Patricia E. Zurita Ona, or 'Dr Z' as she is commonly known, is a clinical psychologist specializing in children, adolescents, and adults struggling with OCD, anxiety, and emotion regulation problems.

Dr Zurita Ona is the founder of East Bay Behavior Therapy Center, a boutique therapy practice, where she runs an intensive outpatient program integrating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Exposure Response Prevention (ERP).

She is the creator of “ACT beyond OCD,” an online class for people that want to augment their ACT and ERP skills for tackling OCD.

In addition to her clinical work, Dr Zurita Ona supervises and teaches doctoral students at The Wright Institute, a private graduate school for psychology.

She has authored several books and workbooks, including ACT beyond OCD : An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Workbook for adults, and The ACT Workbook for Teens with OCD: Unhook Yourself and Live Life to the Full.

Dr. Z is the creator of the first online class, ACT beyond OCD, applying ACT for OCD for people struggling with this condition.

She is also the co-author of several book Mind And Emotions which has received a “Self-help seal of merit” from the Association for Behavior and Cognitive Therapists (ABCT).”

Dr Z. is also a Fellow of the Association of Contextual Behavioral Science, a member of the OCD San Francisco Bay Area, board member of Made of Millions, and a chair of the committee for the Anxiety and Depression American Association.

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