Cara Mann RCC

Cara (she/her) has been helping children, teens, and young adults overcome anxiety, OCD, and related concerns for the past nine years. She has worked with individuals with OCD both private practice and as a therapist in outpatient treatment programs. She also provides SPACE sessions to parents. She holds an M.A. from the University of Victoria and is a Registered Clinical Counsellor in the British Columbia.

Cara combines evidence-based behavioral therapies such as exposure and response prevention and habit reversal with the cultivation of a strong relationship. She strives to make sessions playful, trauma-informed and neuro-affirming.

Cara followed her graduate degree with clinical supervision and practice in treating OCD. She has completed post-graduate training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Exposure and Response Prevention, and Habit Reversal Training. She has studied at the International OCD Foundation’s Behavior Therapy Training Institute, the Yale Child Study Centre, and the TLC Foundation for Body-Focused Repetitive Behavior’s Professional Training Institute. She remains committed to best practice, learning about the latest research, and hearing the voices of those with lived experience with OCD.

Cara understands that access to OCD treatment can be life-saving, and that unfortunately barriers continue to exist to accessing safe and effective OCD therapy for many communities. Cara identifies as a cis-gendered settler of European ancestry. She has completed cross-cultural training through the San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training Program and worked extensively with intergenerational trauma including families living both urban and on reserve. She also welcomes those who identify as neurodivergent and LGBTQ+.