Why OLEE Index exists

After a lifetime of struggling with anxiety, cycling through multiple therapists, and eventually losing his job, our founder was finally diagnosed with OCD. That diagnosis changed everything. For the first time, he had a name for what he was dealing with — and started making real progress.

Then he moved out of state and had to find a new provider from scratch. He decided to be methodical about it. He looked at the top clinical psychology programs in the country, narrowed his search to therapists who specialized specifically in OCD, and cross-referenced their training with their actual clinical focus.

It worked. He found a therapist who was surprised he’d found her at all — most of her patients came through professional referrals, not internet searches. When he explained his process, she said something that stuck: “This method would be nice for everyone to know.”

Eight years later, here we are. OLEE Index is the tool our founder wished existed when he was searching. It scores providers on the clinical signals that actually predict quality care — the same signals he used to find his own therapist, now systematized and available to everyone. Because finding the right help shouldn’t take a lifetime.