When intrusive thoughts begin to dictate your schedule and compulsions consume hours of your day, the resulting disruption to work, school, and relationships can feel overwhelming. Foundations Recovery Center provides expert outpatient OCD treatment in Encino, so you don’t have to stay away from home.
Foundations Recovery Center offers outpatient treatment for OCD in Encino. Exposure and response prevention (ERP) therapy helps address obsessions, compulsions, and rituals that interfere with daily life.
Adults who need more support than weekly therapy can receive structured care without an overnight stay.
Treatment may include cognitive behavioral therapy, psychiatric support, and medication management. Our day and evening programs help adults maintain work, school, and family commitments while receiving effective treatment.
The goal is to reduce compulsions and change how you respond to intrusive thoughts. Treatment helps you spend less time in rituals and return to daily responsibilities with better function and less disruption.
If you are looking for OCD treatment near Encino, Foundations Recovery Center provides outpatient care close to home. We help adults in Encino and nearby San Fernando Valley communities, including Sherman Oaks, Tarzana, Studio City, Van Nuys, Reseda, and Woodland Hills.
We offer you exposure and response prevention therapy through daytime treatment and evening program options for adults dealing with obsessions, compulsions, and daily disruption. As a result, you can receive structured OCD treatment in Encino without leaving the Valley.
Address: 17555 Ventura Blvd, Suite 201, Encino, CA 91436
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a mental health condition characterized by obsessions and compulsions.
These ‘obsessions’ are unwanted thoughts, images, or urges that cause fear, anxiety, or distress; meanwhile compulsions are repeated behaviors or mental rituals performed to reduce that distress.
OCD can manifest as contamination fears, checking behaviors, symmetry concerns, harm fears, taboo thoughts, or relationship doubts. And any relief from compulsions is typically temporary, as the same thoughts and behaviors keep returning. Over time, OCD can significantly affect work, school, relationships, and home life.
OCD symptoms affect both thoughts and behavior, since obsessions can consume hours of the day and make concentration difficult.
Thoughts about harm, contamination, doubt, or order may repeat relentlessly, and compulsions such as handwashing, checking, counting, or mental rituals can overtake daily routines.
Foundations Recovery Center offers OCD treatment for people with different OCD patterns. OCD can manifest through cleaning, checking, ordering, relationship doubt, and intrusive thoughts. Our outpatient program helps adults reduce rituals and manage daily life with less disruption.
Some fear germs, illness, dirt, or contamination. This repeated cleaning, washing, showering, or avoidance can take up hours out of your day. We help you reduce cleaning rituals and avoidance in daily life.
Checking OCD may center on locks, appliances, messages, mistakes, or fear of causing harm, as persistent doubt can pull people back into repeated checking. We help you reduce checking behaviors and handle uncertainty with less second-guessing.
Some people feel distressed when items look uneven, out of place, or not quite right. They may line things up, repeat actions, or fix details repeatedly, so we help you reduce the need for arranging rituals during daily routines.
Harm OCD can bring intrusive thoughts about accidents, mistakes, or causing danger to others. These thoughts can lead to checking, avoidance, or repeated reassurance seeking. We help adults reduce safety rituals and respond differently to intrusive thoughts.
Relationship OCD can cause persistent doubt about love, attraction, trust, or long-term compatibility. Adults may review feelings, compare partners, or seek reassurance repeatedly, which is why we help you reduce mental rituals, reassurance seeking, and repeated doubt.
Some adults experience intrusive thoughts that may feel disturbing, unwanted, and far from their true character. Shame can make these symptoms harder to discuss, so we help you reduce avoidance, confession rituals, and mental rituals linked to these thoughts.






Adults with OCD do not all require the same level of care. Some need treatment several days each week, while others need sessions that accommodate jobs, school, or family responsibilities. We understand this and provide OCD treatment through outpatient programs with flexible schedules.
PHP provides full-day treatment during the week and is appropriate for adults whose OCD symptoms significantly disrupt daily life and require more than weekly therapy. You attend care during the day and return home each evening.
IOP provides several therapy sessions each week without a full-day schedule. It suits adults who need more than weekly therapy or are stepping down from PHP. This level helps adults maintain work, school, or home life while receiving treatment.
Evening outpatient treatment accommodates adults who work, attend school, or have other daytime commitments. Sessions take place later in the day, allowing you to receive regular care without disrupting daytime routines.
