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Got Triggered? What Now?

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102

What Do I Do When I Don't REALIZE I'm Doing Compulsions?

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103

It's about Tolerating the Itch and Stopping the Scratching Response

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104

Grit & Resilience in Your Fight Against OCD

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105

It's Easier to Act Yourself into a New Way of Thinking Than It Is to Think Yourself into a New Way of Acting
106

Why Do I Have These Intrusive Thoughts?

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107

What's the Difference between Facts and Fears?

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108

Compulsions Make the Thoughts Real

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109

Can You Imagine Anxiety-Producing Thoughts That Don't Produce Anxiety?

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110

Introducing Dr. B: A Follow-Up on the System and Its Parts

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111

The System is Made Up of Parts

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112

Your Compulsions Hide in Your Assumptions about What is NOT a Compulsion

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113

The 2 Primary Reasons OCDers Don't Tend to Make Much Progress

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114

Mark McMinn, Ph.D.

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115

What Does That Thought Mean?

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116

To Panic or Not to Panic: That is the Question

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117

Act Better First; Feel Better Next.
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Focus on What You Can Control!

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119

What Disorders Are Truly "Related" to OCD?

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120

How Informal Is Too Informal in Exposure Therapy?

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121

The Anxiety's A Good Indicator
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Is It A Compulsion Or Just An Anxious Behavior?

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123

"I Think It's More Nuanced Than That"

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124

"Watch the Anxiety Manage Itself"

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125

What's the Difference between Overthinking and Rumination

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126

Take the Next Step with OCD Straight Talk
127

"Pure-O" & Mental Contamination

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128

Is One Compulsion Better than Another?

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129

After That, What Do I Do with My Thoughts?

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130

Is Arguing with My Thoughts A Compulsion?
131

I Have Anxiety, Not OCD: What Do I Do?
132

"Just-Right OCD": Can't Stop This Feeling

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133

How Do I Stop Ruminating?

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134

The Fear behind the Fear: The Core of the OCD

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135

You Can't or You Won't?

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136

Just Trying Harder is a Step in the Right Direction

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137

Kathleen Rupertus, Psy.D.

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138

OCD - the "C" = EX/RP

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139

Edna Foa, Ph.D.
140

You're Doing One at the Expense of the Other or the Other at the Expense of the One

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141

The Banana Peel Effect

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142

Heart and Skill is a Powerful Combination

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Is It Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Or Is It OCD?
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Is It Panic Disorder or Is It OCD?

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145

An Overview of Skills in Successful Treatment

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146

Two Cases, One Lesson

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147

Thanatophobia and Meta-Cognitions within OCD

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148

Real Event OCD

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149

How Are Obsessions & Compulsions Interconnected?

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150

Robert Hindman, Ph.D.
151

Uncertainty is Your Friend; I'll Prove It

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152

Why Is My OCD Not Getting Better?
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What's the Difference between CBT and Ex/RP?
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Knowing is Half the Battle

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David H. Barlow, Ph.D., ABPP
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Jon Abramowitz, Ph.D., ABPP
157

The Mosquito Bite Analogy

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158

Getting Started with Exposure Therapy

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159

Jason Adams

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160

Common Errors Made in Exposure Therapy for OCD

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161

What is Exposure Therapy - Exactly?

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Tell Me, "Do I Have OCD?"
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Eric Storch, Ph.D.

164

What Do You Mean, Compulsions Drive Obsessions?

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165

OCD & The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
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The Difference between Rumination and Reflection
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On Weakening the Connection between Thoughts, Behaviors, and Feelings
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True or False: If You Think It's Your OCD, It Is

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169

EMDR vs. Prolonged Exposure for PTSD

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170

Is Uncertainty Your Friend or Your Enemy?

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What, Essentially, Is OCD?
172

Understanding Obsessions and Compulsions in Existential OCD
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Macro-, and Micro-Compulsions: A Very Important Idea
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Common Pitfalls on the Road to Therapeutic Progress
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Another Technique for Letting Go of Intrusive Thoughts
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A Discussion with Mr. Michael May, LPCC about ACT for OCD

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177

More Details on Stopping Mental Compulsions: Another Episode by Popular Request

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178

Why Does Psychotherapy for Clinically Significant Anxiety Sometimes Not Work?
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A Discussion about PTSD with Dr. Joseph Birli
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Is There a Connection between Obsessions and Outcomes - Association OCD
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To Choose or Not to Choose: That is the Question
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Gonna Tell You A Bit about Myself
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When I'm Loving Someone with OCD

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184

Weed-Smoking, Psychotropic Medications, and OCD
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The Cognitive Model: How You Can Force Symptomatological Change
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The Various Faces of Existential OCD
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What's the Difference between Rational Thinking and Rumination?
188

This Makes A Behavior A Compulsion
189

What Makes A Behavior A Compulsion?
190

Here's My Situation, Tell Me What to Do: A (Second) Case Discussion
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Here's My Situation, Tell Me What to Do: A Case Discussion
192

OCD-101 vs. Advanced Techniques
193

What Causes OCD?: The Theory That Will Never Die
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Chasing Certainty

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How Long Will It Take for Me to Get Better?
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How Can I Better Find Compulsions?

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When OCD Causes Depression
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What Compulsions Go with Which Obsessional Themes?
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How Do I Tell the Difference between Obsessions & Compulsions?
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Compulsions Breed Compulsions