Treatment area
OCD treatment in Copenhagen
OCD is rarely about tidiness. It is about having thoughts you cannot bear to have — and about everything you do to neutralise them.
The thought is not the problem
Almost everyone has unpleasant, intrusive thoughts. What is different in OCD is not the thoughts themselves but the meaning you give them: that the thought says something about who you are, or that it can make something happen.
So you have to do something — check, wash, count, pray, seek reassurance, go over it again in your head. The action brings relief. The relief confirms that the thought was dangerous. And then it comes back.
The forms we see most often
- Checking and control compulsions
- Cleanliness and fear of contamination
- Aggressive or sexual obsessive thoughts — these are usually the most shameful and the most misunderstood
- Relationship OCD: persistent doubt about your relationship or partner
- Purely mental OCD, where the compulsions take place inside your head and are therefore invisible
The treatment
We combine cognitive behavioural therapy — with gradual exposure and resisting the rituals — with metacognitive therapy, which works on your relationship to the thoughts rather than their content. Where OCD is tied to underlying feelings or trauma, we also work with ISTDP.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Do my obsessive thoughts mean I am dangerous?
No. The very fact that the thoughts are deeply distressing to you is characteristic of OCD. People who genuinely want to cause harm are not tormented by it.
Do I have to stop the rituals from day one?
No. We build up gradually, and you decide the steps. The aim is for it to be possible — not for it to be hard.
There is no waiting list to join first
Book directly in the calendar, or call if you would rather talk to a person.