“Sara was the therapist that diagnosed and treated my daughter for her OCD. My daughter did have physical OCD as a child, we had no idea that the disorder could morph into mental OCD as she entered her adolescence.  That being said, my daughter had become paralyzed with anxiety disorders, and depression which prevented her from being social and attending school. She experienced numerous medication trials and numerous therapeutic modalities,  none of which brought relief to her. Sara was the 17th provider that treated her mental health symptoms between the ages of 8 until she was diagnosed at 17. When Sara diagnosed her with mental OCD and recommended the treatment of ERP through intensive treatment we were doubtful that another therapy could be helpful. Sara exhibited the confidence that she could help her, so we proceeded to get scheduled. Intensive therapy changed my daughters life as well as mine. Learning more about the disorder, I realized that I was enabling the disorder by offering reassurance as most mothers want to do. I am not saying we never have difficult situations arise, but now we have a better understanding to recognize if the anxiety is appropriate or anxiety caused caused by OCD, which makes her avoid and isolate. We now live out of state, sad to have left Sara behind. We have yet to find a therapist that “just gets” my daughter and has a way to motivate her to live her life. In moments when my daughter struggles, I always say to her, “What would Sara do?” My daughter just nods her head and says, “just do it.”