What is ERP & Behaviour Therapy?
Behaviour therapy uses proven learning principles — exposure, reinforcement and habit change — to reduce fears and unhelpful behaviours. Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) is its specialised form for OCD: you gradually face what triggers your obsessions without doing the compulsion, until the anxiety naturally fades.
How it works
- Fear ladder: listing triggers from least to most anxiety-provoking
- Gradual exposure: facing each step, with the therapist's support
- Response prevention: resisting rituals, checking or reassurance-seeking
- Habit reversal: awareness and a competing response for tics, hair-pulling and skin-picking
- Reward systems and shaping: building positive behaviour in children
How it is effective for mental health disorders
- OCD: ERP is the gold-standard psychological treatment recommended by international guidelines; most people who complete it experience significant reduction in symptoms.
- Phobias: exposure therapy is highly effective, often within a few sessions.
- Panic disorder and agoraphobia: exposure to feared sensations and places reduces panic.
- Tics and Tourette syndrome: behavioural therapy for tics (CBIT) reduces tic severity.
- Trichotillomania and skin-picking: habit reversal training is the treatment of choice.
- ADHD and child behaviour problems: behaviour therapy and parent training improve behaviour at home and school.
Who can benefit
Children, teenagers and adults with OCD, fears, panic, tics, habits or behaviour problems.
What to expect
12–20 sessions of planned, step-by-step practice. You are always in control of the pace.
How Mind Detox Centre delivers it
Y-BOCS or other assessment, a personalised fear hierarchy, guided exposures in session, home practice plans and family guidance to stop reassurance cycles.
Fee ₹2,500
Frequently asked questions
Will ERP make my anxiety worse?
It rises briefly during exposure, then falls — which is how the brain learns it is safe.