Podcast

16 December 2022

SUMMARY: 

• How to include family members in ocd treatment
• Supporting siblings during ocd treatment 
• How to apply the “be seen” model
• Ocd family therapy: including siblings as “assistant coaches” 
• Developing empathy during ocd treatment

9 December 2022

SUMMARY: 

In this podcast, Micah Howe addressed his expereince with intensive OCD treatment and the 6 most important turning points of OCD Recovery

1. Compulsions keep OCD going, 
2. I can control my reaction to OCD
3. Worrying is a false sense of control and is not productive
4. Anxiety does not mean something needs solving
5. Find an OCD community
6. Self-compassion helps manage uncertainty

Micah also addressed how to know you are ready for intensive ocd treatment and how he managed his OCD grief. 

2 December 2022

In This Episode:

What causes anxiety?

Is Anxiety “normal”?

• Genetic and environmental
• It is NOT your fault.
• You didn’t ask for this
• You are doing the best you can with what you have

Does that mean there is nothing you can do? No.

25 November 2022

In This Episode:

• Amy Mariaskin, PhD shares her new book, Thriving in relationships when you have ocd
• What is Family accommodation and how does it apply to ocd
• Ocd family accommodation vs family support, 
• What is OCD reassurance and how it can creep into one’s relationship
• Relationship ocd, also known as rOCD
• Relationship issues with ocd and how to manage them
• Sexual orientation OCD, Gender related OCD, and Harm OCD and the impact this has on relationships
• Attachment styles in ocd and how to understand them to help you navigate communication. 

18 November 2022

In This Episode:

• What if people notice I am anxious?
• How to handle the fear that people will judge you 
• Tools to manage anxiety

11 November 2022

SUMMARY: 

• What if you don’t identify with the concept of an obsession being a FEAR? It’s a repetitive thought or feeling, but you’re not scared of a specific outcome. 
• What is the UNCERTAINTY when it comes to these obsessions? 

4 November 2022

SUMMARY:

• Not having a subtype makes it hard to get diagnosed with OCD 

• Not fitting into a subtype can make you doubt having OCD. 

• When you don’t see other examples, you can feel like an outsider in the OCD community. 

• All the subtypes seem to have their “people.”  

• The doubt can make you feel that it really is about the content, not OCD. 

28 October 2022

In This Episode:

• Andrew GottWorth shares his story of having Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and how ERP allowed him to function again. 
• addresses the benefits of ERP and how ERP is for Everyone 
• How Exposure & response prevention can help people with OCD and for those with everyday stress and anxiety 

21 October 2022

SUMMARY: 

In This Episode:

• What to do what your chronic illness causes anxiety 
• The Difference between POTS and anxiety. 
• How to manage POTS related anxiety 
• What is an “Adrenaline Surge”? 
• The Treatment for POTS and Anxiety 
• POTS AWARENESS MONTH

14 October 2022

In This Episode:

• The difference between Reassurance seeking vs. holding in emotions
• Why Reassurance seeking OCD is problematic and keeps you stuch
• What tools you can use to help you manage emotions with OCD

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