Lori Riddle-Walker MFT, Treating OCD and Related Disorders, San Diego

Our Mission

Did you know that in the U.S., 1 in 50 adults have OCD, and twice that many have had it at some point in their lives? It takes an average of 17 years from the time OCD begins for people to obtain appropriate treatment.

Our mission is to provide the much-needed assessment, diagnosis and treatment for OCD sufferers.

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Free Consultation

Is therapy for you? Are we a good fit?

Find out by contacting me to set up a free 30-minute in-office consultation in Escondido. I look forward to hearing from you!

OCD

Hittin’ and clawing with a panic attack
Hanging on the ledge of manic, slipping fast
Weapons of thought repeat to me
Ripping my emotions with OCD
I am not going to die, I am going to defy
All of the thoughts inside my head

Special

The first time I held you in my arms

Understand

You don’t understand all this suffering

and pain, this heavy burden,

What Does O.C.D. Stand For?

Occasionally changing dilemma
Can’t make up your mind
Try to put it behind
Just say no
Then it will go
Maybe it will climb up a tree
I don’t care as long as it flees
It’s overwhelming
The problem is swelling
Just say no then it will go
Going around and checking
Everywhere, you even rewash your hair

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New Services

I’ve expanded my services to better help those with OCD plus high-functioning autism or Asperger’s. Services include individual therapy, family therapy and in-home behavioral coaching. Social skills training for children is scheduled for October. Read more »

Join a Support Group

Interested in attending an adult or teen OCD support group?

• A group for adults meets the last Monday of each month at 7 p.m. in Escondido.

• A peer-led family support group meets the last Monday of each month at 7 p.m.

Teens: Would you like to have your own group? If so, contact me. When there's enough interest, we'll start a teen OCD support group.

Contact Lori for information about any of these groups.

Hoarding Treatment Group

My next treatment group for hoarding, cluttering and compulsive acquiring starts this summer in Escondido, California. Please contact Lori for details.

Annual OCD Conference

The 18th Annual Obsessive Compulsive Foundation Conference will be held July 29-31, 2011 in San Diego. More than 1,000 attendees are expected.

Visit the conference site.

Ask the Therapist

Got a question about OCD, scrupulosity, or therapy? Email it to me and I'll post questions and answers in the Ask the Therapist section for everyone's benefit.

Poetry

OCD, by JC, adult with OCD

What Does O.C.D. Stand For?, by teen whose mother has OCD

Understand, by teen with OCD

Special, by mother of child with OCD

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