Support sleep, nutrition, and stress control through mindfulness, yoga, and fitness. These tools improve mood stability, focus, and recovery routines between sessions.
Trauma can make OCD symptoms more difficult to manage, mainly since fear, shame, and stress can amplify intrusive thoughts, compulsions, and avoidance behaviors. This can make daily life harder and OCD treatment feel more challenging initially.
Foundations Recovery Center uses a trauma-informed approach to OCD treatment in Encino. Treatment progresses at a pace that feels safer and more manageable for you. Our therapy helps identify trauma triggers, OCD symptoms, and grounding skills before ERP begins. Trauma-focused CBT or EMDR may be used alongside ERP when clinically appropriate.
OCD often occurs alongside other mental health conditions, since depression, anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, and eating disorders can also affect daily life. Treatment is more effective when all symptoms are addressed together.
We provide treatment for OCD alongside care for co-occurring mental health conditions. Our team evaluates mood, sleep, focus, energy, and OCD symptoms together. Your treatment may include ERP, medication support, and care for depression, anxiety, trauma, or attention problems, all in one so you do not need to navigate between separate programs.
Treatment begins with a phone call, then you meet with a clinician who reviews your symptoms and history. We may use an OCD assessment to measure symptom severity, as you receive a diagnosis and a treatment plan based on your symptoms and goals.
Progress builds one brick at a time. Our therapist tracks how challenging each exposure feels and helps you work through difficult moments, as home practice between sessions can help strengthen and maintain progress.
At Foundations Recovery Center, we provide treatment for OCD in Encino with clinicians trained in ERP. Our team treats various OCD themes, including harm and religious obsessions. You work with clinicians who understand how intrusive thoughts, compulsions, and shame can affect daily life.
Outpatient care in Encino allows adults to practice ERP in real-world settings. You learn and practice new responses at home, work, school, and in the community. Day and evening options help adults fit treatment into their work or school schedules, plus our team can also coordinate with psychiatrists and family members when needed.
Small groups allow for more direct support during treatment, as our sessions focus on skills adults can continue using after treatment ends. You learn with us how to handle stress, uncertainty, and OCD symptoms with less ritual behavior. Overall progress depends on regular practice, and our team helps you maintain momentum.
Adults throughout the San Fernando Valley come to Encino for OCD treatment. Our Ventura Boulevard location serves nearby communities with day and evening care options. Many adults travel from nearby neighborhoods for treatment, as our location is convenient for people in the central and west Valley.
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The people at FRC are compassionate, highly ethical caring people with experience and expertise in treating addiction and mental health issues. Im eternally grateful for their help and continued support on this journey! LeePosted on Lee ReynoldsTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I can't say enough good things about Foundations Recovery Center. The moment I walked in, I felt welcomed, understood, and supported. The staff is compassionate and dedicated to helping every individual on their journey to recovery. The program is well-structured, offering a balance of therapy, education, and real-life coping skills that make a lasting impact. The counselors are knowledgeable, patient, and genuinely care about your progress. Whether it’s individual therapy, group sessions, or learning new tools to maintain sobriety and mental wellness, every aspect of the program is designed for success. If you're looking for a place that provides real help in a supportive and non-judgmental environment, I highly recommend Foundations. This program has changed my life, and I’m incredibly grateful for the experience!Posted on Johnny FrostTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Foundations Recovery Center has been a wonderful experience on my healing journey.Posted on Tyler MageeTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Can’t say enough good things about this place and the people. Foundations was LIFE CHANGING for my husband . He is thriving and sober !! Top notch support . Special thank you to Brandon for all you did to make his sobriety possible. You all are the BEST . Compassionate and professional. Honest and REAL ! They are there every step of the way.Posted on MPMTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. From the moment I arrived at this PHP program, I felt supported, understood, and genuinely cared for. The staff goes above and beyond to create a safe, welcoming environment where healing actually feels possible. Every therapist, counselor, and team member brings compassion, professionalism, and real dedication to helping each individual grow. The structure of the program is incredibly effective—it provides the perfect balance of accountability, therapy, and personal reflection. The group sessions are especially impactful, creating a sense of community where you realize you’re not alone in what you’re going through. I learned practical tools and coping strategies that I genuinely use in my everyday life. What stood out the most to me was how personalized the care felt. This isn’t a one-size-fits-all program—they truly take the time to understand you and meet you where you’re at. I left not only feeling stronger, but more confident, self-aware, and hopeful for my future. 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