On this episode of the Being Effectively Podcast, Forrest is joined by Kimberley Quinlan to discover some of the misunderstood anxiousness problems: obsessive-compulsive dysfunction (OCD). Drawing from her medical and private expertise, Kimberley breaks down what OCD is, the way it differs from normal anxiousness, and the methods it’s usually mischaracterized. They focus on the core options of obsessions and compulsions, and the way these can manifest throughout a variety of themes, together with hurt, contamination, morality, and relationships. Kimberley explains how Publicity and Response Prevention (ERP) works, what makes an publicity “good,” and learn how to construct tolerance for misery relatively than making an attempt to eradicate it. In addition they contact on self-compassion, the position of remedy, and the stigmas that may preserve individuals from getting assist.
About our Visitor: Kimberley Quinlan is a licensed marriage and household therapist, writer, host of the favored Your Anxiousness Toolkit podcast, and the founding father of CBTschool.com.
Key Subjects
- 0:00: Introduction
- 1:19: Kimberley’s private expertise with OCD
- 3:36: What’s OCD? Obsessions vs. compulsions
- 8:18: The connection between trauma (PTSD) and OCD in Kimberley’s expertise
- 11:12: ERP and approaches to therapy
- 17:14: Variations between medical ERP and casual publicity practices
- 24:30: Imaginal exposures for fears that may’t be bodily enacted
- 28:52: Resourcing for publicity
- 30:26: What if publicity goes poorly?
- 34:38: Position of self-compassion in OCD therapy
- 37:02: Contemplating remedy: advantages, stigma, and SSRIs
- 42:52: Unhooking from intrusive ideas: ACT, mindfulness, DBT
- 53:59: “How can I make this my bravest day?”
- 57:45: Recap
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