OCD Specialists in Pune | Online OCD Treatment

Mindtalk connects people in Pune with OCD specialists, including psychiatrists and clinical psychologists, through online video consultation. Our clinicians offer assessment, exposure and response prevention (ERP), CBT and medication review where appropriate. There is no Mindtalk centre in Pune; every appointment here is online. Call +91 73534 00999 to book.

As part of the Cadabams Group — India's leading mental healthcare provider since 1992 — our clinicians bring formal training and supervised clinical experience to OCD care. To see everyone at Mindtalk who works with OCD, browse our full OCD team.

What Does an OCD Specialist Do?

OCD, or obsessive-compulsive disorder, involves two linked experiences. Obsessions are unwanted thoughts, images or urges that keep returning and cause distress, such as worries about contamination, harm, or things not feeling "just right". Compulsions are the repeated actions or mental routines a person feels driven to perform to ease that distress, such as washing, checking, counting or seeking reassurance. The relief is short-lived, so the cycle repeats. You can read more about the condition on our OCD condition page.

An OCD specialist is a clinician with specific experience in assessing and treating this cycle. At Mindtalk that usually means one of two roles. A psychiatrist is a medical doctor — MBBS with postgraduate training in psychiatry — who assesses symptoms, reviews whether medication may help and manages it over time. A clinical psychologist provides therapy, including ERP and CBT, and carries out structured assessment. Many people work with both. Clinicians may use the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS), a clinician-rated scale, to gauge the severity of symptoms and track change during treatment. If you are weighing up which role to start with, our guide on how to find a therapist for OCD walks through the differences.

How OCD Is Treated: ERP, CBT and Medication

Two widely used clinical guidelines point to the same starting point. The UK's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, in clinical guideline CG31 (2005), and the American Psychiatric Association, in its practice guideline for OCD (2007), both recommend cognitive behavioural therapy that includes exposure and response prevention as the first-line psychological treatment for OCD.

ERP works directly on the cycle of obsessions and compulsions. With your clinician, you build a list of situations that trigger obsessive distress, ranked from easier to harder. You then face these triggers gradually while resisting the compulsion or reassurance you would normally use. The plan is made with you and paced to you; nothing is sprung on you, and your clinician adjusts the steps as you go. Read more on our exposure and response prevention page or in our explainer, ERP therapy: what it is and how it works.

Broader cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) adds work on the beliefs that keep OCD going, such as an inflated sense of responsibility or a strong need for certainty. ERP is one form of CBT, and for OCD the two are usually combined.

Medication can also play a part. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are the medication class psychiatrists may consider for OCD. Before anything is prescribed, the psychiatrist explains the options, what to expect and the side effects to watch for, and medication is reviewed at follow-up appointments.

How long treatment takes differs from person to person, and your clinician will give a working estimate after assessment. If you would like a therapist who focuses on this approach, see our ERP therapists.

Why Choose Mindtalk for OCD Care in Pune?

Mindtalk is part of the Cadabams Group, India's leading private mental healthcare provider since 1992, and our clinicians work to clinical protocols aligned with national standards. The psychiatrists and clinical psychologists listed below work with OCD, and therapy and any medication review can be coordinated across the team rather than handled in isolation.

Our clinicians are based at our Bangalore centres and consult patients in Pune by secure online video consultation. Mindtalk does not have a physical centre in Pune — every appointment described on this page is a video consultation.

For people in Pune, this means you can reach clinicians who work with OCD without travelling to another city. Each profile sets out the clinician's qualifications, languages and areas of focus, so you can choose the person who feels like the right fit before you book.

Online OCD Consultations from Pune

Every clinician listed on this page consults by secure video. Sessions run the same length and follow the same clinical protocols as an in-person appointment.

ERP adapts well to video. Your clinician plans each exposure task with you, then guides it live during the session, coaching you through resisting the compulsion as it happens. Between sessions, you practise the agreed exposures on your own, and you review how they went together at the next appointment. Practising at home also means working with the triggers that come up in your own surroundings.

A few practical points help. Choose a private, quiet space where you can speak freely, and use a stable internet connection. Where medication is relevant, prescriptions are issued after a review with the psychiatrist. Online care is available to people in Pune and across the rest of Maharashtra.

On cost, consultation fees start from Rs 1,000 for the initial assessment, in line with our other city listings. Session fees vary by clinician and are shown on each clinician's profile, so check the profile before you book. If you are looking for a particular role, you can also browse psychiatrists in Pune or psychologists in Pune.

What to Expect in the First Session

Your first appointment is a conversation. The clinician will ask about the thoughts and routines that are troubling you, how long they have been going on, how much of your day they take up, and how they affect work, relationships and daily life. They will also ask what you have already tried, including any previous therapy or medication.

The clinician may use a structured questionnaire to understand the pattern and severity of your symptoms more clearly. You can share as much as you are comfortable with at first; many people find obsessions hard to say out loud, and OCD specialists are used to hearing them without judgement.

At the end, the clinician explains the options that suit your situation, and you agree a plan together. If you would like to reflect before booking, our OCD self-check can help you organise your thoughts, though it does not replace a professional assessment.

How to Book

1. Browse the clinicians listed below and open a profile to read their background
2. Click "Book Session", or book a consultation online
3. Or call us at +91 73534 00999