Are you at risk of an OCD relapse?
There you are, finding your feet in early OCD recovery or bobbing along pretty nicely for some considerable time, when all of a sudden,...
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India Haylor
- Jan 8, 2022
- 3 min
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
- Dec 11, 2021
- 2 min
OCD treatment in Taunton, Somerset?
We've been lucky enough to be part of a growing community on social media who are highlighting the importance of safety and professional...
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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
- May 16, 2021
- 2 min
When OCD's 'cure' is worse then the problem
As therapists with OCD we really do understand why our clients believe that their OCD fear is the most terrible thing that can happen.
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India Haylor
- Dec 25, 2020
- 4 min
We are what we (continually) commit to do
Managing OCD, like love or physical fitness, is most certainly a verb and a commitment to do something, day-in and day-out. I don’t believe
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India Haylor
- Dec 23, 2020
- 2 min
The importance of behaviour work in OCD recovery
At OCD Excellence, I talk a great deal about behaviour work, also known as exposure work, ERP, de-sensitisation and habituation. As a...
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India Haylor
- Nov 21, 2020
- 1 min
OCD Walking Rituals
Having dealt with this symptom ourselves, we have personal experience around this particularly frustrating aspect of OCD. Ugh, even when...
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India Haylor
- May 29, 2020
- 2 min
Yes, you're an addict!
If you suffer from OCD it would be a safe bet to assume you are, or have been, an AAA (anti-anxiety addict)
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India Haylor
- Apr 30, 2020
- 2 min
Lock OCD down!
Here is our recommended daily timetable. A combination of our recommendations and feedback from clients on their ideal lockdown day
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India Haylor
- Mar 30, 2020
- 3 min
Your OCD mind in a Corona climate
In the last two months, life has changed dramatically, often daily, and without an end in sight.
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India Haylor
- Mar 12, 2020
- 5 min
OCD Corona Coping Skills
So, we have that rare occurrence when behaviours that appear as contamination OCD are widely encouraged and advisable.
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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
- 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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