Obsessing about Choices: Maximizing and FOMO
January 9, 2023
By Chad LeJeune, PhD, author of “Pure O” OCD The world we live in today offers us more choices than ever before. While the milk we drank was once limited… READ MORE
Tag: OCD
Can Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for Anxiety Be (Gasp!) Fun?
By Amy Mariaskin, PhD, author of Thriving in Relationships When You Have OCD Cognitive behavioral therapists are often seen by others in the field as structured, efficient, and logical. We… READ MORE
What Are Intrusive Thoughts?
December 2, 2022
By Jon Hershfield, MFT, Tom Corboy, MFT, Sally M. Winston, PsyD, Martin N. Seif, PhD, Catherine M. Pittman, PhD, Elizabeth M. Karle, MLIS, William J. Knaus, EdD, Jennifer Shannon, LMFT,… READ MORE
5 Ways to Manage Your Health Anxiety
April 18, 2022
By Karen Lynn Cassiday, PhD, author of Freedom From Health Anxiety Does your mind get stuck on worry that a bump, rash, headache, or illness symptom is the beginning of… READ MORE
The Bluff of “Have To”
March 7, 2022
By Clarissa W. Ong, PhD, coauthor of The Anxious Perfectionist We tend to think that we don’t have choices, that we have to do certain things. I have to work… READ MORE
How Self-Judgment and Self-Criticism Interfere with OCD Treatment and OCD Recovery
October 12, 2021
By Kimberley Quinlan, LMFT, author of The Self-Compassion Workbook for OCD For the last ten years, I have had the honor of working alongside my patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)… READ MORE
Don’t Forget about Mental Rituals in Your OCD Assessments
January 26, 2021
By Jon Hershfield, MFT Clients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) often fail to recognize the role mental rituals play in maintaining their symptoms. Because they may not already be educated about the existence of… READ MORE
OCD: It’s Not about Doing Exposures, It’s about How to Do Exposures
August 7, 2020
By Marisa T. Mazza, PsyD, author of The ACT Workbook for OCD Tips on Practicing Acceptance-Based Exposures: Oftentimes the aim of traditional exposure and response prevention (ERP) is to eradicate obsessive-compulsive… READ MORE
“He Went That Way!”
May 11, 2020
By Ben Sedley, PhD and Lisa Coyne, PhD, coauthors of Stuff That’s Loud The alarms went off; the bank had been robbed. The police came running to the scene, and were… READ MORE
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