This time I really am sick
The jury is still deliberating whether health-related OCD obsessions are a sub-set of OCD or whether they are a separate condition entirely
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India Haylor
- Nov 22, 2021
- 4 min
Caring starts with self-care
If you are supporting someone with OCD, you will already know that your role involves a unique set of challenges. Challenges that are speci
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India Haylor
- Oct 3, 2019
- 3 min
The absurdity of certainty!
When my clients first arrive for therapy I’m under no illusion. What they'd like from me is certainty.
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India Haylor
- Oct 3, 2019
- 4 min
CBT (or REBT) with ERP is key to treat OCD!
Psychotherapy can seem nebulous at the best of times....
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India Haylor
- Oct 3, 2019
- 6 min
My OCD road well travelled...
I am the founder of OCD Excellence and I have OCD.
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India Haylor
- Oct 3, 2019
- 4 min
OCD & Eating Disorders - it's complicated!
I believe that a comprehensive diagnosis is more complicated and cannot be reduced to these two criteria alone.
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India Haylor
- Oct 3, 2019
- 2 min
Don’t reassure me!
What’s the problem with reassurance and OCD? Any experienced OCD therapist will stress the importance of not reassuring as a priority, but w
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India Haylor
- Oct 3, 2019
- 3 min
OCD's favourite tools
OCD as a condition is very manipulative and darkly seductive. It draws clients inwards to focus on thoughts, feelings and emotions
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India Haylor
- Oct 3, 2019
- 3 min
What makes OCD unique (and not in a good way)?
All mental health disorders and conditions have a multitude of negative aspects. All of them are tough, with no quick fix, despite what phar
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India Haylor
- Oct 3, 2019
- 3 min
OCD is nothing to be ashamed of....
Have you been embarrassed about having OCD? Attitudes and awareness regarding OCD are certainly better than 10 years ago.
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India Haylor
- Apr 4, 2019
- 2 min
Challenges in treating children with OCD
OCD is very lifestyle invasive and in the case of younger clients, family and carers can be very involved in the daily maintenance of OCD
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India Haylor
- Apr 4, 2019
- 2 min
What to tell your child who has OCD.
Everything is going to be OK. It may be tough at times but it will be OK! You are not crazy or sick. You have a condition which can be...
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