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Providing OCD Clients with a Choice
When Reassurance Seeking Becomes Compulsive
What Happened to My Child? Understanding and Treating “Bad Thought” OCD in Children
Managing COVID-19 Fears as Mental Health Professionals
It's Not Just OCD About Physical Appearance: Understanding Body Dysmorphic Disorder
The Power of Saying, “Whatever"
The Many Masks of OCD
Exposure and Response Prevention for “What If” Thinking in Disorders Other Than OCD
"What if” thinking is not unique to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). It is a feature to a greater or lesser extent in several other conditions. Using what we know about Exposure and Response Prevention (E/RP) for OCD might improve treatment for these other conditions.[i]
Q&A - What Are Intrusive Thoughts and How Can You Deal with Them?
1. How can you know if something is an intrusive thought, or monkey brain, and what is a genuine desire to do something bad? Where do the intrusive thoughts even stem from?
Exposures: What to Do if Your Clients are Doing Exposures as a Compulsion
Anya, a 26-year-old, was in charge of organizing the schedule for the annual camping trip with her college classmates. She was excited and ready to make phone calls and gather prices for transportation, camping sites, etc.
Why Do You Have OCD? Because What You Resist Persists
My OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder) clients often ask me at some point early in therapy, "Why do I have OCD?
Protecting Yourself Against Covid-19 Doesn’t Cause OCD
I was recently interviewed for an article on how the behaviors people use to avoid getting Covid 19 might make OCD worse or cause OCD to develop.