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How OCD treatment changes your view of the past by Daniel Frazer LCSW It’s not uncommon for it to take many years to receive an OCD diagnosis. In fact, most research shows that on average it takes seven or more years to receive the correct diagnosis (Perris et al. 2023). In that time, there will likely be a mix of either treatment avoidance, wrong diagnosis, thus, wrong treatment, unnecessary or poorly targeted psychotropic medications and, most important of all, a worsened q

By Daniel Frazer, LCSW I first learned that people were scared of aliens when it was my turn to share my current events homework in my 2nd grade class. A few days prior, President Clinton had made his big address about an asteroid found in Antarctica that seemed to have remnants of microbial life from Mars. My classmates mostly chose articles about favorite music artists or sports teams, but coming from a Star Trek and science-fiction home, this article about potential first

OCD and Anxiety Disorder Treatment and The Wounded Healer by Daniel Frazer, LCSW My entire life is quite literally all anxiety. I spend over 40 hours a week with the anxiety of my clients, those I supervise, on OCD and anxiety research, and the daily anxiety I also live with. Like a gardener who works with a fig tree, I work with my clients’ anxiety collaboratively — tending to it with care, but also with the willingness to help them feel, see, and weather the pain that grow

Viewing Food Insecurity Through the Lens of Attachment Theory by Daniel Frazer, LCSW 11/5/2025 Recently, a therapist colleague I supervise was surprised that I had suggested they check in with their psychotherapy clients, especially those they know to be lower income, to see if they had plans or needed resources for the impending reduction of SNAP benefits, rising costs, and surging under-employment many of the clients we provide psychotherapy for face. This colleague, l

On An Understanding of Modern Psychotherapies of ACT and CBT by Daniel Frazer, LCSW 10/31/2025 Eastern philosophies and modern psychology, particularly cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) suggests that we’re not our thoughts. But then, what are we? How do we identify our state of being outside of our thoughts? Modern psychotherapies such as CBT, ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), instructs one to observe, objectify and create distance from our thoughts. The aim is to not

Why ERP and I-CBT are stronger together by Daniel Frazer, LCSW 10/30/2025 Exposure Response Prevention is the gold treatment standard for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, widely understood to help clients face their fears and discomfort systematically and allowing the individual to deprogram their cyclical fear. However, while ERP addresses the avoidance and the emotions, it may not always help reconnect clients with their value systems.  First, let’s define values as the term