{"id":66525,"date":"2025-09-23T15:28:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T19:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resiliencyclinic.com\/?p=66525"},"modified":"2026-06-05T08:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T12:45:18","slug":"therapie-des-troubles-obsessionnels-compulsifs-ottawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resiliencyclinic.com\/fr\/therapie-des-troubles-obsessionnels-compulsifs-ottawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Th\u00e9rapie du trouble obsessionnel-compulsif Ottawa : Comment d\u00e9velopper la r\u00e9silience au-del\u00e0 des pens\u00e9es obsessionnelles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Specialized OCD therapy is available virtually across Ontario and Quebec, and in person in Ottawa with various therapists at Resiliency Clinic including Emma Harvie<\/strong><\/a>, Beth Pentland <\/strong><\/a>et Annie Brebner<\/strong><\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Resiliency Clinic, we work with many Ottawa residents who are quietly living with OCD, and there are more of them than most people assume. OCD affects an estimated 1 to 2 percent of Canadians over their lifetime, and it remains one of the most misunderstood conditions we treat. The casual way people use the word “OCD” to mean tidy or organized has muddied what the experience actually involves, and what good treatment can do about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing we tell clients early: therapy is not about silencing intrusive thoughts. Most people cannot simply stop them, and trying harder tends to make them louder. What therapy changes is your relationship to those thoughts, so they carry less weight and take up less of your day. That shift, from fighting uncertainty to being able to sit with it, is where real resilience comes from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

What OCD Actually Looks Like<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

OCD often shows up in ways people do not expect. It is not only about handwashing or checking locks, though those can be part of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At its core, OCD is an anxiety-based condition. Unwanted, intrusive thoughts create enough distress that a person develops repetitive behaviours or mental rituals to make the anxiety stop. The rituals work for a moment, and that is the trap. Over time, the compulsions that feel like the solution become the thing that keeps the cycle going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have worked with public servants who cannot leave a desk without checking a file again and again, students who cannot submit an assignment because it never feels finished, and parents who avoid the playground because of contamination fears. The common thread is an intelligent, careful mind working hard to solve a problem that checking, cleaning, and reassurance cannot actually solve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Reconna\u00eetre les signes des TOC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder involves obsessions, compulsions, or in some cases, both. OCD symptoms tend to fluctuate, often intensifying during periods of high stress or low mood. The key indicators are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obsessions communes :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n