PINNACLE COUNSELING AND TESTING CENTER
We specialize in psychological testing and the treatment of anxiety, trauma, depression, and stress to help you reach peak mental health performance
(951) 396-5701
41856 Ivy Street, STE 205, Murrieta, CA 92562
Dr. Gosney Featured in SDVoyager Magazine!
Dr. Clarissa Gosney, PsyD was featured in SDVoyager Magazine to highlight her work with treating anxiety and selective mutism.
Dr. Clarissa Gosney, Licensed Psychologist and Founder of Pinnacle Counseling and Testing Center, was interviewed by SDVoyager Magazine and has been featured in their “San Diego’s Most Inspiring Stories” column!
By referral from a client’s mother, Dr. Gosney was sought out by SDVoyager Magazine to highlight the amazing work that she and her other clinicians at Pinnacle Counseling and Testing Center are doing to help children, adolescents, and adults reduce their anxiety through Evidence-Based Treatment. In the interview, Dr. Gosney talks about one of Pinnacle’s specialized treatments, PCIT-SM, CBT, and Exposure Therapy with clients with Selective Mutism and the positive impact the treatment has not only on the clients, but on the clients’ families as well!
The article also highlights VERY exciting news about a new program that Pinnacle Counseling and Testing Center will begin this summer! Read the article to learn more. You won’t want to miss it! Climb on.
Doubt and Dysfunction in OCD
Johns Hopkins Medicine recently highlighted Gerald Nestadt, Psychiatrist, who has studied and treated patients with OCD for the past 30 years. He has found strong evidence for a biological basis for OCD, while he acknowledges that one’s environment also plays a role. Recently, Gerald Nestadt has been studying the role of doubt in OCD. He has found that the more self-doubt one has, the more dysfunctional their OCD tends to be. For instance, one does not simply act on an obsessive thought (compulsion) for the sake of performing the act, but out of their own self-doubt that they had performed the act correctly or thoroughly enough.
We know that with OCD, the behaviors (compulsions) are performed in an effort to reduce one’s own anxiety. This may work for the short-term, but anxiety is not decreased overall unless the person is able to resist acting out on their compulsions. At Pinnacle CTC, we guide clients through this process by using Exposure with Response Prevention (ERP). ERP is not only effective in the treatment of OCD, but for many anxiety disorders as well.
Learn more about the Conditions We Treat and other information on the Evidence-Based Treatment modalities we offer at both our San Diego and Murrieta, CA offices.
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