Grit & Resilience in Your Fight Against OCD
Chris discusses patients who demonstrate grit and resilience in the therapeutic journey. Being willing and able to tolerate psychoemotive distress is ESSENTIAL to stopping compulsions. And resisting a...
28 Kesä 20236min
It's Easier to Act Yourself into a New Way of Thinking Than It Is to Think Yourself into a New Way of Acting
Chris discusses a general principle that applies not just to the management of OCD and anxiety-related symptoms, but to problems and conditions that people commonly face. Feel free to reach out with ...
20 Kesä 202311min
Why Do I Have These Intrusive Thoughts?
Chris discusses the question of why individuals experience certain intrusive thoughts? In this context, he also presents the value of embracing uncertainty. Feel free to reach out with any questions ...
8 Kesä 202310min
What's the Difference between Facts and Fears?
Chris discusses intrusive images and urges, noting that often they elicit anxiety because of what we think they mean. The question, of course, becomes, Do they REALLY mean that? Feel free to reach out...
1 Kesä 202312min
Compulsions Make the Thoughts Real
Chris talks through the idea that compulsive responses give credibility to the obsessional anxiety. The question becomes, What does it look like for you to not respond? Feel free to reach out with an...
25 Touko 202315min
Can You Imagine Anxiety-Producing Thoughts That Don't Produce Anxiety?
Building on the last few episodes, and referring to the idea of the system and its parts, Chris explains what OCD looks like when it's no longer clinically significant. The answer might surprise you. ...
10 Touko 202313min
Introducing Dr. B: A Follow-Up on the System and Its Parts
Chris has a conversation with Dr. B, his wife, about the OCD-system and how it works. Enjoy. Feel free to reach out with any questions you might have to chrisleins04@gmail.com. If you've found OCD Str...
3 Touko 202310min
The System is Made Up of Parts
Chris discusses the OCD-system, the pieces and parts that make up the whole. And he identifies the common reaction of making "feeling better" the end goal for most OCDers. But the minute we focus on f...
27 Huhti 202320min
