In episode 142 of The OCD Stories podcast I interviewed Ashley Annestedt. Ashley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in OCD, Anxiety, and Neurobehavioral Disorders. Ashley is licensed to provide therapy in 6 US states.
Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/podcast/ashley-annestedt-treatment-ready
In episode 141 of The OCD Stories podcast I interviewed Alejandro Ibarra. Alejandro is a psychologist from Seville, in Spain. He specialises in treating OCD, and if you speak Spanish you may recognise him from his wonderful youtube channel where he talks about OCD and OCD treatment.
Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/podcast/alejandro-ibarra-ocd-treatment-tratamiento-de-toc
In episode 140 of The OCD Stories podcast I interviewed Kevin Putman. Kevin is known for his advocacy work with RUN OCD a grassroots movement motivated to educate, support and raise awareness about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. As part of this Kevin ran ping pong tournaments called Ping Pong 4 OCD at the IOCDF conferences and other events. In 2015 he won the hero award from the IOCDF.
Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/podcast/story-kevin-putman-run-ocd
In episode 139 of The OCD Stories podcast I interviewed Michelle Massi. Michelle is a therapist specialising in the treatment of OCD, and anxiety disorders. As well as working in private practice, Michelle also works at the UCLA OCD Adult Intensive Treatment Program. Hope it helps.
Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/podcast/michelle-massi-erp-self-compassion-and-common-humanity
In episode 138 of The OCD Stories podcast I interviewed Lucy Danser and Sam Ross about their OCD stories, their plays and creativity. Hope it helps.
Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/podcast/edinburgh-fringe-festival-ocd-and-creativity
In episode 137 of The OCD Stories podcast I interviewed my friend Eliot who attended and supported The OCD Camp. At the camp he got to spend 48hrs with many people with OCD. As he's someone who doesn't have OCD I wanted to get him on to find out his take on OCD, and people with OCD after getting to know many people with OCD. We also discuss his own mental health, how people can break down stigma, and his words of hope. Hope it helps.
Show notes: http://theocdstories.com/category/podcast/what-this-person-without-ocd-wants-you-to-know
In episode 136 of the podcast I chat with Dr Patrick McGrath about treating OCD and addiction together, virtual reality, mindfulness, why it's ok to be uncomfortable, ERP, how families can get involved in treatment, and much much more. Hope it helps.
Show notes: http://theocdstories.com/podcast/dr-patrick-mcgrath-its-ok-to-be-uncomfortable
All the best,
Stu
In episode 135 of The OCD Stories podcast I interviewed Anna Foster. Anna is a presenter for BBC radio Newcastle. She shares her OCD story for the first time. It's a heartfelt and honest conversation. Hope it helps.
Show notes: http://theocdstories.com/podcast/story-anna-foster
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All the best,
Stu
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In episode 134 of The OCD Stories podcast I interviewed Aaron Harvey. Aaron is the founder of the wonderful IntrusiveThoughts.org a not for profit website that brings together sufferers, advocates, professionals and loved ones of people with OCD in order to save lives. Aaron shares his OCD story in an honest and open way. Hope it helps.
Show notes: http://theocdstories.com/podcast/aaron-harvey-intrusive-thoughts
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All the best,
Stu
Here is the final instalment of a 3 part mini series on my reflections, and learnings from the IOCDF conference in Washington, DC.
Hope it helps.
Stu
In episode 133 of The OCD Stories podcast I interviewed Kimberley Quinlan. In this episode I chat with Kimberley about how OCD can affect people's sex lives, giving yourself permission to be imperfect, why it's a beautiful day to do hard things, social anxiety, honouring your pain, self-love and much much more. Hope it helps.
Show notes: http://theocdstories.com/podcast/kimberley-quinlan-its-a-beautiful-day-to-do-hard-things
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All the best,
Stu
Here is the second instalment of a 3 part mini series on my reflections, and learnings from the IOCDF conference in Washington, DC.
Hope it helps.
Stu
Here is the first instalment of a 3 part mini series on my reflections, and learnings from the IOCDF conference in Washington, DC.
Hope it helps.
Stu
In episode 132 of The OCD Stories podcast I interviewed Solome Tibebu. Solome shares her OCD story, and her initiative Anxiety in Teens. Hope it helps.
Show notes: http://theocdstories.com/podcast/story-solome-tibebu-anxiety-in-teens
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All the best,
Stu
In episode 131 I chat with Sheva about her OCD story, superstition in relation to OCD, avoidance, acceptance around unanswered questions, why the two words “So What” are the most powerful in the treatment of anxiety disorders. Hope it helps.
Show notes: http://theocdstories.com/podcast/sheva-rajaee-some-questions-cant-be-answered
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All the best,
Stu
In episode 130 of The OCD Stories podcast I interviewed Dr Jonathan Abramowitz for the second time about his book "Getting over OCD" and I ask him some listener questions. Hope it helps.
Show notes: http://theocdstories.com/podcast/dr-jonathan-abramowitz-living-the-cbt-lifestyle
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All the best,
Stu
In episode 129 of the podcast I chat with Dr Jenny Yip about her OCD story including postpartum OCD. Her experience as an OCD therapist, the role families can play in recovery and much much more. Hope it helps!
Show notes: http://theocdstories.com/podcast/dr-jenny-yip-ocd-treatment
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All the best,
Stu
In this episode 128 I chat with Dr Kevin Chapman about the importance of understanding the role culture plays in the effectiveness of OCD treatment. Hope it helps!
Show notes: http://theocdstories.com/podcast/dr-kevin-chapman-recognising-culture-in-the-effective-treatment-of-ocd
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All the best,
Stu
In episode 127 of The OCD Stories podcast I interviewed Spenser Gabin. In this story edition of the podcast Spenser shares his OCD story. Hope it helps!
Show notes: http://theocdstories.com/podcast/story-spenser-gabin
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All the best,
Stu
In episode 126 of The OCD Stories podcast I had a second conversation with Harris Goldberg who is a scriptwriter and director in Hollywood. We discuss the topics of relapse, stress and much much more. Hope it helps!
Show notes: http://theocdstories.com/podcast/harris-goldberg-relapse-stress-and-recovery
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All the best,
Stu
In episode 125 of The OCD Stories podcast I had a conversation with Kirsten Pagacz who is the author of the book “Leaving the OCD circus”. Hope it helps!
Show notes: http://theocdstories.com/podcast/kirsten-pagacz-leaving-the-ocd-circus
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All the best,
Stu
In episode 124 of The OCD Stories podcast I interviewed 6 of the campers who attended the first UK OCD camp, to find out more about their experiences and what they learned. Hope it helps!
Show notes: http://theocdstories.com/podcast/the-ocd-camp-my-conversation-with-6-campers
Interested in The OCD Camp? Check out TheOCDCamp.com
All the best,
Stu
Disclaimer - This episode is not a replacement for medical advice. When making choices around medication please speak to a psychiatrist.
In episode 123 of The OCD Stories podcast I chatted Dr David Sherman. David is a psychiatrist practicing in New York City for around 15 years, and for much of that time he was also an assistant professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Centre. He has kindly agreed to come on the show to answer your questions around medication.
Show notes: http://theocdstories.com/podcast/dr-david-sherman-medication
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All the best,
Stu
In episode 122 of The OCD Stories podcast I interviewed Shala Nicely. We chat about her new book "Is Fred in the Refrigerator?", and discuss some of the learnings from the book. Hope it helps.
Show notes: http://theocdstories.com/podcast/shala-nicely-is-fred-in-the-refrigerator-taming-ocd-and-reclaiming-my-life
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All the best,
Stu