Expert Help for OCD

Take Your Life Back from OCD

Offering expert treatment for all types of OCD, including unwanted obsessional thoughts. Our OCD treatment program is typically 10 weeks. We offer twice-weekly sessions, groups, and intensive programs. Intensive program can be in person or online. Low cost options available. Contact us...

Behavioral Wellness Clinic

392 Merrow Rd, Suite E, Tolland, CT 06084
Office: (860) 830-7838

OCD TYPES

Types of Obsessions

Types of Compulsions

OCD Tests

OCD Related Disorders

New England

OCD Institute

Nick Flower, PhD

Clinical Supervisor

Dr. Flower is a clinical psychologist who specializes in the treatment of OCD and related anxiety disorders with exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP). In 2007, he finished his doctoral degree at Xavier University and started a small private practice in 2011. In 2012 Dr. Flower moved to Nashville, TN, for three years where he worked in private practice and also served as the clinical director for a Tennessee prison for inmates with severe mental illness. Nick Flower, Psy.D.

While in Nashville, Dr. Flower started to focus his clinical devotion to the treatment of OCD and related anxiety disorders with exposure therapy. He received specialized training put on by the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF) about how to most effectively use ERP for OCD, hoarding disorder, phobias, and eating disorders. He also provides clinical supervision to psychology doctoral students at the University of Louisville and Spalding University, helping them to learn and implement ERP with clients who suffer from OCD. He is actively involved with IOCDF, attending and doing presentations at their yearly conference.

Dr. Flower owns an OCD clinic that specializes in the treatment of OCD and related disorders in downtown Pittsburgh, PA.

The Impact of OCD

It is estimated that between 2 and 3 million people are suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder in the United States. About one in fifty people have had symptoms of OCD at some point in their lives, with 1% suffering within the last year. OCD afflicts people of all races, faiths, nationalities, and ethnic groups. OCD causes great suffering to patients and their families, as up to 10 hours per day may be devoted to performing rituals. OCD has been classified by the World Health Organization as one the top ten causes of disability worldwide.

Therapy Going Nowhere?

Although any medical doctor can take your blood pressure, only a few can do heart surgery. Likewise, any therapist can help someone who is feeling a bit blue, but only a few can effectively treat OCD.

OCD treatment is a type of therapy that requires a specialized protocol called Exposure and Ritual Prevention (ERP or EX/RP).

Learn about the Top Mistakes Made by OCD Therapists.

Top Seven Myths About OCD

One stereotype is that people with OCD are neat and tidy to a fault. Actually, nothing could be further from the truth. Although many people with OCD wash because they are concerned about dirt and germs, being tidy is actually not a typical symptom of the disorder. Almost two-thirds of people with OCD are also hoarders...

Learn more about the Top Myths about OCD.

At New England OCD Insititute you will learn about the many types, symptoms, signs, and forms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and related OC Spectrum Disorders. OCD is a brain disorder that can cause repeated washing, compulsive cleaning, obsessions about harming others, anxiety, and depression. Take a self-test for OCD, find a treatment program, and get online help for OCD.