ReImagine Therapy

ReImagine Therapy I'm Jessics Hayes and my company is ReImagine Therapy, where I provide Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Free 15 minute phone consultation before any assessment appointment to make sure I can help with what you're looking for support with.

31/03/2026

What do you want to know about life as am OCD therapist?

Let us know your questions asap and we will answer them on the podcast







29/03/2026

Self-care pushing dog.

Sometimes, we need a littke reminder to put work down.





28/03/2026

What if it isn't really OCD making me feel this way?

I have so much to be grateful for, how can I need therapy?

Is this having a big enough impact to justify therapy?

What if my problems aren't really very big?

I hear this question a lot.

Ultimately, everyone can gain something from therapy. In fact, therapists often go through therapy themselves to understand themselves more whilst training to help others.

And usually, if someone is considering theraoy, it is because they feel that they might need some support. So why not try it?

And most of the time, the voice telling you that you aren't 'bad enough' for therapy, or don't deserve it with your lovely life, is the voice that therapy targets for you.

And the world is a pretty stressful place, especially now. In a stressful world where we have much less of a village of support than people in past generations had, therapists often become part of your village for periods of time where you need it.

Got any questions about therapy in general? Ask away!

26/03/2026

The thoughts that can absolutely consume you and shrink your life one minute can be something you laugh about one day.

I frequently get clients who laugh at something that filled them with dread and panic for so long.

BUT

OCD is like an octopus, constantly reaching tentacles out fir another theme to latch on to.

Unless you figure out your octopus and work on why it is doing this.

Then, your OCD can turn into that little reminder that you are stressed and need to look after yourself, instead of hijacking your brain 🧠

thank you for normalising OCD so much, I hope your octopus 🐙 isn’t trying to reach for another target right now and that you have pulled its suckers off.

25/03/2026

This is for anyone with health anxiety who is seeing news about people dying from different health problems and those articles teasing you with titles like 'a sign that doctors miss'.

This content is NOT for you. this is for people who are not vigilant about their health. You already monitor yours too much.

It is for people with no awareness of main symptoms for illnesses. You have already basically done your own doctor training with the amount of research you've done into health conditions.

This isn't a sign from the universe to check, and it doesn't mean that your risk of this health problem is any bigger than it was last week, just because it looks common thanks to the comments where people identify with it.

It is still safe, and recommended, that you challenge your checking and research around health and that you can still keep yourself safe this way.

Save this to watch any time a new campaign or need story around health hits the news.

24/03/2026

Does anyone else get this?

I have screwed myself over here and I am also very aware that the people around me are on 1% battery. Before we did the podcast record I was really drained but it fully charged me up and I have had to remove myself because I can see this is not helpful energy for others right now.

I want to chill in bed reading but my brain 🧠 wants me to sit and write my next book.

But I know that if I do that, I will be up for hours and regret it when I have clients all day tomorrow.

So, here's my plan, in case it helps others. Because I like to try and practice what I preach about responsive self-care and trying to balance what my brain and body need.

1* Get myself properly ready for bed
2* Open my notes app and let myself research things for 45 minutes about the book or my next project and dump all of my thoughts about it for later
3* Get on the Shakti mat to make myself lie still and calm
4* Kindle and then likely pass out 1 page in

Boundaries; don't let myself send messages and voicenotes to my husband or to Laura (apart from the one I already sent, whoops) now because everyone else wants calm. Add anything I want to send into the notes app and copy and paste in the morning.

Let's do this.




24/03/2026

Just Checking episode 6 has just landed on your podcast platforms.

This week, it is all about Exposure and Response Prevention (erp).

Not sure what this is? It is one of the most recommended therapy treatments for OCD with a huge evidence base behind it.

Today's episode breaks down exactly how it works, in addition to signs that it is being delivered in the wrong way, and exactly what to expect.

Got any questions about what we cover in the episode about erp? Ask them here!



19/03/2026

Have you heard of diagust-based contamination OCD?

I get clients with contamination OCD who are really frustrated and even ashamed of not understanding WHY they feel so unable to challenge their compulsions.

Contamination OCD that is based on disgust focuses on the idea of feeling permanently contaminated in some way.

This may be physically contaminated but can also be about being mentally contaminated. It can be themselves being contaminated, or not feeling safe in their space that may feel this way.

To work with this form of OCD, erp needs to be adapted so that it isn't just habituating to anxiety, but reducing sensitivity to disgust.

This can take longer than anxiety-based exposures because of the strong physiological reaction and often needs other techniques alongside the traditional erp.

Have you experienced this?

18/03/2026

It is 2026 Neurodiversity Celebration Week here in the UK and I think this is important to say.

We have so much research now showing how common neurodivergence is and how important it is to adapt therapy for neurodivergent brains, and yet we still have people working in ways that are not neuroaffirming or that are ignorant to how neurodivergence works.

There are still so many people undiagnosed but neurodivergent so we can't even claim to not work with neurodivergence as an excuse to not upskill in this area. Working in neurotypical ways and with neurotypical goals for neurodivergent people can cause harm and even trauma in therapy.

In both of my specialisms; OCD and perinatal/parental mental health, I encounter neurodivergence constantly because these populations in particular are known to overlap a lot with neurodivergence.

If you work as a therapist, especially in these areas, i urge you to ensure you are doing continuous extra learning around neurodivergence to ensure that you are always up to date with skills and recommendations. I would also urge you to ensure you are mindful of your language- make sure it is neuroaffirming and includes helping to reduce shame and increases focus on neurodivergent strengths as well as validating the struggles it can cause in a world made for neurotypical people.

I would also encourage everyone to try and understand how neurodiverse our world is and make an effort to see things through the lenses of different brains to their own.

And if you are someone looking for therapy who suspects or knows you may be neurodivergent, please make sure you choose someone who makes it clear in their language and ways of working that they understand your brain 🧠

What would you like others to understand about your brain?

17/03/2026

Why do some thoughts get stuck in OCD?

We know that the content of intrusive thoughts doesn't really change between people, but the intensity, frequency, and reaction can vary massively.

Here are 3 reasons why these thoughts might stick for you.

Also to add that we also know that OCD targets the things we love and that the theme can be related to past experiences, trauma etc., so this is why it can also help to have a full therapy assessment of your past to fully understand your OCD.

Do you notice these patterns in your thoughts that get stuck?

16/03/2026

The focus of this week is all about checking compulsions.

As always, we share some of the intrusive thoughts we have been having and then move on to discuss what checking is, what it can look like, and how to challenge it.

So listen to Just Checking episode 5, available from 7am tomorrow.



16/03/2026

I cringe any time I see another post like 'new cancer signs you didn't know to look for' because I know how much that can affect so many of my health anxiety clients.

I also see so many deadlines designed to shock people that I know can send my OCD clients down a spiral, and even see things like films and documentaries coming up that I know will feel too close to home for a specific client when I see it advertised.

It shows how often we think of our clients between sessions and how hyperaware we become of these things when we are OCD therapists in particular.

Have you ever seen your OCD or health anxiety theme cropping up on tv shows or social media stories, and had this have a really big impact?

I also get clients noticing how far they have come in therapy because these things no longer derail their days and it is incredible ❤️

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