Jon Hershfield On Mindfulness, ERP And Acceptance For OCD (Ep 6)

In episode 6 of The OCD Stories podcast I interviewed Jon Hershfield. Jon is the author of two books on OCD and a therapist who specialises in OCD treatment.

Show notes:

• Jon's OCD Story (1:30)
• What Jon did before he retrained into therapy (7:10)
• Risk and OCD (9:00)
• What mindfulness is, and how can it be used to treat OCD (11:40)
• Mindfulness and ACT (14:45)
• Jon's tips to stay on track with mindfulness training (16:15)
• Using mindfulness for anger (22:00)
• Good meditations for beginners (26:40)
• How to meditate even though you are getting intrusive thoughts (31:50)
• How mindfulness can work alongside ERP (39:20)
• Jon's tip for starting and sticking with ERP (44:20)
• The acceptance script and how to use it (51:20)
• Mental reviewing, scenario bending, mental rehearsal and mental hoarding (1:00:30)
• The one bit of advice Jon would give if he only had 30 seconds (1:12:00)
• Jon's new book "When a family member has OCD" (1:14:15)
• What Jon would have written on his billboard (1:16:40)

Find out more about Jon:

• Jon's website - OCDBaltimore.com
• Jon on Twitter - @CBTOCD
• The mindfulness workbook for OCD (Amazon UK/Amazon USA)
• When a family member has OCD (Amazon UK/Amazon USA)

Resources mentioned:

• OCD Georgia talk
• Peaceful warrior film
• Dr James Claiborn
• Headspace
• 10% happier app and book (Amazon UK/Amazon USA)
• IOCDF
• Shala Nicely

To your success,
Stuart and The OCD Stories team

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