OCD Self Guided Course *

OCD Self Guided Course *

OCD Self Guided Course

Have you ever stayed up all night ruminating on thoughts like:

  • What if I snap and harm someone?

  • Maybe I left the stove on?

  • Could there be a chance that my partner isn’t the right one for me?

  • What if everybody sees my mistake and laughs at me?

  • What if I accidentally offended someone and didn’t realize it?

  • Could I have run someone over without noticing?

  • What if I cheated on my partner and can’t remember it?

  • Maybe I touched something contaminated and spread germs everywhere.

  • Am I secretly a bad person and just don’t know it?

  • Could I be responsible for something terrible that happened in the world?

You're not alone. These kinds of intrusive thoughts can completely take over, keeping us awake at night, driving us to perform rituals or safety behaviors, and leading us to avoid things we once enjoyed. These compulsions can bring brief relief… but the doubt always creeps back in. It becomes a never-ending cycle of mental torture that feels impossible to escape.

OCD can feel like it hijacks your life. It attacks the things you care most deeply about, such as your values, your identity, your relationships. As someone with lived experience of OCD, I know these thoughts intimately. I used to believe recovery wasn’t possible without doing exposures. But everything changed when I discovered a lesser-known therapy called Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT).

I-CBT didn’t require traditional exposures. Instead, it gave me a clear framework for understanding why I was having these thoughts in the first place, and how my brain was creating these obsessive stories. For the first time, I didn’t feel forced to engage in compulsions. I could see the process behind my OCD, and that clarity changed everything. My anxiety dropped. My OCD symptoms became subclinical. I felt free.

You’re not alone, and you’re not broken.

OCD isn’t random. I-CBT helped me prove it to myself.

I always had a sense that my OCD wasn’t just some random misfiring of my brain. The themes of my obsessions were deeply tied to my personal experiences, my expectations of myself, and the values I hold most dearly. When I found I-CBT, I felt a profound sense of validation. It explained why my OCD was targeting me in such specific ways. It wasn’t random; it was a distorted inference process. For the first time, someone had put language to what I was experiencing.

About the Self Guided Course

This course is designed to help individuals with OCD find relief through Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (ICBT). Unlike traditional approaches, ICBT does not involve purposely provoking anxiety through exposure-based techniques. Instead, this is a cognitive-focused treatment that addresses OCD at its root: the obsession. By treating OCD at the cognitive level, compulsions naturally resolve without the need to intentionally create discomfort or anxiety, allowing for a compassionate and effective path to recovery.

From personal healing to professional mission

After finding this life-changing therapy, I dedicated my career to bringing I-CBT to others. I've trained over 1,000 therapists in this modality and became a Continuing Education (CE) provider for psychologists, counselors, and therapists.

But because there are still so few therapists trained in I-CBT, I created this self-guided course as a resource for those who may not have access to an I-CBT therapist, or who want to deepen their understanding of the therapy while working with a provider.

The OCD Doubt Sequence

OCD follows a predictable sequence every single time. No matter the subtype or theme, the cycle always unfolds in the same way.

It begins with a trigger, something in your environment or within your own thoughts. That trigger sparks a doubt, making you question what just happened or what could happen. From there, your mind jumps to the possible consequences. if that doubt were true. These consequences usually feel catastrophic because they threaten your identity and values, the things that matter most to you.

Naturally, this leads to anxiety. And in an attempt to relieve that anxiety and prevent the feared outcome, you feel compelled to engage in a behavior, what we call a compulsion.

This predictable cycle is what we call The OCD Sequence.

In the Self-Guided Course, you will learn the step-by-step formula of this sequence, and more importantly, how to break free from it.

What's Inside The Course? *

What's Inside The Course? *

Interactive Games & Exercises

Engage with learning through activities that reinforce key concepts

Write Your Own OCD Stories & Sequences

Personalize your learning by entering your own OCD patterns

Videos & Visual Learning

Deepen understanding with engaging multimedia content

Save Your Work & Return Anytime

Keep track of your progress and revisit exercises as needed

Plenty of Examples from All OCD Subtypes

Apply I-CBT principles no matter your OCD theme

How is I-CBT Different than ERP?

Treating OCD at the Cognitive Level

When you treat OCD at the cognitive level, there is no need to purposely provoke anxiety. Once you understand the process of how your OCD is being created, it begins to lose its power and you no longer feel compelled to act on a behavior.

You will see a chart with examples from both I-CBT and ERP, placed within the OCD Sequence. ERP focuses on OCD at the fifth and final stage (the compulsion). I-CBT treats OCD earlier in the sequence, at the second stage (the doubt).

When OCD is resolved at the second stage, the remaining stages naturally lose their force and begin to resolve on their own.

OCD Self Guided Course