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
Heart and Skill is a Powerful Combination
Chris discusses the idea of coupling your fight to get better with strategic no-how. Being determined to stop compulsions without the skill of identifying them is like swinging at the baseball with a ...
2 Jun 202213min
Is It Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Or Is It OCD?
Chris discusses a central distinction between symptoms indicative of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD and those indicative of OCD. The punchline is: you can't have trauma without trauma; but you...
20 Mai 202212min
Is It Panic Disorder or Is It OCD?
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 Mai 202219min
An Overview of Skills in Successful Treatment
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 Mai 202210min
Two Cases, One Lesson
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 Apr 202225min
