Online and Phone OCD Support Groups
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For many years, a small group of dedicated volunteers have been managing dozens of online support groups covering many different OCD and OC related disorders topics. All groups are moderated and occasionally visited by therapists who treat OCD and OC related disorders. A Yahoo! login is required to participate in all but one of the groups.
Please Note: The IOCDF provides links to these Internet sites for the convenience of our web users. IOCDF is not responsible for the availability or content of these external sites, nor does IOCDF endorse, warrant or guarantee the products, services or information described or offered at these other Internet sites.
General Support
Advice and Support: OCD-SupportSupport for OCD sufferers, family, and friends, with contributions from renowned OCD experts and IOCDF SAB Members Michael Jenike, M.D., James Claiborn, Ph.D. ABPP, and Jonathan Grayson Ph.D.
Laughing Club for OCD Patients OCD 12 Step OCD Self-Help: A Working Group Using CBT Women's Health and OCD OCD TribeLocation-Specific Groups
Atlanta OCD
Dallas OCD
OCD Sacramento
Sacramento-Area GLBT OCD Group
San Francisco OCD
Southern California OCD and Hoarding Support Group
Orange County, California Parent Support Group
OCD Australia
OCD United Kingdom
(Not a Yahoo!-affiliated site)
Phone Support Groups
Hair Pullers Anonymous- Nationwide Phone Meetings OCAA- Obsessive Compulsive Addicts AnonymousObsessive Compulsive Anonymous Nationwide Conference Call Obsessive Compulsive Anonymous 12 Step Nationwide Phone Meeting (A different step each week)Obsessive Compulsive Anonymous Abstaining from Skin Picking/ Hair Pulling/ Nail Biting Nationwide Phone Meeting Parents and Families
Christians with OCD, Care-GiversOCD and HomeschoolingOCD and Parenting ListParents of Adults with OCDParents of Teens and Young Adults with OCDKids and Teens
OCD Support for TeensReplacing a previous online Yahoo! group for teens with OCD, the new OCDSupportforTeens is for anyone aged 12-20 who has OCD or knows a teen who has OCD and would like to seek help and support. The group is led by Lisa Mueller, a teen with OCD, with contributing moderators Wendy Mueller, a parent of an OCD teen, and Jon Hershfield, MFT, a CBT therapist from the OCD Center of Los Angeles, who treats kids, teens and adults with OCD.OCD Kids LoopHoarding
Compulsive Hoarding CommunityChristians with Hoarding Involved with a Hoarder: Overcoming Hoarding TogetherCo-Morbid Disorders
Compulsive Skin-Picking Support: PickadermsReligious/Scrupulosity Groups
Scrupe GrupeChristians with OCD, Main GroupChristian Men with OCDChristian Women with OCDJewish Scrupe GroupSpecial Topics
Groupe-TOC (Français for OCD Sufferers)Groupe-TOC Famille (Français for OCD Family Members) Pure-O OCD Queer OCD Social Security Disability for OCD Artists with OCDCats and OCD Dogs and OCDConference Chatter for IOCDF Conference-GoersPANDAS
PANDAS Support Group