🔁 Avoidance & OCD: What It Really Looks Like in Everyday Life - with Clinical Psychologist Dr Nicole Gifford #OCDawareness #mentalhealthsupport
This video explores how avoidance behaviour can quietly take hold in the daily life of someone living with OCD.
👉🏼 This video can help you recognise how avoidance maintains anxiety—and how therapy can help break the cycle.
Dr Nicole Gifford is an HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist with over six years of experience supporting adults and older adults with complex mental health needs. Her clinical background spans NHS and private practice, with specialist expertise in OCD, health anxiety, social anxiety, depression, PTSD, emotional dysregulation, and perfectionism. Nicole draws on a range of therapeutic approaches—including CBT, ACT, CFT, DBT skills, and mindfulness—offering tailored, evidence-based support grounded in compassion and collaboration.
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