The Fear behind the Fear: The Core of the OCD
Chris responds to a question regarding perceived memory loss and obsessional distress, and incorporates various clinical observations and explanation into his response. Feel free to reach out with an...
12 Aug 202221min
You Can't or You Won't?
Chris discusses his understanding of the dreaded phrase, "I can't" in relation to the resistance of compulsions, and discloses his battle with OCD. But an important difference is to be highlighted bet...
5 Aug 202213min
Just Trying Harder is a Step in the Right Direction
Chris discusses the Cognitive Model and how it applies to depressive and anxious symptoms. Distinguishing between symptoms that we can directly control and symptoms that we can't is an essential first...
29 Jul 202212min
Kathleen Rupertus, Psy.D.
Chris sits down with Dr. Kathleen Rupertus, Clinical Director of the Anxiety & OCD Treatment Center in Wilmington, DE, and coauthor of the acclaimed Loving Someone with OCD. Together they discuss a ra...
15 Jul 202226min
OCD - the "C" = EX/RP
Chris is on Instagram (@ocdstraighttalk)! On this episode, Chris explains the idea that we're not really doing exposure therapy if we're also doing compulsions (or OCD minus the "C" equals Exposure an...
1 Jul 202215min
Edna Foa, Ph.D.
Chris sits down with Dr. Edna Foa, a psychological scientist who needs no real introduction. To those who are even somewhat familiar with the literature relative to the treatment of OCD, the anxiety d...
20 Jun 202229min
You're Doing One at the Expense of the Other or the Other at the Expense of the One
Chris discusses the symptomatologic reality that individuals can't manage their anxiety and manage their compulsions: they're either working to keep their anxiety in check, and in so doing they're eng...
17 Jun 202215min
The Banana Peel Effect
Chris discusses a phenomenon that he calls, The Banana Peel Effect that changes the power individuals report feeling over resisting and stopping compulsions. The idea is that the more individuals enga...
9 Jun 202211min
