Taylor Newendorp, MA, LCPC, is a licensed clinical professional counselor in Illinois and the Network Clinical Training Director for NOCD. In this role, Mr. Newendorp uses his expertise in OCD and related disorders to oversee all aspects of clinical training and development for a team of multidisciplinary therapists in their delivery of high-quality, evidence-based treatments.

Mr. Newendorp earned his MA in marital and family therapy at the University of San Diego. He is the president and founder of Chicago Counseling Center, Inc. He is a former clinical supervisor and therapist for AMITA’s Center for Anxiety and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders, where he ran their evening intensive outpatient program and led cognitive behavioral therapy and exposure therapy groups for OCD and related anxiety disorders. Before transitioning to the OCD program, he was a co-coordinator and therapist for AMITA’s binge-eating program.

Mentoring and training has been a large part of Mr. Newendorp’s career. In addition to conducting clinical training, he runs several consultation groups at NOCD and has provided talks on treating OCD, anxiety, and perfectionism at national conferences. Mr. Newendorp is the author of The Perfectionism Workbook: Proven Strategies to End Procrastination, Accept Yourself, and Achieve Your Goals, a workbook that incorporates cognitive-behavioral and exposure-based strategies to address maladaptive perfectionism.