Inference-Based CBT for OCD
A specialised psychological treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Unlike traditional CBT approaches that focus primarily on reducing anxiety and changing responses to obsessive thoughts, I-CBT targets the reasoning process that gives rise to obsessions in the first place.
Trapped in imagined possibilities
People with OCD often become trapped in imagined possibilities rather than relying on direct evidence from their senses. I-CBT helps you recognise when you are moving away from reality-based information and becoming influenced by doubt, imagination and hypothetical scenarios.
Research suggests that by addressing the underlying inferential confusion that drives OCD, individuals can experience meaningful reductions in obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours.
You saw the door lock. You felt it lock. “But what if I didn’t lock it properly?”
The moment doubt overrides your senses — exactly where I-CBT worksWhat therapy focuses on
- Understanding how obsessive doubt develops
- Identifying the reasoning patterns that maintain OCD
- Learning to distinguish between reality-based information and imagined possibilities
- Rebuilding trust in your senses, experiences and common-sense reasoning
- Reducing the need for compulsions and reassurance-seeking by addressing the source of the doubt
Suitable for many forms of OCD
The goal of I-CBT is not to eliminate uncertainty entirely, but to help you trust reality over OCD-driven doubt — enabling you to live more freely and confidently.
Trust reality over the doubt
If OCD is shaping your days, a structured, evidence-based path forward exists.