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Scottsdale, Arizona

OCD treatment for a nervous system trying to feel safe.

You already know the thought isn’t true. Your nervous system hasn’t caught up.
OCD treatment at our Scottsdale practice starts from that gap.
The checking and mental reviewing that never quite settle anything are often a system working hard to create safety. Our psychiatric care treats them that way.
Call (602) 842-9919How we work
Psychiatrist and psychiatric NP
Coordinates with your therapist
Medication at the smallest amount that helps
Adults 18+

Who we see

When insight hasn’t brought relief

Understanding the pattern rarely makes it stop.
Many people with OCD can describe their pattern precisely. They know what triggers it, they know the compulsion doesn’t really protect anything, and they’ve often done a good deal of therapy. The urge arrives anyway.
That isn’t a failure of willpower or understanding. It’s one reason a purely cognitive approach can stall, and why the nervous system deserves a place in the treatment.
Most approaches treat a compulsion as the problem.
We start by asking what it’s protecting.
What it can look like
Checking
Mental reviewing
An urge that arrives anyway

Our approach

Trauma-informed psychiatry for OCD

We understand compulsions as a nervous system trying to create safety. Treatment addresses both the biology and the pattern underneath it, rather than one at the expense of the other.
Most places
Two offices
Therapist
Prescriber
A therapist for the compulsions, a prescriber for the medication, and very little traffic between them.
Here
Working together
Therapy
Psychiatry
You
Our trauma-informed psychiatry is built to work alongside the therapy you’re already doing, held by a team trained across psychiatry and trauma work.

Working alongside your therapist

An OCD psychiatrist who works with your therapy

Exposure and response prevention (ERP) is a widely used therapy for OCD, and many people already have an ERP therapist when they come to us. Our role is the psychiatric side of care.

That means a careful evaluation, a clear picture of what’s driving the symptoms, and medication used as a supportive tool rather than the whole answer. We start at the smallest amount that genuinely helps and review it against how you’re actually doing.

A psychiatrist and a therapist for OCD are most useful when they aren’t working blind.

What to expect

What working with us involves

Psychiatric evaluation
Care begins with a full psychiatric evaluation. We review your current concerns, your medical and psychiatric history, what you have already tried, and what did or did not help.
We also look at
  • Sleep
  • Nutrition
  • The stress you carry now, and the experiences that taught your system to respond this way
  • Any therapy you’re doing now, so care can be coordinated
We see people for OCD treatment from Scottsdale, Phoenix and across Arizona.
Coordinated with your therapy
Coordinating with your therapist is part of how we work, so your psychiatric care and your therapy aren’t happening in isolation.
Appointments run 30 to 60 minutes.
Appointments
Appointments run 30 to 60 minutes depending on the clinician you see.
To book an evaluation, call (602) 842-9919.

Questions

What people ask about OCD treatment

If something you need to know isn’t here, call and ask. We would rather answer it now than have you wonder.

What does a psychiatrist do for OCD?

A psychiatrist provides the medical side of OCD care: a full evaluation, a clear picture of what's driving symptoms, and medication management where it helps. Here that care is trauma-informed and coordinated with the therapy you're doing, so the two work together.

Can you work alongside my OCD therapist?

Yes. Coordinating with your therapist is part of how we work, so your psychiatric care and your therapy aren't happening in isolation from each other.

Will I have to take medication for OCD?

Not necessarily. Medication is a supportive tool rather than the treatment itself. When it's used, we start at the smallest amount that genuinely helps and review it against how you're actually doing.

Do you offer ketamine-assisted psychotherapy for OCD?

Our care for OCD is psychiatric: evaluation, medication management and coordination with your therapy. Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy at our practice focuses on other conditions, such as PTSD, treatment-resistant depression and anxiety.

Do you see children or teenagers?

No. We work with individuals 18 and older.

Reach out

Wherever you are in this, a conversation is a reasonable place to start.
To ask a question or book an evaluation, call us. You can also email info@traumahealingjourneys.com.
Call Us (602) 842-9919
We do not provide emergency psychiatric services. If you are in crisis, call the Arizona Crisis Hotline at 1-844-534-4673, dial 911, or go to your nearest emergency room.