OCD specialist · Texas · Telehealth statewide

OCD Therapist in Texas

Texas is big enough to hide a shortage. The metros have OCD specialists, but they come with months-long waitlists and, often, no insurance; drive an hour out and specialty OCD therapy thins to almost nothing. This practice closes both gaps by telehealth: two evidence-based OCD treatments, Inference-Based CBT and neurodivergent-affirming ERP, from a Texas-licensed therapist trained specifically in this work, delivered to your living room anywhere in the state. The checking, the doubting, the mental reviewing, the rituals that eat your evenings: treatable, from home.

I-CBT & affirming ERP Insurance & private pay 100% telehealth · Texas LPC #92348

Help with: contamination & washing · checking · intrusive thoughts · relationship OCD · scrupulosity · perfectionism & "just right" · mental review & Pure O · emetophobia · BFRBs (hair pulling, skin picking) · and OCD in autistic and ADHD adults.

More than one path

You have a real choice of I-CBT and affirming ERP. Different people respond to different methods, and we'll discuss in your consult which one is the better fit for your situation.

A named specialist

No rotating assignment from a directory. Your therapy stays with one Texas-licensed therapist the whole way through.

Neurodivergent-affirming

Autism and ADHD are never treated as the problem here. The plan targets doubt-driven rituals only.

The whole picture

OCD seldom shows up by itself. The anxiety, burnout, and ARFID riding alongside it get treated too, not just the OCD.

OCD therapy across Texas, wherever you are

Join from anywhere in Texas →
HoustonSan AntonioDallasAustinFort WorthEl PasoArlingtonCorpus ChristiPlanoLubbockLaredoIrvingGarlandFriscoMcKinneyAmarilloGrand PrairieBrownsvilleKilleenDentonPasadenaMesquiteMidlandMcAllenWacoRound RockAbileneBeaumontTylerWichita FallsCollege StationSan AngeloLongviewOdessaSugar LandThe WoodlandsNew BraunfelsGeorgetownTempleAllenCarrolltonRichardsonLewisvilleFlower MoundGrapevineEulessBedfordMansfieldCedar HillDeSotoRowlettWylieLittle ElmProsperCoppellKellerNorth Richland HillsBurlesonWaxahachieKatyPearlandLeague CityBaytownConroeMissouri CitySpringCypressHumbleFriendswoodGalvestonTexas CityRosenbergTomballPflugervilleCedar ParkLeanderKyleSan MarcosBudaHuttoBastropSchertzCiboloConverseBoerneSeguinHarlingenEdinburgMissionPharrVictoriaPort ArthurBryanHarker HeightsDel RioEagle PassNacogdochesParisShermanDenisonTexarkanaHuntsvilleLufkinMarshallKerrville

Somewhere smaller or more rural? You're covered. Telehealth reaches every corner of Texas, from the Rio Grande Valley and Hill Country to the Panhandle. The only requirement is being physically in Texas during your session.

Amiti Grozdon, LPC, online OCD therapist serving Texas
Your therapist

Amiti Grozdon, M.Ed., LPC

Texas LPC #92348 · OCD telehealth statewide

I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor treating OCD, anxiety, and phobias in adults across Texas by telehealth. The style here is direct, warm, and structured: your treatment plan is clear by session three, and you'll always know the target and the reason for it.

OCD is a core specialty, not a side offering. I'm trained in both treatments described on this page, deliver them in neurodivergent-affirming form, and keep your therapy with one person rather than passing it to whoever is free. Your named therapist, start to finish.

OCD-specific training: Inference-Based CBT / I-CBT (OCD Training School) · Exposure & Response Prevention for OCD & Anxiety Disorders · Autistic-Affirming ERP (Diverge Counseling) · plus ACT for autism and adult ADHD, DBT skills for neurodivergent clients, and ComB for BFRBs.

Read more about me →

Book a free 15-min consultation
Cost, up front

Insurance or private pay, your choice

In-network in Texas with the plans below. Private pay: $200 for a 50-55 minute session, $120 for a 30-minute check-in for established clients. Full details on the fees & insurance page.

CarelonCignaAetnaProvidenceBCBS of TexasAscension SmartHealth
Every theme, including the quiet ones

OCD treatment for the full range of themes

OCD comes in many themes and one engine underneath: manufactured doubt. The treatment reaches every theme, and the most common ones have dedicated pages.

The visible themes

Contamination and washing, the checking loop that never closes, ordering and "just right" rituals, and reassurance seeking that resets overnight. Contamination OCD and perfectionism OCD have their own pages, and the main OCD therapy page covers the treatment side as a whole.

The invisible themes

The themes that stay hidden: mental reviewing, moral and religious scrupulosity, relationship OCD, existential loops, and the private all-day tribunal of "did I do something wrong." All doubt-driven, all treatable, and no exposure hierarchy needed for rituals that run entirely inside your head.

