Your Compulsions Hide in Your Assumptions about What is NOT a Compulsion
Chris explains the thinking and assumptions of many people and patients about what "compulsions" are, and are not. Often, it's the assumptions we make about such behaviors that allows them to continue...
5 Apr 202324min
The 2 Primary Reasons OCDers Don't Tend to Make Much Progress
Chris discusses common patterns across years of cases. Many patients struggle to make progress early in treatment (or because they are not in it to start with) for one or both of two reasons. Making e...
28 Mar 202312min
Mark McMinn, Ph.D.
Chris sits down with Dr. Mark McMinn to discuss scrupulosity and religious scrupulosity. The two talk through various issues, though, the simple issue. They also talk about spiritualty and psychology ...
27 Mar 202334min
What Does That Thought Mean?
Chris discusses the idea of meta-cognitions: the thoughts we have about the thoughts we have; and he answers a listener's question about intrusive images. He points not to the images or thoughts we ha...
15 Mar 202313min
To Panic or Not to Panic: That is the Question
Chris grapples with the questions of 1. What constitutes a panic attack? and What are the common triggers or reasons that individuals might experience them? He then tackles the whole matter of what to...
2 Mar 202313min
Act Better First; Feel Better Next.
Chris tackles a listener's question about Mental Contamination, and provides clarity on two points: the first priority in making therapeutic progress, and the aim of exposure therapy. Feel free to rea...
22 Feb 202314min
Focus on What You Can Control!
Chris discusses the idea of overriding your urge to manage your thoughts and feelings. This isn't easy; and nobody (at least nobody who knows what he or she is talking about) is saying it is. But it c...
9 Feb 202320min
What Disorders Are Truly "Related" to OCD?
Chris takes on the question of the degree to which OCD is unlike the anxiety disorders and more like Trichotillomania and Excoriation Disorder. It comes down to emotionality and what specifically to f...
30 Jan 202323min
