Alyssa Faro, PhD

With years of experience as the Clinical Director of the OCD Institute for Children & Adolescents (ODCI Jr.) at McLean Hospital and faculty at Harvard Medical School, I bring expertise and compassion to helping you build a values-driven life, not just reduce symptoms. My practice is devoted exclusively to helping individuals manage anxiety, OCD, and depression using evidence-based approaches like ERP (Exposure & Response Prevention), CBT, ACT, and SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions). In addition to my practice I also serve on the Board of OCD New Hampshire and train other clinicians in treating OCD and anxiety.

Dr. Faro uses an integrated, evidence-based approach that draws from Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), CBT, and skills-based strategies. Treatment is individualized to address OCD while also accounting for attention, emotion regulation, avoidance, and mood-related challenges. The goal is not simply to reduce symptoms, but to help clients build greater flexibility and move toward what matters.

I have more than a decade of experience treating OCD and related disorders with ERP and other evidence-based treatments such as CBT, ACT, and SPACE. Before licensure, I trained in the evidence-based treatment of OCD, anxiety disorders, and other co-occurring disorders at UMass Medical School, Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital, and Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital.