KD HOLMES, MS, LPC, EMDR CERTIFIED

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

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...

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

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

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

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What is Intrusive Thinking?

Have you ever had a thought that keeps popping into your head, uninvited and unwelcome? These thoughts can manifest as disturbing images, unsettling...