KD HOLMES, MS, LPC, EMDR CERTIFIED

ERP

image of collage of woman with images of love in her head and uncertainty

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When Love Feels Like a Question: Relationship OCD

There’s a kind of love that doesn’t bloom gently-it twists in your chest, tight and unrelenting. It’s not love’s absence that hurts, but the constant...

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When Just Right OCD Feels Like Survival

Do you often think or feel something’s off." not dangerous, not dirty-just... wrong. The book isn’t crooked, but it isn’t straight enough. The...

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When Clean Doesn’t Feel Clean:  Contamination OCD

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: Scrupulosity OCD

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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Harm OCD image of disturbing thoughts

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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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The Fear No One Talks About: Understanding POCD Through ERP

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...

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Cycle of a goal, anxiety, compulsive over achieving, followed by relief

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Achievement Pressure: What’s So Wrong With Being an Overachiever?

One of the fundamental pillars of my therapeutic approach focuses on adults who find themselves entangled in the intricate web of anxiety and...

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The Power of ERP Therapy: Overcoming OCD

Many clients ask me, “What exactly is ERP?” Exposure and Response Prevention Treatment, or ERP, may sound formal or technical, but at its core, it is...

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What are OCD Intrusive Thoughts?

Have you ever had a thought that pops into your head uninvited and unwelcome? These experiences can show up as disturbing images, unsettling phrases,...

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The Skinny on Treating OCD: Habituation & ILM

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

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