Integrated Behavioral Health
Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP) Therapy In Denver & Greenwood Village
Helping kids, teens, and adults break free from OCD or anxiety loops, build confidence, and get their lives back. In-person ERP Therapy in Denver and Greenwood Village, serving surrounding communities, with online options across Colorado.
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Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP) can help you or your child:
Lessen the grip of Anxiety & OCD
Feel more confident facing fears
Build trust in your own mind & choices
Avoiding fear makes life smaller.
Kids want to play and feel normal, but the fear gets too loud, and they shrink back. Teens and young adults want to be able to focus enough to study or go on a date without analyzing every conversation. As an adult, you do your best to show up for your family, job, and relationships, but your mind keeps cycling through intrusive thoughts that make it difficult to function. And at the heart of it, the struggle is universal. You’re tired of fear getting in the way of the life you’re trying to live.
Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP) helps your world open up again, one step at a time.
Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP) | Denver & Greenwood Village
What is Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP)?
ERP stands for Exposure and Response Prevention. It’s known as the most effective treatment for OCD, and it’s also incredibly helpful for anxiety, panic disorder, selective mutism, social anxiety, and all kinds of phobias. If fear has been running the show, ERP is the therapy that helps you take the wheel back.
ERP therapy works by helping your brain learn a new pattern. When anxiety shows up, most people try to calm it with reassurance, avoiding certain situations, or doing rituals that feel necessary in the moment. ERP teaches your brain a different response. With small, guided steps, you slowly face the things that scare you while practicing not falling into the usual compulsions. Over time, your brain learns that the alarm doesn’t need to go off so loudly, and the fear starts to settle.
ERP therapy is part of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), but it’s a lot more hands-on. You won’t sit and talk in circles. You’ll learn real tools that actually make a difference in your day, and you’ll practice them in simple, doable steps that build confidence as you go.
Whether you’re dealing with OCD, panic, or the constant drain of worrying about everything, ERP meets you exactly where you’re at. At Integrated Behavioral Health, we shape the process around your unique fears and patterns so you can slowly reclaim your time, your calm, and your ability to live in a way that feels like you again.
Kids and Teens:
- “I keep thinking about the same stuff over and over, and I can’t get my brain to stop.”
- “I don’t want people to think something’s wrong with me. I’m already worried enough.”
- “I want to play and hang out like everyone else, but I’m too scared.”
Young Adults:
- “I’m terrified of making the wrong decision, even small ones.”
- “Everyone else seems to trust their brain. Mine feels like it’s always arguing with me.”
- “I’m falling behind in school and work because anxiety keeps stealing my time.”
Adults:
- “I am worn out from checking, repeating, and overthinking every little thing.”
- “I worry my anxiety makes me a bad parent or partner, even though I’m trying so hard.”
- “I want my time, my energy, and my life back. I’m tired of feeling trapped in my own head.”
We offer Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP) to help you face fear in small steps, break the patterns that keep anxiety alive, and build a calmer, more confident daily rhythm.
Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP) | Denver & Greenwood Village
How Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP) Can Help
Lessen Anxiety and Overwhelm
ERP therapy gives you simple tools that help you stop getting swept up in fear. You learn how to ride the wave instead of getting pulled under it, and that alone brings relief faster than most people expect.
Untangle OCD Patterns
Compulsions feel urgent. They feel important. They feel like the only way to calm the panic. ERP therapy helps you practice stepping back from those urges so your brain learns it doesn’t need to hit the alarm button anymore. Bit by bit, the urge fades, and you start feeling more in control.
Build Trust in Yourself
ERP therapy helps you get back to a place where your own memory, instincts, and choices feel steady again. You stop needing to double-check everything, and you start feeling that quiet sense of “I know what’s true” come back online.
Support for Selective Mutism, Panic Disorder, and Social Anxiety
ERP therapy helps you face scary situations in small, doable steps. Nothing forced. Nothing rushed. You build skills that make speaking up, showing up, and staying present feel easier with time.
Live with More Freedom
When fear stops calling the shots, your world opens up. You have the space to enjoy friends, try new things, be more present with your family, and feel more like the version of yourself you want to be.
When you’re ready to become the parent you have always wanted to be, we’re here to help you take the first step.
Why Us
Why Work With
Integrated Behavioral Health
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I believe therapy & assessments should be a collaborative process between the client and the therapist.
At Integrated Behavioral Health, our goal is to help families feel more confident and to have the resources they need. We support you in riding the ups and downs of parenting, while helping you navigate the complex landscape of having a child with unique needs.
When you’re facing anxiety or uncertainty about how to parent effectively, it can be overwhelming to balance all the competing priorities. You might struggle to find a parenting approach that aligns with your values and helps you feel connected and capable. We’re here to help you understand and meet your child’s unique needs while staying true to yourself.
We support the emotional well-being of parents as individuals too. This includes stress management, identity shifts, relationship strain, and burnout. When caregivers feel supported and grounded, the entire family benefits.
