KD HOLMES, LPC, EMDR CERTIFIED, BTTI TRAINED

KD Holmes, LPC has been a therapist for 16 years working with anxiety disorders, phobias, OCD, and trauma.

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When Clean Doesn’t Feel Clean: Changing Contamination OCD Through ERP

KD HOLMES, LPC, EMDR CERTIFIED, BTTI TRAINED: Jun 12, 2025 8:20:57 AM

There’s a kind of fear that hides in the ordinary. A doorknob. A grocery cart. The memory of a word. Contamination OCD is not about being tidy—it’s about terror masquerading as hygiene. It’s about a nervous system that screams danger where others...

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When Certainty Becomes a Cage: Religious OCD (Scrupulosity) and ERP Treatment

KD HOLMES, LPC, EMDR CERTIFIED, BTTI TRAINED: Jun 12, 2025 8:07:45 AM

There’s a particular pain that comes not from sin itself, but from the fear of it. A weariness that settles into the bones, not from wrongdoing, but...

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Understanding Harm OCD and Finding Your Way Back to Yourself

KD HOLMES, LPC, EMDR CERTIFIED, BTTI TRAINED: Jun 5, 2025 8:24:32 AM

Some fears arrive like thunderstorms—loud, visible, and unmistakable. Others creep in quietly, like fog—unwelcome, disorienting, and hard to explain....

POCD image is a woman with kids in her mind

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The Fear No One Talks About: Understanding Pedophilia OCD Through ERP

KD HOLMES, LPC, EMDR CERTIFIED, BTTI TRAINED: May 31, 2025 2:06:35 PM

There is a particular kind of suffering that lives within people with POCD—a heavy, choking, and insessient nagging of what ifs. If these sufferers...

Neurodivergent brain with a heart in the middle

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The Fundamentals of Mental Health: ADHD, Autism & Sensory Differences

KD HOLMES, LPC, EMDR CERTIFIED, BTTI TRAINED: Nov 29, 2024 3:00:53 PM

After 48 years and countless therapists, I've come to challenge the traditional narratives surrounding mental health. Therapy often begins with...

Venn Diagram of success, female experience, and mental health

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NAVIGATING SUCCESS, MENTAL HEALTH AND THE FEMALE EXPERIENCE

KD HOLMES, LPC, EMDR CERTIFIED, BTTI TRAINED: Mar 20, 2024 8:02:54 AM

In today's fast pace and often unrelenting world, where success is measured through tangible achievements and milestones, it is imperative to focus...