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When OCD + Autism co-habit!
Single diagnoses of OCD are becoming rarer. Instead, we are seeing a high rate of complex diagnoses where clients present with OCD and...
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Do you have OCD?
As a team of qualified CBT therapists who have personal experience of OCD, there isn't much we don't know about this disabling condition.
We offer highly specialist treatment for OCD and that is all we do.
So you can be assured that our time is spent focusing on OCD & staying up to date with the latest research.
We can offer you a specialist OCD assessment in-person or online, regular sessions, intensive treatment, workshops & events, follow up treatment and support for your
families & carers.
Do you care for someone
who has OCD?
Do you care for someone with OCD?
Are they your partner, child, sibling, parent, friend, co-worker or other family member?
Firstly, thank you for caring for
Secondly, it's not always easy, is it?
We believe that carers & families of those with OCD deserve information,
We raise awareness, educate, offer carer & family sessions, workshops & courses.
Could you treat
someone with OCD?
specialist training qualification.
In addition to our CBT qualifications,
all of our therapists have to undergo
a further 3 year OCD training.
our theoretical & practical learning
interface is unique and relevant for
unqualified or qualified practitioners.
You would then have the option to
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WHAT IS OCD?
OCD is the 4th most common psychiatric illness & the 10th leading cause of disability in the world (1). OCD is associated with significant impairment in functioning, quality of life & disability.
It manifests as a complex system of obsessions & compulsions which result in ritualistic, self-serving & habitual attempts to reduce the emotional discomfort associated with both the obsessions and carrying out the compulsions. The obsessions are based around sub-sets, known often as 'sub-types' with recurrent themes of hyper-responsibility, contamination, religion, relationships, sexuality, metaphysical issues, loss of control, lack of certainty or public shame and humiliation. These drive, & in turn, are driven by, a complicated set of compulsions mistakenly designed to relieve the associated emotional discomfort.
Obsessions & compulsions can adapt and change, either worsening or improving with periods of remission and relapse.
If untreated, OCD can be a lifespan, chronic condition with significant implications for the sufferer, their employment, social life, family & relationships. The lead times between onset & seeking help have reduced from an erstwhile 11 years but could be greatly improved given that the prognosis is improved with early treatment. OCD can be a covert condition where sufferers are secretive about their symptoms & suffer from
shame & embarrassment.
(1) Murray CJ, Lopez AD. The Global Burden of Disease: A Comprehensive Assessment of Mortality and Morbidity from Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors in 1990 and Projected to 2020.Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; 1996.
RELATIONSHIP OCD
Relationship OCD or ROCD, has gained momentum over the last 10 years. This may be attributed to greater awareness of this sub-type or the influence of growing media coverage of relationships. We were the first practice to use this term in 2003 when it there was little awareness of these particular symptoms.
RESPONSIBILITY OCD
Responsibility OCD, sometimes known as Harm OCD, is the most commonly presenting sub-type in our experience. There are many ways it manifests and this is one example of the highly distressing thoughts and emotions associated with Responsibility OCD.
TWO COMMON OCD SUBTYPES
RAISING AWARENESS
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