Resources for understanding OCD, anxiety, and finding support.
You do not have to sort through the entire internet to find a useful place to start. We’ve gathered trusted organizations, educational resources, books, community directories, and support options that we frequently recommend.
Crisis Text Line
Text HOME to 741741 · free, 24/7 text-based crisis support.
Visit Crisis Text Line →A few useful places to begin.
If you are new to OCD or trying to understand what kind of support might be useful, these pages can help you get oriented without having to work through every resource below.
Understanding OCD
Learn what obsessions and compulsions can look like, including intrusive thoughts, avoidance, reassurance, rumination, and presentations that are often missed.
Learn What OCD Is →What We Treat
Explore OCD, anxiety disorders, body-focused repetitive behaviors, body dysmorphic disorder, and other concerns our clinicians work with.
Explore What We Treat →Our Approach to Treatment
Learn about the evidence-based approaches we use, how treatment is individualized, and what specialized OCD and anxiety care at OCDMN can look like.
Learn About Our Approach →Organizations and educational resources worth knowing.
These are independent organizations and educational resources that may be useful for learning more about OCD, related conditions, treatment approaches, and community support.
International OCD Foundation
OCD education, treatment information, support groups, specialty programs, and a searchable resource directory.
Visit IOCDF →IOCDF Resource Directory
Search for OCD therapists, medication prescribers, support groups, clinics, and intensive treatment programs.
Search the Directory →Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
The official I-CBT website includes information about the model, client resources, videos, treatment materials, and ways to find I-CBT care.
Explore I-CBT →The TLC Foundation for BFRBs
Education, connection, and treatment resources for hair pulling, skin picking, nail biting, cheek biting, and other BFRBs.
Visit TLC Foundation →The OCD Stories
Interviews with clinicians, researchers, advocates, and people with lived experience discussing OCD, treatment, and recovery.
Listen to The OCD Stories →Stick with the Ick
Faith-sensitive OCD and scrupulosity education for individuals, clinicians, and faith leaders.
Visit Stick with the Ick →IOCDF Educational Resources
Expert articles, fact sheets, handouts, and educational materials covering OCD themes, treatment, families, and related disorders.
Browse Educational Resources →Behind the Scenes
A peer-led community for siblings of people with OCD, offering the free Ultimate OCD Sibling Guide, virtual support groups, education, and opportunities for connection.
Access the Free OCD Sibling Guide →Sometimes it helps to have something you can come back to.
Our reading list includes books and workbooks for people with OCD, family members, parents, people experiencing intrusive thoughts, BFRBs, anxiety, body image concerns, and more.
- OCD & Intrusive Thoughts
- BFRBs
- Anxiety
- Family & Parent Support
- Scrupulosity
- Relationship OCD
- Memoirs & Lived Experience
- Body Image & Related Concerns
Resources that center identity, culture, and community.
Finding support can also mean finding people and organizations that understand the communities you belong to. These directories and organizations may be useful starting points.
Minnesota Healing Justice Network
A Minnesota community of healers and cultural workers centering Black and Brown wellness through mutual aid, holistic care, and solidarity work.
Visit MN Healing Justice →Therapist Neurodiversity Collective
Neurodiversity-affirming education, advocacy, and a directory of therapists committed to neurodiversity-paradigm-centered care.
Visit Therapist NDC →Therapy for Black Girls
Mental health education, community, and a therapist directory focused on Black women and girls.
Visit Therapy for Black Girls →Therapy for Black Men
A mental health platform and provider directory created to improve access to culturally responsive support for Black men.
Visit Therapy for Black Men →Latinx Therapy
A bilingual mental health platform and national therapist directory focused on culturally grounded care for Latinx communities.
Visit Latinx Therapy →National Deaf Therapy
Mental health services and resources created for Deaf people, including access to Deaf therapists fluent in ASL.
Visit National Deaf Therapy →BEAM
Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective offers education, tools, training, and community-centered mental health resources.
Visit BEAM →Melanin & Mental Health
A platform connecting people with culturally responsive mental health clinicians serving Black and Latinx communities.
Visit Melanin & Mental Health →About outside resources: These organizations are independent from OCDMN. Inclusion on this page is intended to provide possible starting points for education, community, or finding care and is not a guarantee of services, availability, or fit.
Support outside regular therapy hours.
OCDMN is an outpatient practice and does not provide emergency or crisis-response services. The resources below are independent services you can contact directly.
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Call or text 988
Free crisis support available 24/7/365 by phone, text, or online chat.
Visit 988 Lifeline →Crisis Text Line
Text HOME to 741741
Free, 24/7 text-based mental health support in the United States.
Visit Crisis Text Line →Minnesota Mobile Crisis Services
Find your local crisis team
Minnesota counties and Tribal Nations have local mobile mental health crisis teams that can provide crisis assessment and may offer in-person support in the community.
Find Your Local Crisis Team →Trans Lifeline
US: 877-565-8860
Peer support run by and for trans and questioning people. Visit the hotline page for current hours and additional information.
Visit Trans Lifeline →RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline
800-656-HOPE (4673) · Text HOPE to 64673
Free, confidential support available 24/7 by phone, text, and online chat for people affected by sexual violence.
Visit RAINN →National Domestic Violence Hotline
800-799-SAFE (7233) · Text START to 88788
Connect with an advocate for support, safety planning, education, and domestic violence resources.
Visit The Hotline →NAMI HelpLine
800-950-NAMI (6264) · Text NAMI to 62640
Free mental health information, resource navigation, and emotional support Monday–Friday, 10 AM–10 PM Eastern. The NAMI HelpLine is not a crisis or suicide hotline.
Visit NAMI HelpLine →If there is an immediate danger
If you or someone else is in immediate physical danger, contact local emergency services or go to the nearest emergency department.
Hotline services, hours, and policies can change. We recommend checking the linked organization’s website for the most current information.
You do not have to figure all of this out on your own.
Resources can be useful, but you do not need to know whether something is OCD, which treatment approach you need, or which clinician might be the right fit before reaching out.