Compassionate and Effective Treatment for OCD and Related Conditions

In person and online therapy in California

SANTA BARBARA | VENTURA | LOS ANGELES

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I’m Teva Johnstone, Licensed Therapist

Licensed Clinical Social Worker CA 103826

I’m so glad you landed here and you’re considering working together. I know it can be hard to imagine recovery when you’ve been stuck for a while, but you don’t have to endure this difficult season alone. With professional help and commitment to the process, you may discover just how capable you are.

Clinical Focus

  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

  • Compulsive digital technology consumption

  • BFRBs (body focused repetitive behavior)

  • Parent consulting

Therapeutic Approach

  • Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

  • SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions)

  • Motivational Interviewing

  • Existential

Populations Treated

  • Adults

  • Perinatal/postpartum mothers

  • Children, teens, families

“I urge you to find a way to immerse yourself fully in the life that you’ve been given. To stop running from whatever you’re trying to escape, and instead to stop, and turn, and face whatever it is. Then I dare you to walk toward it.”

—Anna Lembke, MD

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