Restored Minds

Intrusive thoughts 7-week intensive

If you're dealing with intrusive thoughts — and the guilt and shame that come with them — this is for you.

Watch the 3-minute video below

Seven weeks of live support with Matt Codde, LCSW.

Clear guidance and a step-by-step process for what to do when an intrusive thought shows up.

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Short application · No need to describe your thoughts · Matt reads every one personally

The Intrusive Thoughts Intensive: 7 weeks of live support, without having to say your thoughts out loud.

You know the sequence. The thought shows up. It horrifies you. And within seconds you're asking what it says about you — whether you're secretly dangerous, secretly bad, secretly not who you thought you were. Then comes the checking, the replaying, the quiet search for proof that you're okay. And underneath all of it, the one thing that keeps most people from ever getting help: I could never tell anyone this.

This intensive was built for that exact person. Seven live sessions, only about intrusive thoughts, in a room that never asks you to disclose what yours are.

The 7 weeks

What we'll cover, week by week

Live on Wednesdays at 4 PM Pacific

  1. Week 1 · Oct 28

    Intrusive Thoughts and the Fear Loop

    • Why your mind produces the exact thoughts that horrify you most, and why it picks on what you love
    • The difference between your mind and consciousness
    • Why the thoughts get louder the harder you push them away
    • How fear hooks onto a thought and turns it into a loop that runs all day
    • The secret fuel nobody talks about: how guilt and shame keep the loop going
    • “How do I know these are just intrusive thoughts?”
    • Open Q&A

  2. Week 2 · Nov 4

    Breaking the Loop with the Triple-A Response®

    • Exactly what to do in the first few seconds after a thought shows up
    • What to do with the wave of emotion underneath it: the dread, the panic, the sick feeling
    • What to do when the guilt and shame surge right behind it
    • The hidden mental compulsions you may not even realize you're doing: ruminating, reviewing, checking, arguing, reassuring
    • How to stop bracing for the next thought before it even comes
    • What to do when a thought hits you at the worst possible time and place
    • Guided Release on Fear and Anxiety
    • Open Q&A

  3. Week 3 · Nov 11

    Healing Guilt and Shame

    • Why guilt and shame make intrusive thoughts feel so much more intense
    • How guilt sits underneath fear, and why releasing guilt loosens fear's grip
    • How to stop treating every thought as a verdict on who you are
    • Learning to truly release the guilt and shame you've carried, often for years or even decades
    • Guided Release on Guilt and Shame
    • Open Q&A

  4. Week 4 · Nov 18

    Harm Intrusive Thoughts

    Addressing the common experiences listed below:

    • Thoughts about hurting someone you love: your partner, your children, your pet
    • The fear of snapping or losing control, around knives, while driving, or holding your baby
    • “What if I'm secretly dangerous?”
    • “What if part of me wants this?”
    • Avoiding the people and places you love, and how to get them back
    • Applying the Triple-A Response® to harm thoughts, and releasing the guilt that comes with them
    • Open Q&A
  5. No session Nov 25. Enjoy Thanksgiving.

  6. Week 5 · Dec 2

    Sexual Intrusive Thoughts

    Addressing the common experiences listed below:

    • Sexual orientation fears (HOCD), thoughts about children (POCD), and taboo thoughts at the worst moments
    • Why the body's “response” sends you into panic, and why chasing an answer to it keeps the loop running
    • “What if I'm secretly attracted?”
    • How this impacts intimacy and what to do about it
    • Getting back to normal life without testing yourself or proving anything
    • Applying the Triple-A Response® to sexual thoughts, and releasing the shame that's kept you silent
    • Open Q&A

  7. Week 6 · Dec 9

    Religious Intrusive Thoughts

    Addressing the common experiences listed below:

    • Blasphemous thoughts, images, and words that show up in prayer, in church, or anywhere
    • Fear of the unforgivable sin, or that you've lost your salvation
    • Scrupulosity: praying “right,” confessing again and again, never feeling clean enough
    • The fear of blurting out something obscene
    • Fear vs. faith
    • How this impacts your relationship with God and what to do about it
    • Applying the Triple-A Response® to religious thoughts, and finding peace with your faith again
    • Open Q&A

  8. Bonus Week 7 · Dec 16

    Integration and Live Coaching

    • Tying it all together into one way of responding, whatever the theme
    • What to do when the theme shifts and your mind insists “this one's the real one”
    • How to handle setbacks and triggers without feeling like you're back at square one
    • Making it automatic, so the loop doesn't pull you back in after we're done
    • Full open Q&A and live coaching

Miss a session, watch the replay — you keep them for life.

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Privacy

How privacy works

Most people with intrusive thoughts never get help, not because help isn't out there, but because getting it seems to require saying the thought to another human being. This is designed so it doesn't.

  • Your camera stays off.

    Nobody sees your face unless you choose to turn it on. Most people don't.

  • Your name stays hidden.

    You join under whatever name you like. The participant list isn't visible to the room.

  • Your questions are anonymous.

    Submit them privately before or during a session. Matt answers them live without ever saying who asked.

  • You never have to share what your thoughts are.

    Not in the application, not in the sessions, not ever. The teaching works on the loop, not the content — and the loop is the same whatever the thought.

  • If you want to go deeper, that happens one-on-one.

    The optional Deep Dives are private sessions with Matt. That's the only place your specific thoughts come up — and only if you want them to.

You don't have to prove anything, explain anything, or be seen. You just have to show up.

What's included

What you get

  • 7 live sessions with Matt Codde, LCSW — teaching and open Q&A every week
  • Anonymous question submission — before and during every session
  • Guided releases for fear, anxiety, guilt, and shame — the emotions that make a thought feel like evidence
  • Dedicated sessions on harm, sexual, and religious intrusive thoughts — the themes that carry the most shame
  • 3 months of the Restored Minds App — for the moments between sessions, when the thought shows up and there's no call to join
  • Lifetime replay access — every session, yours to keep

Is this for you?

This is for you if…

  • Intrusive thoughts are the main thing you're dealing with — harm, sexual, religious, relationship, or something you've never seen named anywhere
  • The guilt and shame around them have kept you from asking for help
  • You've read and listened and understood the theory, and you're still stuck when the thought actually shows up
  • You want to do this with real support, but you're not willing to share your thoughts with a group

It's not for you if…

  • You're looking for someone to tell you your thoughts don't mean anything — reassurance isn't on the menu, because it's part of the loop
  • You're in crisis right now and need immediate support (please reach out to local emergency or crisis services)
  • You want a general anxiety program — this is specifically, only, about intrusive thoughts

Application

Apply privately

This takes about two minutes. You don't have to describe your thoughts — a sentence about what's going on is plenty. Matt reads every application himself and will text you personally to see if it's the right fit. No pitch, no pressure.

First name only is fine.

Matt reaches out by text. Outside the US? Put your WhatsApp number. Nobody else sees this.

You don't need to say what the thoughts are. “Intrusive thoughts and a lot of shame, for about two years” is enough.

We only use your email and phone number to contact you about your application. We'll let you know the next steps by text.