In episode 533 I chat with Dr Steven Phillipson and his patient Sean. 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, Sean, who has kindly agreed to share his story.

We discuss Sean’s OCD story, Steve discusses the idea of Sarnos (psychosomatic symptoms), Sean’s difficulty bragging and worrying about Sarnos, exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP), the idea of the brain voice and the gatekeeper voice, and much more. Hope it helps.

Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/steve-and-sean-533

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In episode 532 I chat with Dr Sorcha O’Connor. Sorcha is a neuroscientist and PhD graduate from Imperial College London, where she led the PsilOCD study investigating low-dose psilocybin for OCD. 

We discuss Sorcha’s background that led her to this work, what is psilocybin, the background to the study, what the actual study looked like for participants, the outcomes of the study, what’s happening in the brain during a dose of psilocybin, future studies, how psychedelics may improve learning, integration sessions with a therapist, what people with OCD can take from this study, limitations of the study, and much more. Hope it helps.

Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/sorcha-532

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In episode 531 I chat with Alex who has kindly agreed to share his OCD story with us. 

We discuss his OCD story, suicidal themed OCD, inference-based cognitive behavioural therapy (I-CBT), worries of harming others, existential themed OCD, how his wife helped, meditation, low self worth, understanding the past, peadophile themed OCD, health anxiety, self compassion, and much more. Hope it helps. 

Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/alex-531

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