Troy Mariko Harris, LMSW (she / her)

I am a Licensed Master Social Worker located in New York City, specializing in treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). I began direct practice in 2017, working as an emergency room sexual assault crisis counselor for individuals aged 12+, and an eating disorder recovery mentor for young adults. After recovering from OCD through ERP in 2020, I decided to return to school to receive my Master of Social Work, so that I could dedicate my career to helping others find the freedom I spent most of my life wholly convinced I would never obtain for myself.

My clients typically possess high-stress, high-responsibility roles that demand tremendous amounts of time, energy, precision, and often reward OCD behaviors. People come to me when they feel exhausted and unable to be present in their day-to-day lives. Even when things go well, they cannot help but feel chronically dissatisfied, and may even self-sabotage as a way to re-establish control.

My primary specialties are Perfectionism / "Just Right" OCD, Relationship OCD (ROCD) — especially in people who are dating or want to get back into dating — health anxiety, and what I call "Collapse Prevention" OCD. Other subtypes I frequently work with include hoarding, contamination, scrupulosity / morality, magical thinking / superstition, harm OCD, and primarily obsessional OCD (also called Pure OCD).

I exclusively treat OCD through a combination of Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and prioritize ensuring a therapeutic environment that empowers my clients to trust that they can handle being challenged.

As someone who is AuDHD and suffered from OCD for 20 years, I know how convincing it can be when it claims you need its structure to hold your life together, especially if you're neurodivergent. I also know the cost of outsourcing your self-governance to OCD. If you are ready to see what life is like without constantly bracing for collapse, please do not hesitate to reach out.

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Licensed Master Social Worker #118097

Education:

Bachelor of Science — Northeastern University, 2018

Master of Science in Advanced Clinical Social Work — Columbia University, 2022