Virtual OCD, Anxiety, & Trauma Therapy for Adults Across the State of Washington
Tired and losing sleep to rumination cycles and replaying conversations?
You aren’t sure if this is anxiety or just being an over-planner. But what you know is you are exhausted by the constant mental loops.
You may have tried therapy and it helped a little but never really felt long term relief. You find it hard to explain to others what is happening.
I’m Stephanie Winfrey, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in OCD, ROCD, and trauma. I provide virtual therapy to adults across Washington state — including Vancouver and the surrounding area.
Learn more about OCD from the International OCD Foundation — the leading resource for OCD education.
Here is how I can help
- OCD — intrusive thoughts, mental compulsions, rumination loops, and the kind of OCD that looks like anger, perfectionism, or just right thinking
- ROCD — relationship OCD that keeps you questioning your partner, replaying every interaction, and seeking reassurance that never sticks
- Trauma — complex trauma and the ways early experiences quietly run the show in your adult relationships and reactions
- Anxiety — the exhausting, relentless overthinking that shows up as snapping at people you love and never being able to fully relax
"I have lived with OCD and know how lonely and isolating it feels." - Stephanie
For years, I practiced with only treating PTSD and Complex PTSD, trauma. I still treat and love working with those recovering from trauma. Along the way, I realized that OCD is often a missed or untreated diagnosis. This matters because OCD can perpetuate and worsen with traditional, therapeutic techniques.
I would say most of the people I work with don’t know they have OCD. They know they experience anxiety, shame, guilt, and doubt, but never thought of it as a part of the OCD loop.
The way we see OCD on TV isn’t how I see it in most of my patients lives. You may not know rumination is a part of OCD, too. Or that replaying conversations over and over can also be a part of OCD.
OCD can cause problems in relationships and be exacerbated by toxic relationships, too. Working with a therapist trained in both trauma and OCD will help you find the right treatment to improve your life.
You're in the right spot if...
- You replay conversations for days looking for resolution that never comes
- You get stuck in rumination cycles, even when you don’t care
- You look fine to everyone around you but feel like a mess on the inside
- You find yourself snapping at the people you love and don’t fully understand why
- You’ve tried other forms of therapy that helped some but didn’t fix the root of the problem
- You’ve never heard of ROCD or OCD but something about this page feels a little too familiar
This is what to expect working with me>>
1:1 Individual Therapy
45 – 55 minute sessions
In our sessions, I start by assessing what’s bringing you into therapy and help you identify your goals. Basically: what’s got you here, and what do you want to happen by being here? I use what you share to develop treatment goals that are tailored to you.
Then we move into the nitty gritty. This is where I draw on evidence-based treatments to help you calm racing thoughts, break out of spiraled thinking, rumination, and other patterns that aren’t serving you.
Throughout treatment, I take an educational approach…because if you’re anything like me, you want to understand why it’s happening in the first place.
You’ll leave with a real understanding of what’s going on in your mind, plus tools and skills to help you cope.
That’s all it takes to start feeling like yourself again.
Serving clients in Washington state — OCD & Trauma Therapy in Washington
Not sure if this is right for you?
The best way to know is to schedule a free consultation. In that call, you can ask me questions to better understand my therapeutic process and explore what working together will look like.
Maybe you don’t have OCD or trauma, but the fact that you’re still here reading tells me something is striking a chord with you.