Kelly A. Caver, PhD

I’ve been practicing as a licensed psychologist since 2011, and I’m passionate about treating adults with OCD. I provide ACT-informed ERP for OCD.

I’m experienced in treating a wide range of OCD presentations, including taboo and harm-themed obsessions, contamination OCD, relationship OCD, mental rituals, and co-occurring anxiety disorders, insomnia, trauma, chronic pain, and ADHD.

At any given time, 40-75% of my current clients have OCD. I also regularly treat anxiety disorders, including GAD, panic disorder, health anxiety, and phobias such as emetophobia (fear of vomiting) using ERP, ACT, and CBT, and insomnia using CBT-I and ACT.

Behavior Therapy Training Institute (BTTI) training through IOCDF; ERP Therapy for OCD 4-Day Intensive Training through the Cognitive Behavior Institute (CBI); clinical case consultation with several senior ERP therapists, including psychologists who trained in ERP at the Center for Treatment and Study of Anxiety at the University of Pennsylvania and a faculty member of BTTI; ACT for Anxiety Disorders through Praxis; 2-Day Introduction to Metacognitive Therapy (MCT) through OCD Training School; additional OCD, anxiety, ERP, and ACT workshops through IOCDF, CBI, NOCD, OCD Training School, and NECOA; and regular consultation with OCD specializing therapists.

I have extensive experience treating BIPOC clients, first and second-generation immigrants, refugees, LGBTQ+ individuals, Veterans, individuals with chronic health conditions, neurodiverse clients with ADHD, and adults across the lifespan, including university students and older adults.

At any given time in my practice, approximately 25-40% of my clients are BIPOC, 50-80% are women or nonbinary, and 25-40% are LGBTQ+. They range in age from 18 to mid-50s, including several university students.

My PhD program, pre-doctoral internship, and post-doctoral fellowship all emphasized cultural competency and working with diverse populations, which was a primary reason for choosing them. I’ve previously worked at TWU, one of the most diverse universities in the US, and at highly diverse Veterans Affairs hospitals.

I practice cultural humility – a lifelong commitment to increasing my understanding of my own and my clients’ cultural identities, privileges, and experiences of oppression. I regularly educate myself on the experiences of those who hold different identities than I do, including ongoing continuing education training, workshops on cultural competency, and clinical consultations.