Status

Accepting new clients

Sessions

Virtual (secure video)

Typical openings

Weekdays, daytime

Fee

$195 · 50-minute session

Direct-billing plans

Bluestone Health · Meridian Group Plans

Languages

English · Bulgarian

Request a consult with Elena

Free 15-minute intro call first — no commitment.

Psychologist · OCD & Anxiety

Dr. Elena Petrova, PhD, Licensed Psychologist

she/her

“OCD is a bully that negotiates. My job is to teach you to stop negotiating.”

Elena is Aurora's OCD specialist. She practises exposure and response prevention (ERP) the way it should be done: collaboratively designed, carefully graded, and genuinely explained — you'll always know why an exercise matters before you try it.

She also treats health anxiety and phobias, and supervises the practice's anxiety-track clinicians.

Works with

• OCD & intrusive thoughts
• Anxiety & worry

How Elena works

• Cognitive behavioural therapy

  Notice the thought patterns that steer your mood — then test and loosen the unhelpful ones.

• Acceptance & commitment therapy

  Stop wrestling the quicksand: make room for hard feelings and steer by your values anyway.

• Mindfulness-based approaches

  Train the skill of stepping out of autopilot — observing thoughts and feelings without being run by them.

Training & credentials

• PhD in Clinical Psychology, Corvid Institute (fictional)
• Behavior Therapy Training Institute (OCD specialty)
• Inference-based CBT training