Houston OCD Counseling is a mental health practice that brings together a passion for excellence and getting positive results for our clients. Our goal is to personally guide you from a place of confusion and hopelessness to a relaxed, happy, and confident place in your life where you will experience the peace of mind that you have always hoped for.
Houston OCD Counseling hopes to continue to be one of the premier behavioral treatment providers in the greater Houston area for many years to come. We will continue to educate, inspire, and serve every single one of our clients. At Houston OCD Counseling, we are always inspired to move forward into the future, learning new innovations and modern techniques so that we can be more effective in treating our clients. We plan to regularly add additional support groups for our clients in the future. We are always striving to get better at what we do for our clients so that your fight with OCD, anxiety, and depression will not only be successful for a short period of time but will give you relief for the rest of your life.
From this moment on, you can have the confidence of having an action plan to beat OCD, based upon state-of-the-art research and best practice standards used in the most prestigious OCD clinics and hospitals in the world today.
What are you waiting for? Today is the day to put an end to OCD’s control over your life. To get more clinical information or to schedule an appointment, please contact:
(M.A., LPC-S) at (832) 971-0025 or email him at michael@houstonocdcounseling.com
(M.A., LPC-I) at (419) 889-4607 or email her at eeva@houstonocdcounseling.com
Michael is a graduate of The International OCD Foundation’s Training institute in which he has completed introductory and advanced workshops which are taught and supervised by the most esteemed and respected OCD therapists and researchers in the world. He also attended the Behavior Therapy Training Institute’s three day workshop created and instructed by McLean Hospital, an affiliated teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, where he learned the most effective treatments for OCD. Michael began his studies by earning his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with Honors from The University of Texas at Austin and his Master’s degree in Counseling from San Houston State University. He is licensed by the Texas Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors, He is also a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor in which he supervises counseling interns in their first two years of counseling and assists them in becoming better therapists.
Michael has published two research articles addressing the treatment of anxiety in the Journal of Behavioral Medicine and The Journal of Psychology. He treats OCD, and other anxiety disorders such as Panic Disorder, Social Phobia, Hypochondriasis (Health Anxiety), Skin-Picking, Hair-Pulling, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and other common phobias. Michael uses the most up to date methods of treatment implementing Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Exposure/Response Prevention (ERP) and other evidence-based protocols. Michael has a seminar (Surviving Your Child’s OCD) that he presents several times a year to help parents develop the tools to enable their children to beat OCD. Given Michael’s training and nineteen years of experience treating clients with anxiety disorders you can be assured that he will have a treatment plan that is tailored for the needs of each patient. He is excited about showing his patients the secrets of overcoming OCD and living happy, peaceful lives.
Michael works with all ages of clients including children, adolescents, and adults. For more information, please visit our website or email me.
Eeva Edds is a Licensed Professional Counselor Intern currently working towards full licensure under the supervision of Michael D. Soderstrom, MA., LPC., LPC-S. After earning her Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Houston- Clear Lake, Eeva has worked with a variety of diagnoses, including such anxiety disorders as Specific Phobia, Social Anxiety Disorder, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. In addition, Eeva has experience working with depression, personality disorders, addiction, and interpersonal issues. Eeva uses evidence-based treatment techniques with her clients, combining techniques from various therapy approaches such as Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. Eeva has years of experience utilizing Exposure and Response Prevention as a treatment for OCD with clients of various ages. Eeva is passionate about helping people live a value-driven life and she has a special interest in working with children and their families.
