Natalia Aíza, MA, LPC
I know OCD from both sides.
Clinician, author, and someone who lives with OCD. I turn what the research knows about anxiety and OCD into something families can actually use — in three books, on stage, and in print.
As featured in
Books
Available now
Self-Guided EMDR Workbook
Step-by-Step Techniques to Process Trauma and Calm Your Nervous System
Coming April 2027Anxious to Launch
Empowered Parenting Skills to Nudge Your Adult Child Out of the Nest
Available nowSelf-Guided Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy for OCD
A Compassionate Workbook for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
About Natalia
Expanding access to evidence-based mental health support.
Natalia Aíza, LPC, MA, is an EMDR-trained therapist, writer, and mental health advocate. She is the author of three books, including Self-Guided EMDR Workbook (Zeitgeist, September 2026) and Anxious to Launch (New Harbinger, April 2027). Drawing on both her clinical expertise and personal experience with OCD, her core mission is to expand access to evidence-based mental health support.
Natalia earned her BA in literature from Harvard University and her MA in clinical mental health counseling from Palo Alto University. She speaks four languages and provides free psychoeducation through her Instagram account, @letstalk.ocd. Natalia runs a private practice in Colorado, where she lives with her family.
In the media
Podcasts, articles, and interviews
The OCD StoriesSelf-Guided Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy for OCDFearCast PodcastSelf Guided EMDR with Natalia Aiza, LPCNeurodiversity PodcastThere's Much More to OCD Than You ThinkFearCast PodcastSPACE With High Dependent Adult Children With Natalia AízaThe OCD WhispererFailure to Launch: How Parents Can Help Adults with OCD Build ConfidenceHacking Your ADHDNavigating the Tangle of ADHD and OCD with Natalia AízaADDitudeOCD in Children with ADHD: Navigating the Dual DiagnosisADAAHarm OCD Made Me a Pushover ParentDeconstructing StigmaChanging Attitudes About Mental HealthRecovery DiariesFrom OCD Parenting to OCD Practitioner: My Recovery From Orthorexia by ProxyInternational OCD FoundationA Therapist's OCD Journey: From Paralyzing Fears to Building an OCD CenterVoyaFrom Living With OCD To Working With ItDaily CameraBack-to-school can be turbulent, but we can face this time of year with poiseDaily CameraThree tragedies in three years have shaped youth OCD, anxiety in BoulderVoyage DenverInspiring Conversations with Natalia Aíza of Kairos Wellness CollectiveCanvasRebelMeet Natalia AízaNAMIChronic People Pleasing And My OCDYellow SceneUnderstanding Newly Legalized Psilocybin Means Looking AheadThe OCD StoriesSelf-Guided Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy for OCDFearCast PodcastSelf Guided EMDR with Natalia Aiza, LPCNeurodiversity PodcastThere's Much More to OCD Than You ThinkFearCast PodcastSPACE With High Dependent Adult Children With Natalia AízaThe OCD WhispererFailure to Launch: How Parents Can Help Adults with OCD Build ConfidenceHacking Your ADHDNavigating the Tangle of ADHD and OCD with Natalia AízaADDitudeOCD in Children with ADHD: Navigating the Dual DiagnosisADAAHarm OCD Made Me a Pushover ParentDeconstructing StigmaChanging Attitudes About Mental HealthRecovery DiariesFrom OCD Parenting to OCD Practitioner: My Recovery From Orthorexia by ProxyInternational OCD FoundationA Therapist's OCD Journey: From Paralyzing Fears to Building an OCD CenterVoyaFrom Living With OCD To Working With ItDaily CameraBack-to-school can be turbulent, but we can face this time of year with poiseDaily CameraThree tragedies in three years have shaped youth OCD, anxiety in BoulderVoyage DenverInspiring Conversations with Natalia Aíza of Kairos Wellness CollectiveCanvasRebelMeet Natalia AízaNAMIChronic People Pleasing And My OCDYellow SceneUnderstanding Newly Legalized Psilocybin Means Looking Ahead
Writing
In her own words
- ADDitudeWhen ADHD Accommodations Inflame OCD in KidsSchool accommodations unlock learning for many neurodivergent students. But when a child has ADHD…
- ADAAHarm OCD Made Me a Pushover ParentMy OCD tells me that I am a bad mom. Sometimes the self-doubt actually paralyzes me…
- Recovery DiariesFrom OCD Parenting to OCD Practitioner: My Recovery From Orthorexia by ProxyIt started innocently enough. I was an overwhelmed but steady new mom, meticulously changing my baby's diaper, when I…
- International OCD FoundationA Therapist's OCD Journey: From Paralyzing Fears to Building an OCD Center16 years ago, I was staring at my long-lashed newborn baby boy when it happened for the first time…
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Booking & press
Looking for an OCD and anxiety expert?
I take podcast interviews, on-camera segments, webinars, and conference talks, and I am glad to give expert comment on deadline.