Counselling is effective in helping increase distress tolerance, reducing compulsions, and the intensity of obsessive thoughts in a person with OCD.
Counselling helps the person with OCD take back control from their OCD symptoms by helping the person confront their obsessions, resist their urge to engage in compulsions, challenge the validity of their intrusive thoughts, and replace them with more empowering thoughts.
The number of sessions depends on the person’s OCD severity and how long it takes them to overcome their distress related to the OCD thoughts and stop from engaging in compulsions.
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