435 episodes

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.

The OCD Stories Stuart Ralph

    • Health & Fitness
    • 4.8 • 675 Ratings

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.

    Dr Nicholas Farrell: ERP - understanding it, hierarchies, and home practice (#425)

    Dr Nicholas Farrell: ERP - understanding it, hierarchies, and home practice (#425)

    In episode 425 I interviewed licensed clinical psychologist Nicholas Farrell. Nick is the clinical director of programming and development at NOCD. 
    We discuss Nick’s therapy journey, explaining exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP) and its effectiveness, working on hierarchies that target the correct thing, home practice, ERP as a lifestyle change, and much more. Hope it helps. 
    Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/nicholas-425 
    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 

    • 50 min
    Emma Roselli: Working with parents of children and teens experiencing OCD (#424)

    Emma Roselli: Working with parents of children and teens experiencing OCD (#424)

    In episode 424 I interviewed Psychotherapist Emma Roselli. 
    We discuss her therapy journey, working with Stuart at The Integrative Centre for OCD Therapy, working with and supporting parents of children and teens with OCD, what parents can do more of to support their child, acknowledging the tough experiences of parenting, boundaries and reducing accommodations, ruptures in the parent child relationship, working with taboo intrusive thoughts with children and teens, how parents can help around taboo intrusive thoughts, and much more. Hope it helps. 
    Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/emma-424 
    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 

    • 41 min
    The Lively Minds podcast interviews Stuart, and Matthew Antonelli (IOCDF): Tackling misinformation about OCD (#423)

    The Lively Minds podcast interviews Stuart, and Matthew Antonelli (IOCDF): Tackling misinformation about OCD (#423)

    In episode 423 Will Sadler and Ellie Page of the Lively Minds podcast interviewed myself (Stuart), and Matthew Antonelli of the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF) about tackling the misinformation about OCD.
    We talk about how misunderstood OCD is, why the media gets it wrong, the letting your intrusive thoughts win social media trend, educating a news outlet on OCD miseducation, educating clinicians, and much more. Hope it helps.
    Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/ocd-misinformation-423 
    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 

    • 38 min
    Joshua Fletcher (Anxiety Josh): And how does that make you feel? (#422)

    Joshua Fletcher (Anxiety Josh): And how does that make you feel? (#422)

    In episode 422 I interviewed Psychotherapist Joshua Fletcher (Anxiety Josh) about his new book, ‘And how does that make you feel?’.
    We talk about his new book, the voices he uses in his book that narrates his inner dialogue, we discuss some of the clients in the book, the writing process being cathartic, we discuss integrative therapists, what he hopes the book achieves, emotional conservatism, and much more. Hope it helps. 
    Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/josh-422 
    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 

    • 54 min
    Story: Iona (#421)

    Story: Iona (#421)

    In episode 421 I chat with Iona who has kindly agreed to share her OCD story with us. 
    We discuss her earliest OCD memory and it feeling like a premonition, her obsessions and compulsions, worries of harm coming to her family, wanting to normalise embarrassing compulsions, family support, medication, starting CBT as a teenager and having a tough time engaging and then being ready for therapy later on, how her sister helped, words of hope, and much more. Hope it helps. 
    Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/iona-421 
    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 

    • 46 min
    Dr Sam Greenblatt: A review of the therapies that have an evidence base for OCD (#420)

    Dr Sam Greenblatt: A review of the therapies that have an evidence base for OCD (#420)

    In episode 420 I chat with Dr Sam Greenblatt. Sam is a licensed clinical psychologist. 
    We discuss an update on Sam, theories on relationship OCD, the nuances of therapy, the idea of trusting your gut, a review of the therapies that have an evidence base for OCD, the need for more longitudinal research, and much more. Hope it helps. 
    Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/sam-420 
    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 

    • 56 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
675 Ratings

675 Ratings

Jcarball ,

I’ve never felt so understood

Ep. 397 with Anthony Pinto was so helpful! I wish I could properly articulate just how helpful it was but in an effort to not tie up all my time in getting this review just right and return to accomplishing the things I desire to complete today I’m just typing as I think and not gonna go back and edit.

Freedshmeef ,

Great resource

I have a spouse with OCD and is there is no better way to learn about OCD and gain a better understanding of how you can be supportive to those suffering.

not a good sysetm ,

This podcast saved my life.

This is one of the most important mental health podcasts that exist today. The host is a great interviewer, very compassionate, clear, and concise. “Pure O” sufferers MUST listen to Episode #252. That episode changed my life. Also, just listening to people’s personal stories was so beneficial in making me feel less isolated as I went through treatment. 10/10. Thank you Stuart for bringing this podcast to the world!

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