Specialized Telehealth Therapy for OCD, Anxiety, Trauma, and BFRBs
Specialized telehealth therapy for adults with OCD, anxiety, trauma, and BFRBs. Licensed in Texas, Washington, and New Hampshire. Registered to provide telehealth in Florida.
Most people who reach out have already tried therapy and are looking for something more targeted.
10+
Years of specialist clinical work
3
Licensed in TX, WA, NH; FL telehealth
12-14
Clients for focused care
Specific
Treatment matched to the problem
CLINICAL SPECIALTIES
Find the Problem That Sounds Like Your Life
This practice focuses on a small set of problems that often need more than supportive talk therapy. Each page explains how treatment is structured for that concern.
OCD and intrusive thoughts
ERP-focused care for obsessions, reassurance, checking, mental rituals, and avoidance loops.
Anxiety and panic
Targeted treatment for worry, panic, health anxiety, and avoidance patterns that make life smaller.
Trauma and PTSD
EMDR and trauma-focused care for memories, triggers, and nervous-system responses that still feel present.
BFRBs
HRT-informed treatment for skin picking, hair pulling, nail biting, and urge-driven body-focused loops.
HOW TREATMENT IS CHOSEN
Treatment Is Matched to What Keeps the Problem Going
The method is not chosen because it sounds impressive. It is chosen because it fits the pattern that is maintaining the problem.
When OCD is running the loop
ERP and response prevention become central. ACT may support the work by helping you stay with uncertainty without rituals or reassurance.
When trauma keeps the past present
EMDR or trauma-focused treatment may be used with attention to pacing, stability, and what your system can actually tolerate.
When urges and habits maintain the problem
HRT and ComB-informed work target awareness, triggers, motor patterns, and competing responses more precisely than general advice can.
When anxiety organizes life around avoidance
Treatment looks at predictions, escape patterns, and the rules anxiety has built into daily life, not just short-term symptom relief.
ABOUT FELIX MURAD, LPC-S
The Work Is Rigorous. The Approach Is Human.
Most therapists who say they treat OCD have read about it. Felix has lived the work himself, including his own ERP, and brings more than 10 years of clinical experience to care that is both exacting and human. Clients come here when they are tired of therapy that felt supportive but never quite fit. The difference is not just in the credentials or the methods. It is in having treatment that is chosen to match the presentation, so the work feels clearer, more relevant, and better able to target what is actually keeping you stuck.
NEXT STEP
What the First Step Looks Like
Most people who reach out have already tried therapy and are looking for something more targeted. The first step should be simple: request a consultation, clarify fit, and decide whether to begin.
1. Request a consultation
Use the consultation link to share what you are looking for and request a brief fit call. No long intake form is needed on the homepage.
2. Clarify the fit
The consultation is used to understand the problem, answer basic questions, and decide whether this practice is the right clinical fit.
3. Start with a clear plan
If therapy begins, the first sessions focus on assessment, treatment planning, and identifying what has kept the problem stuck.
Common Questions Before You Reach Out
How do I know this is real ERP and not generic CBT with exposure mixed in?
ERP here is built on the Inhibitory Learning model (Craske, Treanor, Conway, Zbozinek, & Vervliet, 2014), not the older habituation model. The goal isn’t to wait for anxiety to drop in session. It is to build a different relationship with uncertainty so obsessions stop running the show. Sessions are structured. Hierarchies are individualized. Mental compulsions, reassurance-seeking, and avoidance are treated as core targets, not afterthoughts.
What if my intrusive thoughts are taboo, sexual, violent, religious, or feel unspeakable?
Taboo OCD content, including sexual, violent, harm, religious, and pedophilia OCD themes, is a clinical specialty here, not an exception. These themes are common in OCD and don’t reflect who you are. They reflect what OCD targets. You won’t be asked to justify the content of an intrusive thought to be taken seriously. The work moves at a pace that respects the discomfort without ignoring the goal.
Will I be pushed into exposures I’m not ready for?
No. Exposure hierarchies are built collaboratively, starting where you actually have leverage, not where the clinician thinks you should be. Informed consent isn’t bypassed. The point of ERP isn’t to overwhelm. It is to expand your capacity for uncertainty, deliberately and on terms you understand.
I’ve already tried therapy and it didn’t help. Why would this be different?
Most therapy that did not work for OCD was not actually ERP. It was supportive talk therapy, generic CBT, or a clinician trying to help you manage intrusive thoughts, which usually makes OCD louder. Real ERP is a specific, evidence-based clinical protocol with decades of outcome research. It is structured exposure and response-prevention work, scaffolded over time, with a defined mechanism of change.
Do you treat OCD alongside anxiety, trauma, or BFRBs?
Yes. These often co-occur. Treatment is sequenced, not stacked. We assess what is primary, what is secondary, and what is maintaining what. ERP, EMDR, ACT, and HRT are integrated based on case formulation, not based on which modality is convenient.
How long does this typically take?
Most clients who commit to the ERP process see meaningful change in roughly 12–20 sessions, though individual variation is real and depends on severity, comorbid issues, and engagement. Treatment isn’t open-ended. Progress is tracked. If the work isn’t moving, that gets named directly, not glossed over.
How do I know if you’re the right fit for me?
The free 15-minute consult is exactly for that question. The caseload here is intentionally small (12–14 clients) so fit matters on both sides. If I am not the right clinician for what you are dealing with, I will say so and refer you to someone better suited. Felix Murad, LPC-S, LMHC, CMHC, NCC. Licensed by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council.
Ready to Request a Consultation?
Most people who reach out are looking for something more targeted than the therapy they have already tried. If that sounds familiar, request a consultation and we can clarify whether this is the right fit.