Dr. Patrick B. McGrath, PhD, is the Chief Clinical Officer for NOCD and a licensed clinical psychologist. Dr. McGrath specializes in treatment for anxiety, OCD, hoarding, school refusal, and trauma. He has given over 900 presentations on these topics at local, national, and international conferences, as well as at universities, hospitals, and private practices. Dr. McGrath is also an experienced continuing education instructor.

Dr. McGrath earned his doctoral degree from Northern Illinois University and completed his two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the St. Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute’s Anxiety Disorders Center.

Dr. McGrath previously opened and led the Ascension Illinois/Alexian Brothers OCD and Related Anxiety Disorders Intensive Outpatient, Partial Hospital, and Residential Treatment Programs. He has extensive clinical experience working with and providing supervision for complex OCD cases. He currently provides weekly consultation at NOCD for OCD, hoarding, and other anxiety-related cases to a national network of clinicians.

Dr. McGrath is a member of the Scientific and Clinical Advisory Boards of the International OCD Foundation. He is a Fellow of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Dr. McGrath also provided his expertise in OCD and anxiety disorders as a therapist on the Discovery Health Channel's documentary “Anxious” and on three episodes The Learning Channel’s “Hoarding, Buried Alive.”.