Our Treatment Outcomes, Measured Properly
Most treatment programs describe their results with adjectives. We measure ours — with the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS), the standard severity measure in OCD research, taken by every client at intake and again on the final day of the 3-week intensive program.
Data analysis: clinical team, June 2022 – December 2025 · Medically reviewed by Bradley Wilson, LMFT, LPCC
intake to completion
per client
subclinical range
complete the program
53 completing clients · 3-week intensive outpatient program · June 2022 – December 2025
The Average Client's Journey, in One Picture
Three weeks of intensive treatment. An average drop of 18.2 points — from the top of the severe band to the mild band.
Understanding the Y-BOCS Scale
The Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale scores OCD severity from 0 to 40 based on how much time obsessions and compulsions consume, how much distress they cause, and how much they interfere with daily life. It is the standard severity measure in OCD research worldwide.
Subclinical
Mild
Moderate
Severe
Extreme
Our average client enters at 28.7 — the upper half of the severe band — and completes the program at 10.5, in the mild band.
The Full Numbers
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Clients who started the program (June 2022 – December 2025) | 57 |
| Clients who completed the program | 53 (93.0%) |
| Average Y-BOCS at intake | 28.69 (±4.41) — severe band |
| Average Y-BOCS at completion | 10.51 (±6.04) — mild band |
| Average score reduction | 18.18 points (±6.60) |
| Average symptom reduction per client | 63.0% |
| Entered in the severe-to-extreme range | 88.7% |
| Finished in the mild or subclinical range | 81.1% |
Results reflect the 53 clients who completed the program. Four clients (7%) began but did not complete the intensive; their scores are not included in the analysis — we report this openly because a completion rate is part of an honest outcomes picture.
How We Measure
- Instrument: Y-BOCS (self-report version) — the standard severity scale in OCD research. Clients before April 2024 completed the standard instrument; clients from April 2024 onward completed our clarity-adapted version — identical items, scoring, and severity ranges, with language simplified after clients reported the original questions were confusing.
- Timing: administered at intake and again on the final day of the 3-week intensive. Each client took the same version at both timepoints.
- Privacy: fully de-identified. Randomized IDs only; no names, ages, or demographic details are collected with scores.
- Program: all clients received the same 3-week, one-on-one intensive outpatient program (45 hours of individual treatment using the More Than ERP™ approach).
Honest Limitations
We believe outcomes data should be reported the way researchers report it — including what it can't tell you:
- No control group. This is program-outcome data, not a controlled study.
- No long-term follow-up yet. Scores reflect the final day of treatment; a 6-month follow-up process is being added.
- Single site. All data comes from our Newport Beach program.
- Self-report, sometimes with a therapist present — which can introduce a desirability bias.
- Instrument wording updated mid-cohort (April 2024). The adaptation preserves the original items, scoring, and severity ranges but has not been independently validated.
- Completer analysis. The 4 clients who did not finish are excluded from score averages (their outcomes are unknown).
Stating these plainly matters to us more than a bigger headline number.
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