Afleveringen
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Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she discussed Pure O! This controversial subtype has been discussed for many years, but what is it? Does it exist? And no matter what, what can be done to help? Come join us at the Water Cooler, fam, for quenchers like this all summer long!
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Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she premieres the return of our summer series, the Water Cooler Chats! These chats are short form content meant to hydrate the OCD Family Community while we all spend more time with our families during the summertime! And our first quencher is the ultimate guide to finding the right OCD therapist for you! So come join us and check out YouTube for the return of animations!
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Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes Dr. Elizabeth McIngvale, Ph.D., to our OCD Family Community. We discuss challenges and solutions for supporting military personal and veterans with OCD. Systemic barriers and stigma, the critical role of evidence based treatment, and a whole lot of hope is discussed. Lastly, we honor all service members and vets lost to un-aliving, as we pay tribute in honor of Memorial Day in the States.
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Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she joins her return panel of experts to dive into the complexities of PANS and PANDAS. We discuss symptoms like sudden onset of OCD and tics, emerging research from Columbia University, and effective treatments such as IVIG and steroids. Panelists share personal stories, emphasize the importance of finding knowledgeable doctors, and offer practical advice for managing flares. The conversation underscores the need for increased awareness and education, providing hope and resources for families navigating these challenging disorders.
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Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes back our dynamic sensory panelists. Topics include environmental influences on behavior, masking, autistic burnout and more. Additionally, we discuss the contextual nature of tics, the importance of looking at the function of our behaviors, and how sensory feedback can impact picky eating, clinical picky eating and ARFID. So join Dr. Briana Pollard, OTD, Amber Young, LMHC, Dr. Lisa Conway, Ph.D. & Dr. Max Maisel, Ph.D., as we dive into all the things and a whole lot of hope.
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Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes a diverse panel of sensory practitioners discussing the intricate connections between sensory processing and mental health relevant to our OCD and OC-Related Disorder (OCRD) warriors. We will hear from the specialized scopes of Occupational Therapy (OT), lived Autistic experience, Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs) and Tics, Tourette’s Syndrome, and Just Right and Tourettic OCD. So join me and my fantastic panel of Briana Pollard, OTD, Amber Young, LMHC, Lisa Conway, Ph.D., and Max Maisel, Ph.D., as we build a foundation for understanding sensory regulation and more!
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Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes Dr. Michael J. Greenberg to our family table! Explore how this integrative treatment shifts from traditional Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP) therapy to support OCD warriors in gaining freedom from OCD. This conversation covers a vast array of CBT and psychoanalytic strategies for stopping rumination. Also, we discuss disgust based OCD, value driven language and it’s impact on treatment, Misophonia and more! So join the conversation, because we’re opening our stance to a new horizon of possibilities!
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Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she is joined by Alie Garza, LCSW, and Madison @obsessivelystrong to play some riveting rounds of Two Truths & A Lie! We start with the ice breakers like any good family does, and then we up the ante to figure out which compulsions are true and which compulsions are false! So come join the fun! Because laughing at OCD’s expense with understanding and empathy are great ways to support our loved ones, learn more and alleviate tension. So what are you waiting for!? Let’s play!
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Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes Dr. Melissa Hunt, Ph.D. to our family table. As we explore the gut-brain connection, Dr. Hunt helps us focus on the relationship between IBS & OCD. Additionally, we discuss how different cleaning compulsions can impact our risk for serious infection, autoimmune disease, and imbalance in our microbiome. Lastly, we learn how avoidance and safety behaviors can impact both the gut and brain, even when it comes to restrictive eating or elimination diets. But there’s a lot hope, fam! So join the discussion, as we expose links and learn about the life changing benefits of facing our fears.
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Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes Dina Scolan, LCPC, to our family table. Dina is the Program Director for The OCD & Anxiety Center in the Greater Chicago area, United States. Dina brings expertise and a 3 pronged plan to help families battling school refusal conquer avoidance and re-engage in value driven lives.
