Anxiety & OCD Treatment
You know the anxiety is a problem. Maybe you’ve known for a long time. The avoidance has crept in, the rituals have grown, the worry has become the background noise of your life, or your child’s life. You’re ready to do something about it, and you want treatment that actually works.
Anxiety disorders and OCD are among the most treatable conditions in mental health. The evidence base is strong, and the right approach makes a real difference.
The honest part: ERP and graduated exposure work, and they are also hard. The point of the structure here is that you do not have to do the hard part alone, and that the discomfort is matched to what you can actually carry that week.
I use Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) with graduated exposure for anxiety, and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for OCD, the gold standard treatments, adapted for each person’s pace and readiness.
If you haven’t been assessed yet or you’re unsure whether what you’re experiencing is an anxiety disorder or OCD, I offer comprehensive anxiety and OCD assessments for children, adolescents, and adults.
What treatment covers.
- CBT for anxiety, identifying and restructuring the thought patterns that maintain anxiety, combined with graduated exposure to feared situations. This is the approach with the strongest evidence base for generalised anxiety, social anxiety, panic disorder, separation anxiety, and specific phobias.
- ERP for OCD, Exposure and Response Prevention is the first-line psychological treatment for OCD. It involves gradually facing the situations that trigger obsessions while resisting compulsions, building tolerance for uncertainty rather than trying to eliminate the distress.
- Parent-coached exposure for children, parents are central to treatment. I work directly with parents on reducing accommodation patterns, supporting brave behaviour, and building a home environment where anxiety doesn’t run the show.
- School and workplace support, recommendations for accommodations, coordination with teachers or employers, and strategies for managing anxiety in structured environments
Tic disorders and trichotillomania share treatment lineage with OCD, CBIT (Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics) and Habit Reversal Training are sibling protocols to ERP. If that’s what you’re here for, more is on tics, Tourette syndrome & habit disorders.
Who this is for.
I work with children, adolescents, and adults. Some clients come to treatment after a formal assessment; others have known about their anxiety or OCD for years and are ready to start. Common reasons people begin therapy:
- Anxiety that’s limiting what you’re willing to do, avoidance is growing
- OCD rituals that are consuming significant time and energy
- A child whose world is getting smaller, more refusals, more reassurance-seeking, more accommodation
- Panic attacks that feel uncontrollable
- Social anxiety that’s affecting relationships or career
- Previous therapy that focused on talking about anxiety rather than treating it
Sometimes the anxiety or the rituals turn out to be sitting on top of an ADHD or autism that was never named. If that might be you, it’s worth reading about late diagnosis in adults.
If you’re a senior leader or high-functioning professional and the anxiety mostly looks invisible from the outside, there’s a page I wrote for executives that gets into that more directly, including the burnout-shaped anxiety that “take a break” doesn’t fix.
My training in anxiety and OCD.
I completed my postdoctoral fellowship at Mayo Clinic’s Pediatric Anxiety Disorders Clinic, where I led the 5-day intensive Parent-Coached Exposure Therapy (PCET) programme and co-developed the Mayo Clinic Anxiety Coach app. I also trained in OCD treatment at UNC Chapel Hill under Dr. Jonathan Abramowitz, one of the world’s leading OCD researchers.
That training shapes how I work: structured, evidence-based, and exposure-focused. I use the same protocols used at leading anxiety treatment centres, adapted for each person’s pace and context.
What to expect.
Starting point. The first session is usually up to two hours. I’ll ask about your anxiety or OCD, what it looks like day to day, how long it’s been present, what you’ve tried, and what gets in the way. For children, this includes time with parents. There are no surprises and no pressure, just a conversation to determine the right approach.
Active treatment. Treatment typically runs 8–16 sessions, depending on the severity and complexity. Sessions are structured, goal-oriented, and collaborative, you’ll know what we’re working on and why. For anxiety, we use graduated exposure. For OCD, we use ERP. For children, parents are involved throughout.
Cost. A standard session is 60–90 minutes, pro-rated at SGD 300 per hour. Initial consultation: SGD 600 (usually up to two hours). For the full picture, including how payment works and reduced-fee options, see the Fees page.
Not sure yet? Book a free 15-minute Meet & Greet to ask questions before committing. Book here.
If you’d rather start somewhere quieter than a phone call, the GAD-7 (general anxiety) and the DASS-21 (depression, anxiety, stress) are both validated short self-report measures, a few minutes each. Validated, not diagnostic. If you’re not sure what you’re carrying, start here, and if you’d like to read about whether we’re a good clinical fit before booking, I’ve written about that here.
A few free screeners
Self-completed, instantly scored, no email required. They are a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis.
- PHQ-9 + GAD-7, adult depression and anxiety severity, in one form.
- SCARED, child and adolescent anxiety, including OCD-adjacent worry.