447 Can You Recover from OCD WITHOUT Therapy? Let's Talk Truth (with Nathan Peterson)
Your Anxiety Toolkit - Practical Skills for Anxiety, Panic & Depression
Kimberley Quinlan, LMFT | Anxiety & OCD Specialist
4.9 • 882 Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
OCD can feel overwhelming, especially when therapy feels inaccessible—whether due to cost, availability, or burnout. The question remains: is it possible to recover from OCD without professional therapy? Kimberley Quinlan and OCD specialist Nathan Peterson dive deep into this very question, offering hope, insights, and strategies to help you move forward in your recovery journey.
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| 0:00.0 | You're trying to recover, but therapy is too expensive. Maybe it's unavailable for you or you are just completely burned out. The question we are asking today is, can you really do this on your own? This is what we're going to talk about today. Welcome back to your anxiety toolkit. I'm Kim Billy Quinlan. Today I am joined |
| 0:22.5 | by the brilliant Nathan Peterson. He is a licensed therapist, an OCD expert, and a creator of an |
| 0:29.4 | incredible helpful tool for the OCD community over on YouTube. We're sitting down to answer |
| 0:35.6 | some big questions today that you may have had and the question |
| 0:39.5 | is can you recover from OCD without therapy? |
| 0:44.7 | So let's explore this. |
| 0:45.9 | We're going to be completely honest here. |
| 0:48.0 | We're going to look at some research and hopefully leave you feeling hopeful and able to make |
| 0:53.0 | a decision on what's best for you. So welcome |
| 0:55.6 | back, Nathan. Thank you so much. I love talking about anything OCD related and, you know, |
| 1:03.2 | more than just talking about it, it's like how can people like do something to feel better, |
| 1:08.8 | get better, just have some good resources. |
| 1:11.9 | Yeah. |
| 1:12.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:13.3 | The reason I wanted to do this with you today is you have online courses, right? |
| 1:18.2 | As everyone knows, I do too. |
| 1:20.1 | And I also have a private practice, right? |
| 1:23.2 | So, and as you do too. |
| 1:25.1 | And often people ask, which should I use? Which one do I require? It's a very |
| 1:32.1 | personal decision. But I sort of wanted to use today to go through the pros and cons of both, |
| 1:40.6 | explore a little bit about who would benefit from therapy, who would benefit from courses, |
| 1:45.7 | so that they can make an informed decision on their own. Yeah. It's such a tricky thing because |
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