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The OCD Stories Stuart Ralph
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4.6 • 72 Ratings
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Welcome to The OCD Stories, hosted by Stuart Ralph. The podcast has been heard over 6million times globally. Check out your first episode from our existing hundreds of episodes featuring experts, and people experiencing symptoms just like you today. If you do, you may just feel understood, heard and possibly help you identify your next step in your own personal journey to healing.
Disclaimer - this podcast is not a replacement for therapy. Please seek treatment from a licensed mental health professional.
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Dr Louise Newson: Hormones, perimenopause, OCD and mental health (#432)
In episode 432 I chat with Dr Louise Newson. Louise is a GP and Menopause Specialist, and co-founder of Newson Health Menopause and Wellbeing Centre. She is also author of, ‘The Definitive Guide to the Perimenopause and Menopause’.
We discuss her doctor story, hormones and mental health, premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), the different hormones and their role in mental health, some of the perimenopause and menopause symptoms in relation to mental health, hormone replacement therapy (HRT), anxieties around HRT, other lifestyle factors that may help, teenage hormones, men and hormones, and much more. Hope it helps.
Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/louise-432
The podcast is made possible by NOCD. NOCD offers effective, convenient therapy available in the US and outside the US. To find out more about NOCD, their therapy plans and if they currently take your insurance head over to https://go.treatmyocd.com/theocdstories
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Paul Huntingford: The many opportunities to practice acceptance in OCD recovery (#431)
In episode 431 I chat with Paul Huntingford. Paul is an integrative therapist, and sees clients through the Integrative Centre for OCD Therapy.
We discuss his therapy story, addiction, anxiety, what is acceptance, the many opportunities to practice acceptance in OCD recovery including: acceptance of the feelings, acceptance of the process, acceptance of the presence of thoughts, conditional acceptance, acceptance of the work to be done, acceptance of relapses, and much more.
Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/paul-431
The podcast is made possible by NOCD. NOCD offers effective, convenient therapy available in the US and outside the US. To find out more about NOCD, their therapy plans and if they currently take your insurance head over to https://go.treatmyocd.com/theocdstories
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Edith Bell: PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections) (#430)
In episode 430 I chat with Edith Bell. Edith is a CBT Therapist and Director of Counselling for Familyworks Northern Ireland.
We discuss her therapy story, PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections), what is PANDAS, working therapeutically with OCD brought on by PANDAS, what to look out for, Sydenham chorea, and much more. Hope it helps.
Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/edith-430
The podcast is made possible by NOCD. NOCD offers effective, convenient therapy available in the US and outside the US. To find out more about NOCD, their therapy plans and if they currently take your insurance head over to https://go.treatmyocd.com/theocdstories
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Dr Michael Greenberg: Q&A on RF-ERP (#429)
In episode 429 I chat with Dr Michael Greenberg. Michael is a clinical psychologist who specialises in Rumination-Focused ERP (RF-ERP).
We discuss what’s new with him, he then answers listener questions, he explores how RF-ERP has helped people, learning to let go of the questions, some justifications of rumination that people use to justify it, persistent obsessions and urges, and much more.
Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/michael-429
The podcast is made possible by NOCD. NOCD offers effective, convenient therapy available in the US and outside the US. To find out more about NOCD, their therapy plans and if they currently take your insurance head over to https://go.treatmyocd.com/theocdstories -
Story: Kelly (#428)
In episode 428 I chat with Kelly who has kindly agreed to share her OCD story with us.
We discuss health anxiety, postpartum OCD, harm OCD, violent intrusive thoughts, getting help, exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP), physical sensations alongside intrusive thoughts, words of hope, and much more. Hope it helps.
Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/kelly-428
The podcast is made possible by NOCD. NOCD offers effective, convenient therapy available in the US and outside the US. To find out more about NOCD, their therapy plans and if they currently take your insurance head over to https://go.treatmyocd.com/theocdstories
Thanks to all our patrons for supporting our work. To sign up to our Patreon and to check out the benefits you’ll receive as a Patron, visit: https://www.patreon.com/ theocdstoriespodcast -
Story: Erica Lugo (EricaFitLove) (#427)
In episode 427 I chat with Erica who has kindly agreed to share her OCD story with us. You may know Erica as a trainer from USA Networks Biggest Loser TV show, or from her Instagram (EricaFitLove).
We discuss her OCD story, suicidal and self harm themed OCD, getting diagnosed, working with NOCD, doing exposure and response prevention therapy, the Whac-A-Mole effect of OCD, the power of tracking progress, doing home practice, hormones, words of hope, and much more. Hope it helps.
Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/erica-427
The podcast is made possible by NOCD. NOCD offers effective, convenient therapy available in the US and outside the US. To find out more about NOCD, their therapy plans and if they currently take your insurance head over to https://go.treatmyocd.com/theocdstories
Thanks to all our patrons for supporting our work. To sign up to our Patreon and to check out the benefits you’ll receive as a Patron, visit: https://www.patreon.com/ theocdstoriespodcast
Customer Reviews
Stuart is committed to helping people who suffer from OCD
'theOCDStories' is encouraging, educating and diverse. This podcast is also a valuable database of OCD treatment services across the United States, United Kingdom and Australia.
There are many personal stories of hope from people who have suffered from severe OCD for years and in some cases decades.
Evidence based treatments such as exposure and response prevention is discussed from the perspective of patients and professonal therapists.
I look forward to and value each episode of the 'theOCDstories'.
Extremely helpful - best two episodes are the ones with Michael j Greenberg
Michael J Greenburg’s episodes are fantastic, he encourages people to think of OCD as something that you are doing rather than something that is happening to you, which is difficult to face at first, but ultimately very empowering.
He encourages people to recognise that intrusive thoughts are very small part of the problem as everyone has them whether they have OCD or not, and they are often very faint, half an image, it is the analysis of that initial thought and the trying to solve an unsolvable problem that brings to mind high-definition awful movies in the mind. He believes that OCD is made up of rumination and physical compulsion only, and that if you eliminate compulsion you eliminate the disorder. I encourage everyone to listen to those episodes and check out Greenburg’s website. PS I am a psychologist and have used this podcast as a psycho education tool for many years. None more than the Greenburg episodes. Thank you Stuart!
Fantastic podcast
This is an amazing podcast, lots of excellent and helpful information for sufferers of OCD and clinicians alike.
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