
Reclaim Your Life.
Exposure and Response Prevention for OCD and Related Anxiety Disorders Offering In Person Therapy in Ventura and Online Across California
WHO WE ARE
About Ventura OCD Therapy
Are you suffering from unwanted thoughts and compulsive behavior? Do you feel as though you get stuck in a loop of fear and distress until your rituals temporarily ease the anxiety? Are you ready to reclaim the hours spent each day in avoidance and rumination?
Welcome, I’m Teva Johnstone. As a therapist in Ventura, I help people suffering from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, stress, and anxiety. I’m so glad you landed here.
I treat adults, children, and teens suffering from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, anxiety disorders, specific phobias like emetophobia, and parenting stress.
Many of my clients are located in Ventura County in the city of Ventura, near Ojai, Camarillo, Newbury Park, and Thousand Oaks. I provide in person therapy at my office in Ventura (near Ventura College) or via secure Zoom across California.
I can assist your recovery from time consuming habits, rituals, rumination, and avoidance. Together we will explore your particular troubles, collaborate on a plan for recovery, and take gradual but concrete steps towards healing.
It’s okay if you’ve had mental health struggles for as long as you can remember, the next chapter is starting now!
If you're searching for an OCD Specialist in Ventura or anywhere in California, I’d be happy to support your recovery. Contact me to get started on your healing journey.
Teva Johnstone, Licensed Clinical Social Worker No.103826
HOW WE HELP
Ventura Obsessive-Compulsive Therapy
How Treatment Can Help
As a psychotherapist in Ventura with specialized training in the treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, anxiety, and specific phobias, I practice evidence-based therapy guided by your goals.
My approach uses gold standard Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) combined with Motivational Interviewing, and skills-based techniques to learn to stop ruminating and restore your agency.
ERP is the first-line treatment for OCD. It is an Exposure-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy that is structured yet personalized and flexible. Treatment planning is collaborative and rooted in your unique needs, cultural values, and ideas about the life you want.
WHAT WE TREAT
Compassionate Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Anxiety
With over a decade of experience as a therapist, my style is warm, direct, and forward moving. When using structured therapies like ERP, I maintain a relational approach and tailor treatment for your individual needs.
My clients feel safe to share things that are embarrassing, scary, or taboo. They feel validated in their pain but they don’t wish to stay in a space of exclusive validation. Many clients have come to me specifically requesting to be challenged, with the understanding therapy is about change and resilience.
While in treatment with me at my office in Ventura or via Telehealth anywhere in California, clients are supported as they do the hard work of breaking free from compulsive behavior and anxious avoidance.
Mental Health Conditions Treated
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Specific Phobias (Emetophobia)
Adult, Child & Teen Anxiety Disorders
Parenting Stress
Hoarding Disorder
Tech-Focused Compulsive Behavior (Internet addiction)
Take the first step towards freedom with OCD therapy
It can be hard to imagine recovery when you’ve been stuck in obsessive-compulsive patterns for a while. It’s important to know you are not alone and highly effective treatment is available.
OCD and anxiety treatment helps us learn to face things that challenge us. We learn we can leave the prison of compulsions and avoidance. Treatment isn’t easy, but it’s a crucial step towards freedom.
Help is available in person in Ventura or online anywhere in California.
Rewrite Your Story With Therapy in Ventura and Online in California
“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