The OCD-adjacent fears

Fears that wear a phobia label but run on OCD's engine respond to the same work: emetophobia, choking fears alongside ARFID, the what-if side of panic and agoraphobia, and anticipatory driving anxiety.

OCD in autistic and ADHD adults

For autistic and ADHD adults, the sorting comes first: routines and stims are regulation and stay protected, while doubt-driven rituals get treated, and both methods run in ND-affirming form. The full picture is on the OCD for autistic adults page.

Why OCD-and-neurodivergence therapy matters in Texas

A big-state overlap with a big-state shortage

OCD, autism, and ADHD overlap far more than standard therapy assumes, and Texas pairs a large affected population with one of the country's worst provider shortages. The numbers are stark.

~450K
Texas adults are estimated to be autistic, the second-largest such population of any state, and most were never diagnosed as children
328
federally designated mental-health shortage areas in Texas, among the most of any state, so "a provider exists" and "you can reach one" are often different things
~22%
lifetime rate of OCD among autistic adults, versus roughly 1-2% in the general population, making the overlap the rule rather than the exception
~4x
people with OCD are about four times as likely to also be autistic, which is why sorting the two correctly is central to treatment

Sources: Dietz et al. (2020) estimated ~449,600 autistic adults in Texas, second only to California; HRSA (Dec 2025) mental-health Health Professional Shortage Area designations; Hollocks et al. (2019) lifetime OCD in autistic adults; co-occurrence meta-analyses. In a state this size, specialists cluster in a few metros while vast rural areas go without, which is exactly the gap telehealth closes.

How treatment works here

Two doors into the same recovery

The standard OCD menu offers exposure, take it or leave it. Here there are two genuinely different doors, and having the choice changes what choosing either one means.

I-CBT: no deliberate exposure

I-CBT reframes the whole problem: the obsession is a doubt your imagination built against the testimony of your senses, and a manufactured doubt can be dismantled. The work takes apart the reasoning that sells it, with no flooding and no provoked anxiety, and randomized trials put it on par with established treatments, strongest where conviction runs high. Read the full I-CBT introduction →

Trying to choose? Here's I-CBT vs ERP compared, and we'll land on the right one together in your free consult.

Affirming ERP: exposure you choose

When avoidance has shrunk your world, well-built exposure work takes it back, and "well-built" carries the weight: consent is structural, the hierarchy is yours, the veto is real, sensory pain is never treated as anxiety, and nothing is sprung on you. Read the affirming ERP introduction →

Not sure if this is OCD, or which treatment fits?

That's exactly what the free consultation is for. We'll talk it through by phone, no pressure and no commitment, and you'll leave with a clearer sense of your options in Texas.

Book a free 15-min consultation
Why telehealth changes this for Texas

Specialty OCD therapy, minus the waitlist and the drive

Texas has a two-part OCD problem. In the big metros, specialists exist but sit behind long waitlists and frequently don't take insurance, so "available" and "reachable" turn out to be different words. Outside the metros, specialty OCD therapy nearly vanishes: OCD-trained therapists cluster in a few cities, ERP training is rarer, and I-CBT, still new to the U.S., is rarer yet, leaving generic talk therapy as the honest local option, which OCD mostly ignores.

Telehealth resolves both halves at once: no metro waitlist, no long haul from a rural county, and for OCD specifically a clinical edge, because your real triggers, your real kitchen, and your real front-door lock are in the session rather than described from memory. Traffic, distance, and a scarce local roster stop deciding whether treatment happens. That's true whether you're in Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, or Austin, in El Paso, Corpus Christi, Lubbock, Amarillo, or Laredo, or in the Rio Grande Valley, the Hill Country, or a Panhandle county two hours from anywhere: same specialist, same treatments, same depth of work, anywhere in Texas.

The Texas practice page covers everything else I treat statewide.

1

Consult & sort

Start with the free 15-minute call, then a thorough assessment: themes mapped, and OCD teased apart from everything that looks like it.

2

Choose the door

Together we pick the door: I-CBT, affirming ERP, or one then the other, with both introductions available to read first.

3

The work

Weekly structured sessions from wherever you are, taking apart the doubt or reclaiming lost ground at a pace that fits you.

4

Make it hold

Progress checked against your real life, plus a standing plan for the day OCD tries out a fresh theme, because it will.

Format

Sessions run entirely online over secure, HIPAA-compliant video, weekdays from 7am to 5pm Central. You'll need to be physically in Texas during session, and any private spot does the job, whether that's home, an office, or a parked car.

Fees & insurance

Insurance (In-network throughout Texas with)

CarelonCignaAetnaProvidenceBCBS of TexasAscension SmartHealth

Private pay

$200
50-55 min session
$120
30-min check-in

Coverage depends on your plan, so check your benefits first. Details live on the services page.

