High achiever? I help you by treating the root with rumination and overthinking therapy, across the State of Oklahoma and in Oklahoma City
Is rumination and overthinking wrecking your mind? Have you tried therapy built to treat it?
You have it together on the outside, people rely on you, and you make decisions. Just not before long cycles of rumination and overthinking. Like you are going to somehow think yourself out of this overthinking, but it doesn’t work.
I’m Stephanie Winfrey, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in rumination and overthinking. I treat OCD, ROCD, and trauma through virtual therapy for adults across the Oklahoma City Metro area and throughout Oklahoma.
What I help with:
Overthinking (also known as worrying, overanalyzing) — dwelling on a thought, experience, or possible future while fixating on the negatives. Often you feel powerless to stop the spiral once it starts. This can be related to trauma or OCD.
Relationship doubt — constantly questioning your relationship, your partner, or yourself in it, even though nothing bad has happened. It often includes overthinking, and can be related to relationship OCD (ROCD) or trauma.
Rumination — dwelling on the past: replaying what you did or said and hunting for what you got wrong. This can be related to depression, trauma, or OCD. Can be related to trauma or OCD.
Sifting the sands (also known as mental checking) — scouring your memory or past experiences to be sure you didn’t miss something bad. This is often a compulsion related to OCD.
If this was something you could think your way out of, you would have already done it
I specialize in rumination and overthinking therapy because I’ve lived it. These symptoms can be a part of trauma or OCD. One critical truth is OCD doesn’t always look like what you’ve seen on TV. For that matter, trauma doesn’t always look like what you have seen either.
It looks like feeling stuck for hours wondering how to stop ruminating. Finding yourself replaying a situation over and over, even when you don’t necessarily care. Sometimes it looks like a thought that scares you so much you don’t tell anyone.
This is where things start getting nerdy 🤓
You are a high achiever, I am not going to tell you something you don’t already know. But what I am going to do is get to the core of what perpetuates your overthinking using evidence-based therapy.
For OCD, I use the gold-standard approaches: exposure and response prevention (ERP) and inference-based CBT (I-CBT). For trauma, I draw on EMDR, DBT, and CBT. The goal is to get you out of your overthinking mind and back to the life you want to live.
You're in the right spot if...
- 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 replay conversations for days looking for resolution that never comes
- 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
FAQ's
Is replaying conversations a sign of OCD?
Yes, being stuck replaying a conversation or event over and over in your mind can be a symptom of OCD.
What is ROCD?
ROCD is relationship OCD that attaches to relationships in your life. This can be intimate, familial, working, or friendships. It can cause avoidance, assurance seeking, rumination, and replaying to name a few.
What is ERP therapy?
ERP therapy is Exposure and Response Prevention. According to the IOCDF, “a specialized form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and the gold-standard psychological treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).”
Why do I always need reassurance from my partner?
Reassurance seeking can happen in any relationship, not just intimate partner.
It is an attempt to quiet the doubt in your mind about your relationship. Typically nothing precipitates the doubt. You could even have a great time together, then doubt hits.
Reassurance may quiet the mind momentarily, but over time you need more. If you are ready to learn how to quiet your mind without reassurance, schedule a free consultation.
Is relationship OCD (ROCD) real?
Yes, ROCD is real.
ROCD is relationship OCD that attaches to relationships in your life. This can be intimate, familial, working, or friendships. It is often rooted in a need for certainty without tolerance for doubt. It can cause avoidance, assurance seeking, rumination, and replaying to name a few.
Can I get OCD therapy via telehealth in Oklahoma?
Yes, telehealth/virtual therapy is a very effective way of receiving treatment for OCD.