In episode 562 I chat with Dr Steven Phillipson and his patient Lisa. Steven is a licensed clinical psychologist who specialises in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for OCD. Steven is the Clinical Director at the Center for Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy in New York. He is joined by one of his patients, Lisa, who has kindly agreed to share her story.

We discuss the idea of Mind Body Syndrome (MBS), or ‘Sarnos’ as Steve refers to them, Lisa’s story and experience with MBS and OCD, her therapy work with Steve, how MBS and OCD can mix, possible signs of MBS, how OCD can latch on to MBS, factoring in medical tests first, and much more. Hope it helps.

Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/steve-and-lisa-562

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In episode 561 I chat with Dr Patricia Zurita Ona. Patricia is director of the East Bay Behavior Therapy Center and adjunct professor at the Wright Institute. She is the author of many acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) based books, including ones on OCD.

We discuss her new book, perfectionism and procrastination, what perfectionism is, the values that are in perfectionism but how it goes too far sometimes, perfectionism and OCD, what playing it safe looks like in perfectionism, the function of perfectionism, procrastination around OCD therapy homework, compassionate accountability around procrastination, self-compassion, self-acceptance, and much more. Hope it helps.

Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/patricia-561

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In episode 560 I chat with Jonny Say. Jonny is a UK-based therapist and co-director at The Integrative Centre for OCD Therapy.

We discuss an update on Jonny, meta-themed OCD, obsessing about OCD and the recovery process, the worries of “is this even OCD?” and “am I doing treatment right?”, a potential core fear of this theme, goals that are counterproductive to recovery, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), attention training, and much more. Hope it helps.

Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/jonny-560

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