With over a decade of combined experience, we offer therapy and evaluations that are grounded in evidence-based practices, collaborate with professionals and individuals working with your child, and provide comprehensive recommendations to help you or your child thrive. We guide you through handling the toughest challenges, providing you with practical tools and strategies that foster confidence and fulfillment in your journey.
We believe the therapeutic process should be:
Empathetic
Being a parent can feel overwhelming, especially with the flood of information from social media and parenting books. We meet you and your child exactly where you are and offer compassion and empathy to help you move forward.
Evidence-based
Our diverse therapy methods and assessments are all rooted in evidence-based practices. Our goal is to help you and your child make tangible progress and feel empowered to navigate daily life confidently, even beyond therapy.
Values-based
Every family, child, and parent are different. What is okay for one parent is not okay for another parent. We make sure that we understand your family’s values and come alongside to support them rather than prescribing one type of approach to a situation.
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Our Approach
How Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP) Works
Step 1: We Get To Know You
We start by listening and learning how anxiety or OCD shows up in your daily life. This helps us understand your patterns and build a plan that actually fits what you need.
Step 2: We Create Your Exposure Plan Together
Together, we create a simple, step-by-step plan that fits your life and helps you face fears in small, manageable ways while practicing how to resist the rituals that keep the cycle going.
Step 3: We Help You Keep Moving Forward
As you grow more confident, we help you apply these skills in everyday situations so the progress sticks. Parents learn how to support their kids without reinforcing anxiety, and adults learn long-term tools to stay steady and handle future triggers with more ease.
Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP) | Denver & Greenwood Village
Questions About Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP)
What is Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), and how is it different from talk therapy?
ERP is a proven, research-backed therapy for OCD and anxiety, and it works a little differently than traditional talk therapy. Instead of digging into why you have certain thoughts, we focus on changing how you respond to them.
At Integrated Behavioral Health, we guide you through small, gradual exposures to the thoughts, situations, or feelings that trigger your anxiety. At the same time, we help you practice resisting the rituals or behaviors that usually follow. This teaches your brain that the thoughts are not dangerous and that the anxiety will settle on its own. Over time, this creates a calmer, more flexible response to fear.
If you want to learn more about how ERP therapy could support you, book a free consult to speak to one of our therapists.
Will ERP make my anxiety worse? I’m scared to face my fears.
This is one of the most common concerns we hear, and it makes total sense. ERP asks you to do something new, and new things feel uncomfortable at first. The good news is that we take it step by step.
We never start with your biggest fear. Together, we build a simple ladder of challenges, beginning with the smallest, most doable step. As you practice, your confidence grows. Yes, your anxiety may rise during an exposure, but that rise teaches your brain something powerful: the feeling fades, and the disaster you fear doesn’t happen. This is how the fear response begins to shrink, giving you more peace in the long run.
Do I have to stop all my rituals at once?
No. ERP is not an all-or-nothing approach. You won’t be asked to ditch every ritual overnight.
Instead, we work with you to identify the rituals that take up the most time or create the most stress. Then we help you gradually reduce them during exposures. The goal is not perfection. The goal is to help you feel more in control so you can choose how you respond, rather than feeling forced by anxiety or OCD. Even small changes in rituals can create big shifts in daily life.
How long does ERP take? Will I need it forever?
ERP is meant to be short-term and effective. Most people complete treatment in about 12 to 25 sessions, depending on how severe the symptoms are and how much practice they’re able to do between sessions.
The goal at Integrated Behavioral Health is to help you become your own therapist. Once you understand how the cycle works and how to interrupt it, you’ll have long-lasting tools you can use whenever new fears pop up. You won’t be in therapy forever. You’ll be building skills that stick.
Can I do ERP if I’m also taking medication?
Yes. Many people do ERP alongside medication, and the two can work really well together.
Medication can soften the intensity of anxiety or intrusive thoughts, which sometimes makes exposures feel more manageable. At IBH, we’re happy to coordinate with your prescriber so everyone supporting you is on the same page. Our goal is simple: to help you feel steady, supported, and confident as you move through the process.
Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP) | Denver & Greenwood Village
Positive Outcomes Of Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP)
ERP can help you or your child break free from constant worry, loosen the grip of intrusive thoughts, and feel more confident moving through everyday life.
Over time, you may start to notice that you or your child:
- Feels steadier and more sure in moments that used to cause panic
- Can handle big feelings without shutting down or spiraling
- Speaks up and communicates needs with more clarity and confidence
- Builds stronger, more connected relationships with friends, family, and peers
- Manages anxiety and compulsions with greater ease, lowering daily stress
- Shows up more fully at school, work, activities, and social moments because fear isn’t calling the shots anymore
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How To Get Started
Get started with Integrated Behavioral Health in Denver & Greenwood Village by booking a free consultation with our clinic coordinator. We’ll take the time to understand your unique situation and match you with a therapist whose expertise aligns with your needs. You can book a free consultation online using the button below. You can also call us or send us a message via the contact form if you prefer an email consultation.
Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP) | Denver & Greenwood Village
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Where intrusive thoughts lose power, and you gain the tools to take your life back.