Your therapist

Amiti Grozdon, M.Ed., LPC (Texas LPC #92348), trained in I-CBT (OCD Training School) and autistic-affirming ERP, treating OCD, anxiety, and phobias by telehealth across Texas. Meet your therapist →

Common questions

OCD therapy in Texas

Quick answers. The full FAQ page has the rest.

Yes, statewide via secure telehealth: Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, Austin, El Paso, the Rio Grande Valley, the Panhandle, and every rural county between. You join from any private space in Texas, and the treatment is identical wherever you are.
Yes, and it isn't a lesser option: I-CBT works upstream on the obsessional doubt itself instead of training you to endure the anxiety it produces, with no deliberate exposure and no debating your logic. Randomized trials back it with outcomes comparable to established treatments. The full introduction lays out the model, and whether it runs alone or pairs with chosen exposure gets decided together early on.
A bad ERP round shows where the delivery broke, not that you can't be helped, and the breaks are predictable: pacing built for a different nervous system, compliance dressed up as treatment, sensory distress read as anxiety. Two things differ here: the ERP itself is rebuilt around consent, and I-CBT stands as a real alternative with no exposure at all, so whatever you pick is genuinely chosen. The affirming ERP introduction spells out what changes.
Yes, completely. Mental review, scrupulosity, relationship doubt, and the other invisible themes are doubt-driven OCD, and doubt-focused treatment fits them naturally; none of the work depends on being in the same room. Nobody being able to see the OCD never meant it wasn't costing you plenty.
I'm in-network in Texas with Carelon, Cigna, Aetna, Providence, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, and Ascension SmartHealth, and private pay is welcome: $200 for a 50-55 minute session, $120 for a 30-minute check-in. Coverage varies by plan, so verify your benefits before the first session. Full details on the fees & insurance page.
Yes, in the delivery. The assessment carefully separates autistic regulation (which stays, protected) from doubt-driven rituals (which get treated), you help do that sorting, and both methods run in neurodivergent-affirming form. Self-identified and questioning clients are welcome, and the OCD for autistic adults page covers all of it.
Both are structured, time-limited treatments, usually a few months of weekly sessions, with length shaped by how long the OCD has been running, how many themes it has taken over, and what else is going on. You'll always know the plan and where you stand in it, and the honest per-case estimate is exactly what the free consultation delivers.
Yes, as long as you're 18 or older and physically in Texas during sessions, which covers UT, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, UH, UNT, Baylor, and campuses statewide. College is a classic age for OCD and anxiety to escalate, and university counseling centers frequently cap the number of sessions you can get. Telehealth means meeting from your dorm, apartment, or a quiet spot between classes, no drive required, and if your student insurance is a plan I accept it may cover treatment, with private pay as an option.
If you're still in Texas, yes, seamlessly. If you leave the state, I can only meet while you're physically somewhere I'm licensed, and I'm also licensed in Maine, New Hampshire, and Montana, so depending on where you're headed we may stay covered. We'll map your semester and breaks at the outset, since OCD treatment works best without long gaps, and building the plan around your academic calendar is part of how this is done.
The entire state, by telehealth. That includes Greater Houston (Houston, Sugar Land, The Woodlands, Pasadena), the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex (Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Denton, Garland, Irving), Greater Austin (Austin, Round Rock, Georgetown, New Braunfels), San Antonio, El Paso and far West Texas, the Rio Grande Valley (McAllen, Brownsville, Laredo), the Gulf Coast around Corpus Christi and Beaumont, and the Panhandle and West Texas (Amarillo, Lubbock, Midland, Odessa, San Angelo, Abilene). In a state this size, specialty OCD therapy clusters in a few big cities and thins out fast everywhere else, so telehealth is what puts the same treatment within reach whether you're in downtown Dallas or a Panhandle county two hours from anywhere.
Yes, and it's built into how I practice. This is neurodivergent-affirming therapy across the board, not just autism: ADHD, AuDHD, and other neurodivergence are all welcome, and the treatment adapts to how your brain actually works. For ADHD, that means OCD therapy shaped around real executive-function limits (tasks between sessions sized for an ADHD brain, external structure, no shame about the genuinely hard parts), and it links directly to my broader ADHD therapy, autism therapy, work with neurodivergent adults, and burnout recovery. However you're wired, it's respected here and stays off the treatment plan; only the OCD gets treated.

The doubt was manufactured. Texas-licensed help is a video call away.

If you're searching for an OCD therapist in Texas, this is the work I do: specialty OCD treatment with I-CBT and affirming ERP, Texas-licensed, by telehealth from anywhere in the state. The Texas practice page covers everything else I treat.

The consultation is free and short. We'll talk by phone (I'll call you at the time you schedule) and see if we're a fit. No pressure, no commitment.

Free 15-min consultation