specialized therapy for ocpd
a calmer way forward
for when doing things right starts to get in the way of living.
The people I work with share a deep pull to do things well, and to do the right thing. For some, that looks like high function held together at a cost: competent and reliable on the outside, driven and never quite at ease underneath. For others, the same standards have become crushing, so much weight around getting it right that depression, paralysis or shutdown have set in, and even ordinary things feel impossible.
Either way, your standards have stopped serving you and started running you.
Has the pressure to do everything well begun shaping your whole life?
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder is the focus of my practice, not one diagnosis among many. Many of the people I work with have OCPD. Others recognise themselves in these patterns long before they ever receive a name for them.
My primary method is Schema Therapy, with additional training in RO DBT. I'm drawn to approaches that work beneath the surface, not just at the level of coping. Together we work to understand the deeper patterns driving perfectionism, control, and relentless standards, while paying close attention to whether therapy is creating meaningful change in your everyday life.
A practice devoted to understanding OCPD
hi, I'm Neil howell
A therapist who understands the lived experience, not just the diagnosis.
I grew up close to a family member's mental illness, and I've spent a lot of my own life managing the same pull toward impossible standards that I now help other people work with. I know how these standards can flatten a person into depression or shutdown. I specialize here on purpose, so you’re not explaining your inner world from scratch
Maybe you've been feeling...
Feeling worn down by the pressure within.
Finding it harder to live the life you so deeply want.
Feeling increasingly alone in your experience.
Hearing that your standards are affecting relationships.
working together
Therapy with a clear structure, not a fixed formula.
Sessions are consistent and paced to your life, never a one-sized-fits all approach. Some weeks that means slowing down enough to notice what's actually happening underneath the doing. Other weeks it means practicing a different way of responding, in real time, to the standards that have taken over. What stays constant is we keep a clear read on whether our time together is , and readjust when it's not.
