All Episodes
Breaking the Rules: A Clinician's Guide to Treating OCD — 76 episodes
Why OCD Gets Worse Before It Gets Better (Extinction Bursts)
What Exposure Therapy Actually Feels Like (The Mentos/Jelly Bean Exercise)
OCD and Productivity: The Struggle Behind the Scenes
Perfectionism, Process-Based Therapy & The Anxious Perfectionist
Developmental Patterns in OCD Onset and Flare-Ups
Contamination OCD Isn’t Quirky
Readiness, Uncertainty, and Behaviour Change in OCD Treatment
Moral Scrupulosity vs OCPD
Values, Paradox, and OCD: Finding Flexibility in the Tension
Understanding the Link Between PTSD and OCD
Understanding Parental Accommodation in OCD: Breaking the Cycle
Perinatal Mental Health and OCD
The Challenges of Clinical Practice
Unpacking Meta OCD: A Deep Dive
Navigating the Complexities of Health Anxiety and OCD
The Complexities of ERP Therapy
The dangers of suicidal OCD and how to recognise it
How “skinny-tok” is feeding eating disorder content to teenagers
Is it ROCD or is there a real problem in the relationship?
Supporting new parents with OCD
Why revisiting a parent’s own childhood can help them as a new parent
The value of self-awareness, trust, and non-accommodating support
How these sisters turned their OCD into a thriving jewellery business
How clinicians can provide better OCD treatment (from someone with OCD)
Peer-to-peer: A frank conversation about OCD
Helping someone with a hoarding disorder takes more than throwing away their stuff
How to support mothers with mental health difficulties
Why strong support networks are vital for mothers throughout and after pregnancy
Tackling ambivalence with commitment, creativity, and curiosity
Identifying ambivalence and how to tackle it
The crucial role of parents in treating anxiety and OCD in children
Building rapport and having fun is crucial for treating children with OCD and anxiety
Perfectly imperfect: Spotting perfectionism in OCD treatment and how to address it
How to find the right balance in discomfort during ERP
Unlocking flexibility in OCD therapy
The impacts of accommodating safety behaviours on OCD treatment
How to manage safety behaviours during exposure therapy
Getting unstuck: How to address guilt and shame and move forward
How genetic counselling can impact patient care
"The Joy Thief": A practical, personal guide to navigating OCD
When does psychoeducation become reassurance?
Using deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant OCD
The neuroscience behind OCD
How to implement mindfulness in ERP
Navigating nerves as an early-career psychologist
Creating ERP tasks for Pure O and POCD
How to create ERP tasks
What your family member with OCD needs from you
What it's like to live with OCD
How to support a loved one in treatment
How to use the inhibitory learning model in clinical practice
The evolution of the inhibitory learning model
Adapting ERP for group therapy
The challenges in embracing uncertainty
Uncertainty and OCD
Utilising ERP in group therapy
The trajectory of OCD research and treatment
Familial influences on anxiety and OCD
How to deal with meltdowns
Autism and OCD: Similarities, differences, and treating clients with both
The intersection of OCD and anxiety
OCD and body-focused repetitive behaviours
How to include fun and families in a young person's treatment
What is ERP for OCD treatment?
Mental health in schools
Treatment options for OCD
The common pitfalls of treating OCD
How to utilise acceptance and commitment therapy in treatment
The subtype we haven't mentioned yet
What modern medicine is missing in treating the mental health crisis
The importance of whole-person care
Subtypes of OCD
How psychologists and psychiatrists can work together
How do we assess symptoms of OCD?
The role of psychiatry and medication in the treatment of OCD
What is OCD?