Online Therapy for OCD and Anxiety
Online Therapy for OCD and Anxiety Across California
OCD and anxiety can leave you caught in worry, doubt, and repetitive behaviors. Dr. Brandon Mason and Dr. Shannon Brazee offer online therapy for OCD and anxiety throughout California. Dr. Mason works with adults; Dr. Brazee works with children, teens, and adults. Contact our office to discuss your needs and which clinician may be a good fit.
Understanding OCD
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) involves unwanted thoughts, images, or urges and repetitive behaviors or mental rituals used to reduce distress or prevent feared outcomes. Compulsions can include checking, washing, seeking reassurance, or reviewing events in your mind. The temporary relief can keep the cycle going.
Treatment focuses on understanding this pattern and learning different ways to respond to obsessional doubt and discomfort.
Anxiety & Panic
Anxiety can show up as persistent worry, avoidance, or feeling on edge. Panic attacks are sudden surges of intense fear that may include a racing heart, dizziness, or shortness of breath.
We’ll explore your experiences and the patterns that maintain anxiety, then practice skills to respond more flexibly and re-engage with activities that matter to you.
Treatment Approaches: CBT, ERP & I-CBT
Dr. Mason’s OCD treatment approaches include CBT, ERP, and I-CBT. Dr. Brazee also works with clients experiencing OCD. Treatment approaches vary by clinician, and we can discuss the options that fit your needs when you contact us.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) explores how thoughts, emotions, and actions interact. Treatment targets patterns such as avoidance and rituals and builds practical ways to respond differently.
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) is a form of CBT and a first-line psychological treatment for OCD. You and your therapist plan practice approaching triggering thoughts or situations while reducing compulsions, including mental rituals. The aim is to change your response to discomfort and uncertainty, rather than obtain complete certainty.
Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT) is an OCD treatment that examines how obsessional doubts are created. It helps you recognize when imagined possibilities take priority over what you can observe in the present. We can discuss whether this approach fits your needs and treatment history.
A Plan Built Around Your Goals
We’ll begin by understanding your symptoms, previous treatment, and what you want to change. Your clinician will discuss treatment options with you and develop a collaborative plan, with practice between sessions and regular reviews of progress.
In Dr. Mason’s work, mindfulness and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) may also help you respond more flexibly to difficult thoughts and feelings and take steps guided by your values.
Questions About OCD and Anxiety Therapy
Which clinician works with OCD?
Both Dr. Brandon Mason and Dr. Shannon Brazee work with OCD. Dr. Mason sees adults; Dr. Brazee sees children, teens, and adults. Dr. Mason’s treatment approaches include CBT, ERP, and I-CBT. Approaches vary by clinician. Contact our office to discuss your needs and preferred clinician.
What does ERP involve?
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) involves planning practice with your therapist to approach triggering thoughts or situations while reducing compulsions, including mental rituals. The focus is on changing your response to discomfort and uncertainty. Your clinician can discuss whether ERP fits your concerns and treatment goals.
We offer online therapy throughout California, including Visalia, Tulare, and the Central Valley. Appointments take place by video while you are physically located in California.
Ready to Begin?
Ready to explore therapy for OCD or anxiety? Request an appointment with Dr. Brandon Mason or Dr. Shannon Brazee, or contact our office with questions about getting started. You can indicate your preferred clinician on the appointment request form. An appointment is confirmed only after scheduling is arranged.
You don’t need to have everything figured out before reaching out. Request an appointment or contact our office to ask about getting started with online therapy in California.
