Christy Laarakker
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
Christy Laarakker, Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), provides compassionate, evidence-based psychotherapy for adults experiencing OCD, anxiety, trauma, and related concerns. With a multidisciplinary background in counselling psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience, she brings a thoughtful understanding of how thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and the nervous system interact. She creates a warm, collaborative, and non-judgmental environment where clients can feel understood and supported.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Christy works with individuals experiencing OCD, including intrusive thoughts, compulsions, avoidance, reassurance-seeking, and fears related to uncertainty. She uses evidence-based approaches, including Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), to help clients gradually face feared thoughts, situations, sensations, and uncertainty while reducing reliance on compulsive responses.
Specialized expertise in treatment for OCD including:
Anxiety & Overthinking
Christy supports clients experiencing persistent worry, racing thoughts, perfectionism, and difficulty disengaging from anxious thinking. Treatment focuses on developing healthier cognitive, emotional, and behavioral responses to anxiety.
Trauma & Emotional Regulation
Christy provides trauma-informed care for individuals navigating the ongoing effects of difficult experiences. She helps clients better understand their emotional and physical responses while developing practical strategies for regulation and resilience.
Begin Your Care
Christy provides specialized, evidence-based therapy for adults experiencing OCD, anxiety, and related concerns. Through CBT, ERP, and other individualized approaches, she helps clients break free from cycles of intrusive thoughts, compulsions, reassurance-seeking, and avoidance. Her goal is to create a supportive space where clients can develop greater confidence, tolerate uncertainty, and reconnect with the life and values that matter most to them.