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The Intrusive Mind

The Intrusive Mind

By: Ellie Bonaguro LMHC
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Most people think OCD means just having a color-coded closet, but it doesn't.

Eliana Bonaguro, LMHC, is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in New York and Florida specializing in OCD, panic disorder, agoraphobia, and anxiety, and she is also the surrealist artist behind her own work.

Her illustrated, evidence-based guides on OCD, R-OCD, anxiety, panic, and artist burnout turn clinical concepts into visual metaphors readers actually remember. Each episode unpacks what intrusive thoughts really mean, why compulsions feel like relief, and why trying to get rid of anxiety makes it louder.

Practical, visual, and built for people who are done being misunderstood.The Advisor Network Art Hygiene & Healthy Living Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health
Episodes
  • OCD, Intrusive Thoughts, and the Loop That Feeds Them

    OCD, Intrusive Thoughts, and the Loop That Feeds Them
    21 Aug 2026
    Most people with OCD aren't afraid of germs; they're afraid of their own mind.

    Eliana Bonaguro, LMHC, treats OCD, panic, and agoraphobia, and she illustrates them. She separates OCD from perfectionism, explains the difference between physical and mental compulsions, and shows why reassurance, rumination, and avoidance feed the loop instead of closing it.

    She walks through exposure and response prevention, why doing nothing in the face of fear is the hardest skill in therapy, and how surreal imagery carries what words can't.

    If you've ever hidden a thought you were ashamed of, this one is for you. OCD is highly treatable.

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    CONNECT WITH ELIANA BONAGURO, LMHC:
    🌐 Website: http://www.ellie-counseling.com/
    📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eliana_bonaguro_lmhc
    🎨 Art Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/otherworldly_ellie/
    📚 Books: https://www.amazon.com/author/elianabonaguro
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