You know the treatment model. The question is what you do when the model stops working.
OCD is routinely missed, misdiagnosed, and treated in ways that quietly maintain it rather than shift it. Knowing ERP and applying it when a client is distressed, the presentation is atypical, or you're not sure if what you're doing is helping or quietly making things worse, are two different clinical skills. Everything here, the training, the supervision, the resources, the thinking, is built around bridging that gap.
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Channel 7's House of Wellness
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ABC Radio (774)
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The OCD Stories
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Body + Soul (Herald Sun)
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Breaking the Rules: A Clinician's Guide to Treating OCD Podcast
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As seen on 〰️ Channel 7's House of Wellness 〰️ ABC Radio (774) 〰️ The OCD Stories 〰️ As seen on 〰️ Body + Soul (Herald Sun) 〰️ Breaking the Rules: A Clinician's Guide to Treating OCD Podcast 〰️
Where would you like to start?
You’re wanting to start working with people with OCD
You understand the basics. You're starting to get referrals to see OCD presentations, but you're not yet confident on where to start, or when the case gets complicated. The client may not be responding in the way the model suggests, or you're not sure if what you're doing is actually moving things forward. If you’re starting out, follow through below to access the introduction to OCD workshop.
You're living with OCD — or supporting someone who has OCD.
You've probably spent a long time wondering if what you're experiencing is really OCD. Whether it's too specific, too strange, too dark to be what other people have. Whether you're the exception the treatment doesn't quite reach.
That doubt is worth taking seriously. So is the possibility that it's part of the pattern. OCD rarely looks the way people expect it to. And it's frequently treated in ways that are well-intentioned but not precise enough to shift it. Melbourne Wellbeing Group works with OCD presentations across all ages and levels of complexity — including the ones that have been missed, misread, or inadequately treated before.
If your OCD practice is already established
You've treated OCD. You know ERP. But there are specific moments where you hesitate — the taboo presentation, the stalled hierarchy, the family that keeps accommodating, the case where you're genuinely not sure what you're missing. That's exactly where Advanced Training comes in. Follow through the link below to access the advanced training modules.
If you have a team of clinicians and need specific training, send a request for a customised training option here.
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RESOURCE LIBRARY
Discover Clinician-Ready OCD Tools & Resources
Access a curated library of 130 resources. It’s for clinicians and clients alike seeking depth and breadth in evidence-based resources (think books, podcasts, social media pages, websites, etc) on OCD. -
SUPERVISION
If you want case by case support.
Sometimes the training isn't what's missing. It's having someone to think through the hard cases with. The formulation that isn't quite landing, the clinical decision you keep second-guessing, the presentation that doesn't fit neatly anywhere. That's what supervision is for. → 1:1 Supervision · Group Supervision -
MEDIA AND SPEAKING
You're looking for a collaborator, speaker, or contributor.
I write and speak about OCD, uncertainty, and the space between clinical knowledge and clinical skill. If you're looking for someone who can bring depth, honesty, and authority to a platform, event, or project — get in touch.
What People Are Saying
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Hi Celin, Just wanted to say a quick thank you for creating and sharing this very helpful and informative series! I am slowly finishing working through it - it has been really engaging and interesting so far, and I can already see how useful this will be in my practice.
— Kate W. Psychologist
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Hi Celin, Thank you so much for this training which has been incredibly helpful and informative. The videos were great and the handouts are such a great tool for clients.
— Holly. Accredited Mental Health Social Worker
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Dear Celin, I wanted to extend another very heartfelt THANK YOU for the workshop last Friday - so many of the participants have emailed or told me in person how much they enjoyed it and learned from you! Thank you so much for sharing your amazing knowledge and passion with us.
— Basia. Clinical Psychologist
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~ Dr Celin Gelgec ~ Clinical Psychologist ~ Board Approved Supervisor ~ Author & Speaker ~ D. Psych. (Clinical)
I've spent my career working with OCD in all its forms. I’m Celin, Clinical Psychologist, director of Melbourne Wellbeing Group, AHPRA-approved supervisor, and someone who has spent a long time thinking carefully about what actually makes OCD treatment work — and what quietly gets in the way.
My clinical focus is OCD across the lifespan. That includes complex, high-risk-feeling, and frequently misunderstood presentations such as perinatal OCD, harm-themed intrusions, scrupulosity, OCD in children and adolescents, and cases where previous treatment hasn't led to meaningful progress.
I trained at Deakin University and completed part of my Clinical Doctorate training at The Melbourne Clinic's OCD inpatient programme. I've since built a group private practice, supervised dozens of clinicians, developed training, written a clinical treatment manual on treating OCD, co-host a podcast with my colleague Dr Tori Miller, and spent more time than I can account for thinking about why this condition is so consistently misunderstood, and what it would take to change that.
I don't do surface-level. If you're here, I'm guessing you don't either.
The Podcast
Everything the textbook leaves out. Breaking the Rules is co-hosted by Dr Celin Gelgec and Dr Victoria Miller.
It’s a podcast for mental health clinicians who want to treat OCD well — and want honest, nuanced conversation about what that actually takes.
Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.
Here is what I keep coming back to ...
Uncertainty is uncomfortable for everyone. But for some people, that discomfort becomes the engine of a very specific kind of suffering. One that's exhausting, hidden, and surprisingly easy to misread.
I've spent years thinking about what it means to truly tolerate uncertainty. Not manage it, not neutralise it — but actually learn to live with it. It's the mechanism at the heart of OCD treatment. It's also, I think, one of the most important things any of us can learn to do. There's more to say on this. In the meantime — follow along: @drcelingelgec on Instagram. Listen to the podcast