OCD and BFRB resources for families
Trusted places to start with OCD & BFRBs.
When OCD, intrusive thoughts, trichotillomania, or another body-focused repetitive behavior raises questions, finding reliable information can feel like one more hard thing. This short, family-curated list points toward organizations and resources we trust enough to share.
Family-curated starting points—not diagnosis or treatment advice. What’s the Trich is an awareness project based on lived family experience. We are not clinicians, and inclusion here is not a professional endorsement.
Choose what you need
Finding OCD and BFRB resources for families.
You do not have to read everything at once. Start with the question that brought you here.
Understand OCD
Learn the basics
Read plain, reliable information about obsessions, compulsions, diagnosis, and evidence-based care.
Explore IOCDF’s OCD information (opens in a new tab)Understand BFRBs
Learn about hair pulling & related behaviors
Begin with current information on trichotillomania, skin picking, and other body-focused repetitive behaviors.
Explore IOCDF’s BFRB information (opens in a new tab)Find professional help
Search a specialist directory
Look for therapists, clinics, programs, prescribers, and support groups for OCD and related disorders.
Search the IOCDF directory (opens in a new tab)Consider online OCD care
Explore a virtual option
Learn about NOCD’s online OCD therapy model and check whether its services fit your location and needs.
Visit NOCD (opens in a new tab)Our primary starting point
International OCD Foundation
One established nonprofit source now brings together education and pathways for OCD, trichotillomania, and other related disorders.
Information for individuals and families
The International OCD Foundation provides education about OCD and related disorders, including dedicated information about trichotillomania and other BFRBs. It also maintains a searchable directory of providers, clinics, programs, and support groups.
Two more family selections
Care to explore—and a book that stayed with us.
These are included with context so you can decide whether either one belongs in your own next step.
NOCD
NOCD offers live online therapy with clinicians who specialize in OCD and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). Services, age eligibility, provider licensing, availability, insurance, and cost can vary by location and plan.
Not sponsored. This is one option our family found valuable—not a promise that it is right or available for everyone.
Hope and Help for Your Nerves
By Dr. Claire Weekes. This compassionate classic uses accessible language to discuss anxiety, panic, and nervous-system fear cycles. It is not written specifically for OCD or BFRBs and is not a treatment substitute, but its calm, plain-language approach has been meaningful to our family.
No affiliate relationship. What’s the Trich does not earn a commission from this link.
Why these are here
A short list, chosen with care.
This page is intentionally selective. It is not meant to catalogue every organization, book, provider, app, or treatment option.
Clear source
We favor established organizations, official information, and resources whose role is easy to understand.
Useful to families
Each selection should offer a practical next step or language that can make a difficult topic easier to approach.
Honest context
We identify commercial links, personal recommendations, and the limits of what any listing can promise.
Links last reviewed September 2026. Third-party websites and services can change. Please verify current information directly with each organization.
If help is needed right now
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