In this midweek special episode I chat with Dr Katia Moritz of the Neurobehavioral Institute (NBI) in Florida, and advocates Ethan Smith and Kyle King. 

In this episode we discuss Ethan and Kyle’s OCD story, their recovery process, stories from their therapy sessions, Katia’s thoughts from her perspective, they all share mutual stories from their therapy processes, and much more. Hope it helps.  

The midweek special episodes which go out at the end of the month on a Wednesday are made possible by and in partnership with the Neurobehavioral Institute (NBI) in Florida. I will be interviewing different members of their clinical team on a range of topics. NBI specialise in treatment and programs for anxiety, OCD, comorbidities, and complex cases. They also offer an intensive outpatient program, and a residential program called the NBI Ranch: A supportive living experience that complements intensive treatment for Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Related Disorders.

To find out more about their intensive outpatient services, or the NBI ranch, as well as to read some of their free information online about OCD via their blog, click here to find out more: https://www.nbiweston.com/

Find out more about NBI (Katia):

Website: https://www.nbiweston.com/  

NBI Ranch: https://www.nbiweston.com/intensive-nbiranch  

NBI Blog: https://www.nbiweston.com/blog  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nbiweston/ 

Katia: https://www.nbiweston.com/katia-moritz 

Katia on the podcast: The core of OCD treatment / What is OCD? / How the sausage is made: Behind the scenes of an OCD treatment center

Find out more about Ethan and Kyle:

Ethan S. Smith currently lives in the Atlanta area working as a writer/director/producer and OCD advocate and consultant. Ethan was born with OCD and struggled the majority of his life until receiving life-changing treatment in 2010. Ethan was the keynote speaker at the 2014 Annual OCD Conference in Los Angeles. He served as an IOCDF National Spokesperson from 2015–2017, as the IOCDF National Ambassador from 2018–2020, and currently serves as an IOCDF National Advocate. He’s devoted his life to reducing stigma around OCD and mental health, to education, and to supporting the OCD community. You can see Ethan every week moderating a virtual IOCDF town hall event, or hosting his popular IOCDF live stream “Community Conversations.” Ethan is currently a girl dad to two adorable kitties.

Ethan: https://www.instagram.com/ethwriter/ 

Ethan’s OCD Story episode: https://theocdstories.com/episode/ethan-smith-if-i-can-then-you-can-too-ep118/ 

Kyle King is a senior at Yale University and a research assistant at the Yale OCD Research Clinic. Kyle was diagnosed with OCD when he was in 7th grade and, after recovering, committed to doing all he could to help those with OCD everywhere. He leads most of the Young Adult Events with the IOCDF and has dreams of one day becoming a psychiatrist! Outside of the IOCDF, Kyle is a member of the UNICEF USA National Council and a National Youth Ambassador with UNICEF Global.

Kyle: https://medicine.yale.edu/psychiatry/ocd/aboutocd/guest_blog/ 

Resources:

McLean OCDI: https://www.mcleanhospital.org/treatment/ocd-institute 

Resources: https://theocdstories.com/resources  

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All the best,

Stuart