I think the stigma of pills is where the biggest problem lies in addressing mental health. The last thing I want is to put somebody on pills, unless it's 10000% the right way to go.
As I understand it, the "easiest" and safest method is exposure therapy.
Its pretty much the only thing recommended for OCD. Maybe meditation or mindfulness gets a look in. But you want to try to get less superficial diagnosis than some random person on the internet; the OCD behavior could be a side effect of something else, eg. comorbid GAD or many other things I'd only be guessing at.
As I understand it, the "easiest" and safest method is exposure therapy.