Meet the Team
Claire Breedlove LCSW
I’m an OCD therapist, professor, mom, and practicing Latter-day Saint. After working in community mental health and at a psychiatric hospital, I began working with people with OCD after a therapist friend, who was struggling to find an OCD therapist for her daughter at the time, encouraged me to pursue training in exposure and response prevention (ERP). I was intrigued by her suggestion and went on to receive world class training in the treatment of OCD and related anxiety disorders at the International OCD Foundation’s Behavior Therapy Training Institute (BTTI). Shortly after I completed this training, I got a call from a friend who was serving as a stake president that ended up changing my practice (and my life!) forever.
A young man in his stake had recently returned home early from his mission after suffering crippling anxiety symptoms. He was consumed by fears that he wasn’t worthy, wasn’t capable of being a good missionary, and spent hours a day performing time consuming rituals that he hoped would restore his goodness in the eyes of the Lord. My friend said the missionary had been told he might have something called scrupulosity. He asked, “Do you know anything about this? Can you help?”
I knew a little bit about scrupulosity, and, while I had no direct experience treating it, I felt strongly that I should do everything I could to learn how to help this young returned missionary. That was the beginning of a years-long journey to understand the unique ways scrupulosity and related forms of OCD impact Latter-day Saints and to develop forms of treatment that are highly effective and rooted in a deep knowledge of Latter-day Saint culture, values, and faith.
I am passionate about helping Latter-day Saints from all walks of life– including returned missionaries, BYU students, and anxious youth (and their parents!)--learn to manage their OCD symptoms and reclaim their faith.
801-503-8560
-
Religious and moral OCD (scrupulosity)
Relationship OCD
Perinatal and postpartum OCD
Perfectionism
Inference-based cognitive behavioral therapy (I-CBT), including I-CBT intensives
Exposure and response prevention (ERP)
Parent-based treatment for pediatric OCD (SPACE)
Culturally competent care for Latter-day Saints
I see clients ages 10+ in Utah, California, Idaho, Arizona, Texas, and Florida over Zoom. I see clients for I-CBT intensives only in person in Salt Lake City, UT.
-
Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California, Utah, Idaho, Arizona, Texas, Louisiana and Florida
Graduate, International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation (IOCDF) Pediatric Behavior Therapy Training Institute (BTTI)
Trained Provider, Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE)
Adjunct Faculty, University of Utah College of Social Work
Masters degrees from the Tulane University School of Social Work and Johns Hopkins University
I also speak and teach widely about scrupulosity, including appearing regularly on popular Latter-day Saint podcasts and at universities in Utah. Please check out some of my recent appearances HERE.
-
50 minute individual therapy sessions are $295.
I-CBT Intensives are customized for each client and start at $2000.
While I am not in-network with any insurance providers, some clients have out-of-network (OON) benefits through their insurance plan, which may allow you to get reimbursement for a portion of your session costs. I am happy to provide you with a receipt called a “superbill,” which you can submit directly to your insurance for reimbursement if you have OON benefits. I’ve also included additional resources below that may help you to easily determine your OON benefits and submit claims for reimbursement.
Dr. Elizabeth Young Rennick DMA, CSW
I’m a therapist, musician, educator, and practicing Latter-day Saint. After a 25-year career as a professor of music and professional oboist, I went back to school to get my masters in social work to explore new ways of helping people overcome their anxieties and pursue their dreams.
I first became interested in scrupulosity as a music student at BYU, where I saw several friends return from their missions consumed by fears that they weren’t good people or weren’t doing the right thing. Since then, I have seen how scrupulosity affects Latter-day Saints from different perspectives as a professor, church leader, parent, and friend.
While working on my masters in social work, I chose to complete my practicum with an OCD specialist where I gained extensive training in evidence-based treatments for scrupulosity and related forms of OCD, including ERP and ACT.
I also work with musicians and other creatives to learn how to manage performance anxiety. In this work, I combine evidence-based mental health interventions with my long experience as a musician and professor of music to help artists overcome their anxiety and enjoy their art.
801-369-1859
-
Religious and moral OCD (scrupulosity)
Relationship OCD
Perfectionism
Performance anxiety
Musicians, artists, and other creatives
College students and other young adults
Inference-based cognitive behavioral therapy (I-CBT)
Exposure and response prevention (ERP)
I see clients ages 13+ in Utah over Zoom.
-
Certified Social Worker in Utah
Professor of music and former tenured associate professor of oboe
Master of Social Work with a certificate in clinical social work from the University of Kentucky
Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Iowa
Masters and Bachelors degrees from Brigham Young University
I work with clients in Utah via telehealth and am supervised by Claire Breedlove LCSW.
-
50 minute individual therapy sessions are $150.
Sliding scale or reduced-fee sessions may be available upon request.
While I am not in-network with any insurance providers, some clients have out-of-network (OON) benefits through their insurance plan, which may allow you to get reimbursement for a portion of your session costs. I am happy to provide you with a receipt called a “superbill,” which you can submit directly to your insurance for reimbursement if you have OON benefits. I’ve also included additional resources below that may help you to easily determine your OON benefits and submit claims for reimbursement.