The OCD app is your portable self help tool. Learn skills to resist obsessions and compulsions. All material was written by a licensed psychotherapist (LCSW) with 25 years of counseling experience.

You first rate the frequency and strength of your OCD thoughts on a color coded scale from 1 (fleeting) to 10 (continual, very difficult to resist). From there, you move on to the first set of skills, where you select one of 10 different calming activities to perform. After following the instructions for the calming activity, you select one of 10 ways to change your thoughts. Changing your thoughts in order to change your feelings is the basis of cognitive behavioral psychotherapy, the most widely practiced form of psychotherapy. After utilizing one of the thought changers, you proceed to select one method for resisting the rituals or compulsions. This is the basis of exposure and response prevention, the evidence-based method of OCD treatment. Upon implementing those skills, you rate the level of OCD again in order to determine if the skills you chose were effective for you. If the level of the OCD has not reduced sufficiently, you are given the opportunity to try again, selecting a different skill set.

The content presented is for your information only. It is not a substitute for professional counseling or medical advice, and it should not be used to treat a psychiatric or medical condition. Please consult your health care provider or a counselor if you have any questions or concerns.