Most therapy practices
aren't built for OCD.
This one is.
Specialized treatment for OCD, trauma, and the ways they show up together.
Experience with ERP, I-CBT, and EMDR. Licensed in New York State. Telehealth treatment available.
Jessica Rossi, LMHC-D
Now accepting new clients for late September / early October start dates
Specialized OCD treatment for conditions that don't always respond to regular therapy.
- OCD
- OCD is more than intrusive thoughts. It's an exhausting cycle of doubt, uncertainty, and fear that can quietly take over your life. Specialized, evidence-based treatment like ERP and I-CBT doesn't just reduce symptoms. It changes your relationship with your thoughts entirely.
- Trauma
- For many people with OCD, intrusive thoughts are shaped by past experiences the nervous system learned to fear long before OCD had a name. Treating OCD without addressing underlying trauma often means hitting a ceiling: progress that stalls, themes that keep returning. When we work on both together, that's where real and lasting change happens.
- Anxiety
- Anxiety is the common thread running through OCD, hoarding, and body-focused repetitive behaviors. They exist on the same spectrum, driven by similar mechanisms of distress and avoidance. These aren't isolated symptoms to eliminate. They're signals from a nervous system that has been working overtime for a very long time.
- Relationships
- OCD doesn't stay inside your body. It follows you into your closest relationships through reassurance-seeking, shame, and the exhaustion of hiding what's really happening. Relationship difficulties are often a symptom of OCD, not a separate problem. When we address one, the other shifts too.
If you see yourself here, this practice was built for you.
Why it matters who treats OCD
Most therapists are trained to support people through a wide range of life's challenges, and general therapy has helped countless people navigate worry, life transitions, grief, and more. But OCD is different. It responds best to targeted, evidence-based methods that require additional training.
Types of treatment I practice:
- ERP
Exposure and Response Prevention
The most effective evidence-based treatment for OCD. Rather than analyzing your thoughts, ERP helps you change your relationship with them.
- I-CBT
Inference-Based CBT
Targets the reasoning process behind obsessions, helping you see that obsessive doubt is a product of imagination, not reality.
- ACT
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Builds psychological flexibility. Helps you make room for difficult thoughts without being controlled by them.
- EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
For trauma that shapes how OCD shows up. Many clients carry both, and treating them together is where the real breakthroughs happen.
Is Rossi Mental Health a fit for you?
This may be the right fit if
- You're a New York State resident
- You have OCD, trauma, or related anxiety that hasn't responded to general therapy
- You're looking for a specialist, not a generalist
- You're an adolescent or adult
This may not be the right fit if
- You're in acute crisis needing a higher level of care
- You're seeking treatment mainly for substance use
- You need a court-ordered evaluation
- You want general talk therapy without a specialty focus
If this isn't the right place, that's genuinely OK. Knowing where to look is part of getting the right help. IOCDF Therapist Directory →
New York State residency is required by licensure. This applies to all clients, including those paying out of pocket.
Insurance
Accepted now
- Aetna
- BCBS / Highmark WNY
- Highmark Medicare Advantage
In progress
- Cigna / Evernorth
- Fidelis Care
- Fidelis Medicaid Managed Care
- Independent Health
- MVP Health Care
- Optum / United Healthcare
- Univera
Out-of-pocket options are available for any plan not yet accepted.
You've tried to get better before. I understand why it didn't work.
That's not because you didn't try hard enough. OCD requires a very specific type of treatment that most general therapy training doesn't cover. Talk therapy, as helpful as it can be for many things, doesn't work for OCD, and in some cases can make it worse. You deserve to know that. And you deserve a therapist who does.
I'm Jessica Rossi. I've been a therapist since 2014, and I founded Rossi Mental Health Counseling because trained OCD specialists are genuinely hard to find in western New York. I use ERP and Inference-Based CBT because they're the most effective evidence-based treatments for OCD. Not because they're trendy, because they work. I also use EMDR for trauma, since OCD and trauma are rarely as separate as they seem.
At the heart of my practice is a simple belief: you are more than your diagnosis. Understanding who you are as a person, not just what brings you to therapy, is what allows the evidence-based work to actually land.
Jessica Rossi, LMHC-D · OCD & Trauma Specialist
Education
- BA, Psychology — 2011
- MS, Mental Health Counseling — 2014
- NYS Licensed Mental Health Counselor — 2016
- Diagnostic Privileges — 2024
Training
- EMDR Basic Training, Trauma Institute & Child Trauma Institute — 2021
- Behavior Therapy Training Institute (BTTI), International OCD Foundation — 2023
- Treating OCD from a Neuroaffirming Perspective using I-CBT, Cognitive Behavioral Institute — 2024
- EMDR Advanced Training, The Center for Excellence in EMDR Therapy — 2025
- EMDR Advanced Group Consultation, Mary Ray, LCSW — 2025 to present
“The checking brings momentary relief. But the house keeps making noises.”
Reaching out is the first step
A consultation request is not a commitment. Tell me what you're struggling with, and whether you've had OCD-specific treatment before. I'll review it, and if this feels like a good fit we'll schedule a time to talk. If it doesn't, I'll point you toward someone who can help.
Now accepting new clients for late September / early October start datesRequest a Consultation