Giovonni Hinton

You show up for everyone. You answer the texts, hold the space, hit the deadlines, and keep it all moving. And still, underneath all of that, there is a hum that never quite goes quiet.

Maybe it is the worry that loops back no matter how many times you resolve it. The intrusive thought you cannot unhook from. The checking, the replaying, the what-ifs that hijack your mind at 2am and leave you exhausted by morning. You have tried to think your way out of it. You have talked yourself through it a hundred times. And it keeps coming back.

That is not a willpower problem. That is anxiety. That is OCD. And it is exactly what I am here for.

I'm Giovonni, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified OCD and Anxiety Specialist, and a poet and writer. Those last two matter more than you might think.

As a writer, I listen differently. I hear what you say and what you cannot quite find words for yet. And as a clinician, I bring that same attention into evidence based treatment, including ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention), which is the gold standard for OCD. I know what it feels like to live inside a looping mind. That lived experience shapes everything about how I show up for you.

This is not regular talk therapy. We use clinically grounded tools like ERP for OCD and anxiety alongside something less clinical but just as powerful: writing.

Journaling, expressive writing exercises, and creative prompts give your inner world somewhere to land. Sometimes the thing you cannot say out loud becomes clearer when you write it down. We use that. We also use tapping (EFT) to help your nervous system release what words alone cannot always hold.

The goal is not just to manage symptoms. It is to help you understand the patterns driving them, interrupt the loops, and build a relationship with yourself that is grounded in trust instead of fear.

Our first session is an intake. That means it is really about getting to know you, not your productivity or whether you have it figured out. We will explore what you are carrying, how long you have been carrying it, and what you are hoping to find on the other side.

If we are working on OCD, we will get structured quickly. We use the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale to assess where you are, then build a hierarchy and do the real work together, every day, in a way that is hard but absolutely possible.

Most clients leave our first session feeling seen in a way they did not expect. The clarity builds from there. If any of this sounds like you, you are in the right place.