OCD Straight Talk

Chris discusses the differences in symptom-presentation and evidence-based intervention between two common, anxiety-related disorders: Panic Disorder and OCD. Fundamentally, you might say, they're the...

17 Touko 202219min

Chris puts several pieces together and discusses significant challenges in the process of treatment. A different life is possible; but you've got to fight for it. Feel free to reach out with any quest...

6 Touko 202210min

Chris shares two clinical experiences that he says helped shape him as an OCD therapist. Bottom line, "It's not my job to get you better," he says. He ties therapeutic skills and strategies to the emp...

20 Huhti 202225min

Chris answers a question about Thanatophobia (fear of death), and highlights the concept of meta-cognition (thoughts we have about thoughts we have) with OCD and the anxiety disorders.  Feel free to r...

6 Huhti 202213min

Chris responds to a question about a so-called subtype of OCD known as Real Event OCD. This is a unique presentation among OCD symptoms in the sense that it emerges in the context of intact memories. ...

28 Maalis 202217min

How you ever dissected your OCD to see how it works? In this episode, Chris discusses both the difference between, and the mutual connection of the symptom-dimensions of OCD. Feel free to reach out w...

1 Maalis 202213min

Chris sits down with Dr. Robert Hindman, a trainer at the widely respected Beck Institute, and specialist in the treatment of clinically significant anxiety problems. Chris and Dr. Hindman discuss iss...

21 Helmi 202228min

Chris grapples with the question of uncertainty. Is it your enemy, like many OCDers tend to think, or is it actually your friend? Good question. Let's talk through it. But where does accepting uncerta...

16 Helmi 202216min