Group Therapy for OCD in Los Angeles
Small, structured OCD therapy cohorts at Pasadena Clinical Group — the rare experience of a room full of people who actually understand the loop.
For most people with OCD, the most isolating part is not the symptoms — it is the certainty that no one else thinks the kind of thoughts you are thinking. Group therapy at Pasadena Clinical Group is the room where that certainty cracks. Six to eight adults, one or two clinicians, ten weekly sessions, and a shared structured curriculum grounded in Exposure and Response Prevention.
Who group therapy fits
- Adults who have a diagnosis of OCD or strongly suspect they do, and want a community alongside their treatment;
- Clients already in individual ERP whose clinician has recommended the added structure of a group;
- People for whom the biggest barrier to recovery is shame and isolation, and who are ready to have that loosened;
- Adults who do well with structured, manualized work and clear weekly assignments.
Group is not a fit for everyone — if you are in acute crisis, navigating active substance use, or your obsessions involve content you are not yet ready to share in any way with peers, individual therapy is a better starting point.
What a session looks like
Each 90-minute session has a predictable arc: brief check-ins, a teaching segment grounded in OCD literature, in-session practice (often a paced exposure), and a closing review of homework for the coming week. Confidentiality is foundational and is reviewed at the start of every cohort. The group is small enough that everyone gets airtime; structured enough that nobody is left to fend for themselves.
What this can help with
- All OCD subtypes we treat
- Co-occurring social anxiety and isolation
- Long-standing avoidance patterns that feel too entrenched to address alone