Jan 8, 20223 min read
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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Dec 11, 20212 min read
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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Nov 22, 20214 min read
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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May 16, 20212 min read
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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Dec 25, 20204 min read
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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Dec 22, 20202 min read
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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Nov 21, 20201 min read
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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May 29, 20202 min read
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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Mar 30, 20203 min read
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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Oct 3, 20193 min read
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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Oct 3, 20194 min read
CBT (or REBT) with ERP is key to treat OCD!
Psychotherapy can seem nebulous at the best of times....
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Oct 3, 20196 min read
My OCD road well travelled...
I am the founder of OCD Excellence and I have OCD.
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Oct 3, 20192 min read
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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Oct 3, 20193 min read
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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Oct 3, 20193 min read
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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Oct 3, 20193 min read
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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Apr 4, 20192 min read
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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Apr 4, 20192 min read
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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