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Exposure Therapy’s Most Common Mistake: All Eggs in the Habituation Basket
Exposure, when done right, is about much more than just habituation. Many people have an incomplete understanding of exposure therapy… …be it exposure and response prevention (ERP) for OCD, intentional...
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Does Non-Avoidance = Exposure? No! Anxiety Disorder Treatment Principles for...
Although exposure is predicated upon the purposeful non-avoidance of anxiety-related stimuli, non-avoidance of anxiety triggers is not equivalent to exposure. Anxiety Principle of the Day:...
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Starting Exposure Therapy: What’s it Like?
Unlike Choose Your Own Adventure books, therapy is a forgiving process that gives you many potential paths to pursue on your road to recovery.For anyone new to exposure-based therapy, such as exposure...
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Worry &“What If” Questions
Answering "What If...?" questions is an anxiety-related avoidance behavior that involves overpreparation. Anxiety, Worry, & What If Questions If you have anxiety, it’s likely that you wrestle with...
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Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is an OCD-like syndrome that involves hyper-attention to one or more perceived bodily defects, imperfections, or flaws. What is Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)? Body...
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Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) Symptoms
Body dysmorphic disorder symptom areas vary between individuals but commonly focus on the skin, hair, weight, and specific facial features. Symptoms of Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) Body dysmorphic...
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Vomit Phobia – Fear of Vomiting (Emetophobia)
Emetophobia is the fear of vomiting. Although vomit phobia may appear to be a simple phobia, it may actually be a symptom of OCD, social anxiety, or agoraphobia. Flu season will be quickly upon us and...
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Scary Thoughts as Costumes: The Illusion of Danger
(Image by Anday [click picture for source])Scary, unwanted thoughts sometimes masquerade as truths. Although these thoughts may have the appearance of danger, their form is intended to deceive. It’s...
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Teen Social Anxiety Group (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy/Group Therapy)
Social Anxiety Treatment Group for TeensSaturday (8/17) @ 11am-1pm Teens with social anxiety unite! In this paid treatment group, teens will support each other in developing cognitive behavioral skills...
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Group Therapy for OCD: Power in Numbers
Thanks to all who came to our first OCD treatment group. Group Therapy for OCD Wow. Our first OCD treatment group met yesterday, and IMHO, it was an incredible experience. Thank you to all who attended...
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OCD Awareness Week 2016
It’s #OCDWEEK! Help raise awareness and understanding about obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and related disorders. Welcome to #OCDWEEK 2016, a week organized by IOCDF to help raise awareness about...
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Imaginal Exposure vs. In Vivo Exposure for OCD
Use imaginal exposure to address OCD based around catastrophic feared outcomes.As I’ve talked about in numerous posts, overcoming OCD involves learning to co-exist with doubt and uncertainty. This idea...
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Contamination OCD – Long Shower Exposures
Long shower times because of contamination OCD? Use our ERP shower exposure room to shorten your shower times!Long shower times? Just a quick announcement… I’m pleased to announce that with our recent...
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Anger and OCD – Getting Mad…
Anger can be a mobilizing emotion, but too much anger directed at OCD can give it unnecessary power.“I hate having OCD! Why can’t these thoughts just stop?!?! How can I be the person I was before?!?!”...
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OCD About Pets and Animals: Harm
Unfortunately, not even man’s best friend is immune from OCD’s influence. Pet obsessions may focus on harm, violence, contamination, scrupulosity, and sex. Obsessions focusing on pets and animals...
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Pets & OCD: Contamination
Who could ever hurt a face this adorable? If you listen to OCD, you’ll start to think it’s possible. Obsessions focusing on pets and animals incorporate all the common themes: contamination, checking,...
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OCD & Pets: Sexual Thoughts & Scrupulosity
OCD tends to target what we care about the most. In this case, our pets. Obsessions focusing on pets and animals incorporate all the common themes: contamination, checking, harm, scrupulosity, and sex....
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Driving Fears & Driving Avoidance in Teens & Young Drivers
Driving fears and avoidance in teens may reflect normal development or possibly an emerging anxiety disorder.Reader Question: My daughter just turned 15, and no matter what I say, I can’t seem to...
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ROCD – Relationship OCD
Symptoms of relationship OCD (ROCD) include pervasive doubt and uncertainty about interpersonal relationships. In a previous post on mental checking, I talked briefly about ROCD (Relationship OCD), a...
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Relationship OCD (rOCD) – Unwanted Impulses & Images
Just like other types of OCD, rOCD can involve unwanted, intrusive impulses and images. This multi-part series of posts will focus primarily on rOCD, also known as “relationship OCD.” Part 1 focused on...
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