In person and online therapy in California

Compassionate and Effective Treatment for OCD, Anxiety & Related Conditions

Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Adults, Children, and Perinatal Mothers

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I’m so glad you landed here and you’re considering working together.

I know it can be scary to imagine new ways of being when you’ve been stuck for a while, but you don’t have to endure these difficult chapters alone.

With professional help and mutual commitment to your goals, you may discover just how capable you are.

I use highly effective treatments for:

  • OCD

  • Anxious avoidance

  • BFRBs (ie. skin picking)

  • Trichotillomania (hair pulling)

  • Compulsive tech overconsumption

Teva Johnstone, Psychotherapist/Licensed Clinical Social Worker CA 103826

“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. In this way, the world may reveal itself to you as something magical and awe-inspiring that does not require escape.”

—Anna Lembke, MD

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