Exposure and response prevention (ERP) is a form of cognitive behavioral therapy highly effective for OCD, involving exposure to stressors and habituation.

“exposure response prevention is probably the most effective option which is kind of like cognitive behavioral therapy but these are different and offered by psychologists and this is a whole field and there's a whole clinic at my institution um uh focused was started by Ednafoa um uh at Penn who this is what they do for these patients um uh is offer these types of cognitive therapies exposure to the stressor and to try to get patients to habit habituate to whatever it is that stresses them and causes these uh compulsions to help these patients live in every day and function.”