OCD Therapy & Counselling

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When Your Mind Won’t Let You Let It Go

OCD can make you feel like you can never quite trust your own thoughts. An intrusive thought can lead to hours of analyzing, checking, researching, avoiding, or seeking reassurance. Even when you know your fears may not make sense, the need to feel certain can be incredibly powerful. You may find yourself caught in a cycle of obsessions, anxiety, and compulsions that is exhausting and difficult to break on your own.

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Paul Weisgerber

RSW, He/They

Does your mind keep demanding certainty?

OCD isn’t simply being organized, particular, or worried about things. It can feel like getting stuck on a thought, question, fear, or possibility and being unable to let it go.

Maybe you:

  • Experience intrusive thoughts or images that feel disturbing, frightening, or completely out of character.

  • Feel responsible for preventing something bad from happening, even when you know you probably aren’t.

  • Repeatedly check, count, clean, research, review, or mentally analyze things to feel certain.

  • Seek reassurance from people you trust but find that the relief never lasts.

  • Avoid places, people, situations, objects, or conversations that trigger your fears.

  • Get caught in mental rituals, rumination, or replaying situations over and over in your head.

  • Spend a lot of time questioning your memories, feelings, intentions, relationships, or decisions.

  • Feel ashamed or frightened by your thoughts and worry about what they might mean about you.

  • Know logically that your fears may be unlikely, but still feel unable to move forward without certainty.

OCD can take up enormous amounts of mental and emotional energy. The goal of therapy isn’t to prove that your fears will never happen or give you endless reassurance. It’s to help you change your relationship with uncertainty, intrusive thoughts, and anxiety so that OCD has less control over your life.

What OCD Therapy Can Do for You

OCD therapy focuses on helping you step out of the cycle of obsession, anxiety, and compulsion. Using exposure and relapse prevention therapy (ERP) and evidence-based approaches, we’ll work together to help you:

  • Understand how OCD works and recognize your personal OCD patterns.

  • Identify compulsions, including less visible mental compulsions and reassurance-seeking.

  • Reduce avoidance and behaviours that keep the OCD cycle going.

  • Build your ability to tolerate uncertainty without needing immediate answers.

  • Learn to respond differently to intrusive thoughts rather than treating them as threats.

  • Develop strategies for managing anxiety without relying on compulsions.

  • Reduce shame and self-judgment around intrusive thoughts.

  • Reconnect with the people, activities, and values that OCD may have pushed aside.

You don’t need to figure out whether every thought is true, meaningful, or dangerous before you can move forward. Therapy can help you learn that a thought is just a thought and that you can choose what you do next.

Riley Brown

MPCC, She/Her

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How To Get Started

Free Client Consultation

During this over the phone session, we will discuss your unique needs and goals, explore how our counselling services can support you, and answer any questions you may have.

15 mins

Initial Counselling Session

This initial session provides a space for us to collaboratively explore your goals, establish informed consent, and complete any necessary paperwork.

50 mins

Counselling Session        

Our counselling sessions offer personalized support and guidance tailored to your specific needs.

50 mins

Insurance

Here are a few companies who have covered the cost of counselling services. Please double check your policy to ensure that your counsellors designation is covered.

At this time, direct billing is available for certain insurance providers. Click on your insurance provider to confirm if direct billing is available.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm that counselling services are covered.

    Client pays upfront and submits receipts for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm that counselling services are covered.

    Client pays upfront and submits receipts for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm that counselling services are covered.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing is unavailable

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing available

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing is unavailable

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Greenshield includes coverage for mental health services provided by CPCA members. Coverage limits and conditions should be reviewed in your policy.

    Direct billing is now available for Greenshield members.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm that counselling services are covered.

    Client pays upfront and submits receipts for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm that counselling services are covered.

    • Paul (RSW) is currently covered under ICBC but cannot direct bill.

    Client pays upfront and submits receipts for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm that counselling services are covered.

    Client pays upfront and submits receipts for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm that counselling services are covered.

    Client pays upfront and submits receipts for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm that counselling services are covered.

    Client pays upfront and submits receipts for reimbursement.

  • Certain Municipal Fire Departments offer coverage for mental health counselling by CPCA members. Coverage specifics will depend on the department's policy.

    Client pays upfront and submits receipts for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm that counselling services are covered.

    Client pays upfront and submits receipts for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing not currently available

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available once she is no longer provisional

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to Pacific Blue Cross for reimbursement based on your plan.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm that counselling services are covered.

    Client pays upfront and submits receipts for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm that counselling services are covered.

    Client pays upfront and submits receipts for reimbursement.

  • The SAJE Mental Health and Counselling Benefit provides funds for young adults from government care (including Indigenous Child and Family Service Agencies [ICFSA]) to access services to improve mental and emotional health and well-being, including addressing experiences of trauma. The benefit covers the costs of mental health and counselling services up to $1,500 per calendar year.

    We have been approved as a counsellor for clients using this benefit in the past and are set up to direct bill to SAJE.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm that counselling services are covered.

    Client pays upfront and submits receipts for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing available

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing available

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing will be available soon

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

  • Please check your benefits plan to confirm counselling coverage.

    • Riley (MPCC): Direct billing available

    • Paul (RSW): Direct billing is unavailable

    • Sydney (MPCC-P): Direct billing will be available soon

    If direct billing is unavailable, you can submit your receipt directly to your plan for reimbursement.

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