KD HOLMES, MS, LPC, EMDR CERTIFIED

KDH Counseling and OCD and ERP

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The Power of ERP: Overcoming OCD through Exposure Response Prevention

Many of my clients often inquire about the meaning of ERP. Exposure and Response Prevention may sound formal and technical, but in simple terms, it is a behavioral process that brings order to the chaos of the OCD merry go round. It involves...

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KD Holmes, MS, LPC | New Year's Resolution 2023

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How to Choose the "Right" New Years Resolution?

What if for your New Year's resolution you did not choose something that was perfectionistic, self-hating, idealistic, and counter to how you live...

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KDH Counseling Holiday Stress

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Mental Health and the Holidays

So in addition to holiday stress, some of us can add in our internal struggles that don’t stop simply because it’s the holidays. It can feel bleak...

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KD Holmes, MS, LPC

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What is it like to be You?

As I am trying to unpack a person's struggle I often think...What is it like to be you? What is it like to have your upbringing, to have your brain,...

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KD Holmes, MS, LPC | Anxiety | Overachieving | OCD

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What do I Struggle With?

Sometimes in my office people are curious about me. Some ask what do I struggle with? There is an assumption that therapists do not struggle because...

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KD Holmes, MS, LPC on Intrusive thoughts and ERP

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What is Intrusive Thinking?

Have you ever had a thought that just keeps popping up in your head? These kinds of thoughts can be images, phrases, even feelings that intrude upon...

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KD Holmes, MS, LPC and OCD and ERP

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The Skinny on Treating OCD

I began working with individuals who have OCD about 10 to 12 years ago. My journey into understanding OCD began in my graduate program, where I was...

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KD Holmes, LPC | sleep and mental health

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How is Your Sleep?

During my first session with a client (also known as “the intake session”) I always ask no matter what the mental health issue—

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OCD Cycle Image- Obsessions-Anxiety-Compulsions-Relief-Repeat

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Are You Lost in Your Obsessive Brain?

Many of the individuals I work with (myself included) are plagued by an obsessive brain. Obsessive brains are repetitive and stuck, living in a...

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KD Holmes, LPC

8 min read

Lean into It!

It’s been a long time since I had an adventure. I have been consumed by my day-to-day responsibilities of my relationship, work, family. I try to fit...

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