By Allison Summer, LPC | Specializing in OCD & Eating Disorders There is something unique about sitting across from someone whose brain speaks a language you personally know. When I tell clients I specialize in OCD, I mean it clinically — the training, the supervision, the protocols, the evidence-based treatment. But I also mean it in a quieter way: I know OCD from the inside, too. It’s not always something therapists talk about openly. We’re often taught to keep our stories

By Allison Summer, LPC| Specializing in OCD & Eating Disorders There’s a quiet truth many therapists know but rarely name out loud: We spend our days helping others regulate, heal, feel seen—and often forget that our humanity needs tending too. You sit in session after session holding space for fear, grief, trauma, uncertainty, and transformation. You breathe steady when someone else’s world is shaking. You hold stories that most people never hear spoken aloud. You show up wh