OCD Related Content

Staff Profile: Jeff Szymanski, PhD

Jeff Szymanski, PhD, a clinical psychologist, is the founder of Getting to the Next Level Consulting. Dr. Szymanski has over 25 years of experience in mental health as a clinician, supervisor, trainer, and administrator. He served as the executive director of the International OCD Foundation for 15...

Staff Profile: Jesse M. Crosby, PhD

Jesse M. Crosby, PhD, is a clinical associate at McLean Hospital and a lecturer on psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He also manages a private practice in clinical and consulting psychology in Lexington, Massachusetts. Dr. Crosby has specialized clinical and...

Staff Profile: Nate Gruner, LICSW

Nate Gruner, LICSW, received his MSW from the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work. He completed a post-graduate fellowship at McLean Hospital’s Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Institute, and is currently working there as a staff behavioral therapist. Mr. Gruner has a particular interest in...

Staff Profile: Nathaniel Van Kirk, PhD

Nathaniel Van Kirk, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist, specializing in severe anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and trauma/PTSD. At McLean Hospital, Dr. Van Kirk is the program director at the OCD Institute. He is a member of the hospital’s Patient and Family Advisory...

Staff Profile: Perihan Esra Guvenek-Cokol, MD

Perihan Esra Guvenek-Cokol, MD, is a double board certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist. She specializes in emerging mental illness in teens and young adults. Her expertise is in early stages of psychotic and bipolar disorders, along with anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorders. Dr...

Staff Profile: Abigail Stark, PhD

Abigail Stark, PhD, is a staff psychologist at McLean Hospital and an instructor in psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She works at the McLean Anxiety Mastery Program (MAMP), an intensive exposure-based outpatient program for anxiety and obsessive compulsive...

Staff Profile: Rebecca Wolenski, PhD

Rebecca Wolenski, PhD, is a clinical psychologist working with youth and families at McLean’s Child and Adolescent OCD Institute (OCDI Jr.). She specializes in providing evidence-based treatments such as exposure and response prevention (ERP) therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and...

Staff Profile: Elizabeth J. Lewis, PhD

Elizabeth J. Lewis, PhD, is a staff psychologist at both the OCD Institute and The Pavilion at McLean Hospital. She also maintains a small private practice. Dr. Lewis uses evidence-based treatments, such as acceptance and commitment therapy, exposure and response prevention therapy, dialectical...

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder at McLean

World-class OCD care is just a phone call away. Did you know that 2.2 million adults live with obsessive compulsive disorder, with 25% developing the condition by age 14? A person’s level of OCD can be anywhere from mild to severe, but if left untreated, OCD can destroy a person’s capacity to...