Unhelpful Therapy Approaches for OCD

While the gold standard therapy for OCD is exposure and response prevention (e.g., ERP), there are numerous other types of therapies that may be recommended for OCD. Utilizing aspects from a range of approaches to complement exposure therapy is common and can be highly valuable. However, some therapeutic approaches reinforce the OCD, and therefore are not recommended. It is important to know these unhelpful approaches so that recovery is not hindered.