has less control over your choices and daily life.
ERP does not need to feel aggressive or overwhelming to be effective.
Collaborative and based on an individualized treatment plan
Designed to be challenging without being coercive or intentionally overwhelming
Focused on reducing compulsions, reassurance seeking, and avoidance
May integrate mindfulness and emotional awareness when clinically useful
Tailored to your symptoms, goals, circumstances, and readiness
My approach to ERP
ERP can be provided through secure video sessions, allowing treatment to address obsessions, triggers, compulsions, and avoidance within your actual day-to-day environment.
Ascent Therapy Co. offers virtual ERP therapy to adults who are physically located in Utah or Oregon at the time of their appointment. We will discuss whether virtual ERP is clinically appropriate for your symptoms, circumstances, and treatment needs.
Virtual ERP Therapy in Utah and Oregon
Frequently Asked Questions
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ERP intentionally involves approaching discomfort and uncertainty, so it can feel challenging at times. Exercises are planned collaboratively and are not intended to be coercive or to deliberately overwhelm you. We will discuss the purpose of each exercise, your concerns, and how the treatment plan fits your individual needs.
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Not necessarily. Some people seek help for intrusive thoughts, compulsions, reassurance seeking, avoidance, or uncertainty-related patterns before receiving a formal diagnosis. An assessment can help clarify whether your symptoms are consistent with OCD and whether ERP is an appropriate treatment approach.
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ERP can be delivered through virtual therapy, and some clients find it helpful to practice within the environments where OCD symptoms occur. Whether virtual ERP is appropriate depends on your symptoms, treatment needs, privacy, safety, and ability to participate meaningfully from your location.
You don’t have to stay stuck in the same cycle.
Request a free 15-minute consultation to ask questions and explore whether virtual OCD and ERP therapy may be a good fit for your needs and goals.
For additional resources go to the International OCD Foundation link on the right