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Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes Amanda Petrik-Gardner, LCPC, back to our family table! This episode is all about applying what we learned last week about our Feared Possible Self (FPS) using I-CBT..So join us for a role play and some game time! Because Amanda and I break down different concepts with a rap or two, and you won’t want to miss it!
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Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes OCD expert and lived experience warrior, Amanda Petrik-Gardner, LCPC, to our family table. Amanda is a skilled clinician, trainer and presenter who actively consults and shares clinically-relevant content through social media and conferences that help other warriors and practitioners alike have a better understanding of OCD, Obsessive Compulsive-Related Disorders (OCRDs) and Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs). Today, we’re examining a deeper look into some meaty Inference-Based CBT (I-CBT) concepts as we examine the meaning of the feared possible self and real self. So join the conversation! Because this learning can make a big impact in your OCD warriors’ treatment journey.
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Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, and celebrate fierce women during Women's History Month that are using their platforms to spread awareness about OCD. Nicole provides commentary on multiple interviews with different celebrities, relating content back to evidence based practices and the hope that's grounded in research. Join the conversation, fam! It a quick, but fun one!
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Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, for a spotlight on Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD). BDD is one of the OC-Related Disorders, and the BDD fam are our sisters of another mister. So we are doing what the family does best, and being there for each other. And as we revisit this topic, which isn’t the first and won’t be the last, we are shedding light on the treatment application that I-CBT can offer. If you’re new to learning about Inferenced-Based CBT, or I-CBT, come learn with us! Or if you are learning I-CBT but get stuck in how it can apply to BDD, then you’re in the right place! So join Nicole as she learns more from OCD and BDD expert, Margaret McCall, LPC.
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Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes Gina Abbondante, LCSW, to our family table. Gina joins to share about a common subtype of OCD that can show up anywhere between pregnancy and up to one year postpartum. This subtype can affect more than biological caregivers, and it can manifest is some pretty cruel ways. So come join our conversation, because raising awareness and learning is half the battle!
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Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes Saraa D. Lee, LCSW to our family table. Saraa is an OCD and Trauma Specialist out of Soul Spa Psychotherapy, as well as a Clinical Supervisor for NOCD. Saraa shares her story of being both a practitioner and a lived experience warrior. Listen as she shares about the universality of how and where OCD strikes, strategies for embracing the big feelings and creating safety for all the family to access treatment. Additionally, Nicole celebrate Black History Month, recognizing the inspiration, strength, beauty and color that the Black community brings to our family.
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Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes her love and handsome hubs, Patrick Morris, back to our family table. With the recent passage of Valentine’s Day, they are discussing this commercialized love week and revisiting their conversation around the common subtype of Relationship OCD (ROCD). With the emerging understanding of Inference-Based CBT for the treatment of OCD, join Nicole and Patrick as they consider how perfectionism fuels the core of ROCD. And then stick around to hear from the Morris kiddos regarding some of their thoughts on love.
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Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as we welcome Jon Hershfield, LMFT, to our family table. Jon is well known leader in the OCD treatment field and broader community, and today he’s here for you, fam! Amongst many helpful books, presentations, and interviews Jon has participated in, he has written a book called When A Family Member Has OCD, which is particularly pertinent to us, fam! So join us while we highlight some helpful nuggets from that book, dispel some common OCD myths, play a few rounds of Never Have I Ever - OCD Edition courtesy of some help from ChatGPT, and share top recommendations for family members and warriors with lived experience battling OCD.
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Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes International OCD Foundation (IODCF) Advocate, Erika McCoy, to our family table. Erika shares a candid overview of her history living with OCD and trauma. Her honesty and vulnerability is gift to help others suffering to know they’re not alone. Additionally, she’s gathered blades of hope and created a vibrant grassroots advocacy that has bloomed into the international space. So come join us for some fierce courage, battle and hope, because Erika’s story is amazing and I can’t wait for you to hear more.
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Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she invites Catherine Goldhouse, LICSW, to our family table! Today is all about taboo themes that OCD can create to torture sufferers and loved ones. Join us as we explore how Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy offers an effective treatment option, hope and relief. And learn some practical ways to understand and apply these ideas in real time. So what are you waiting for? Let's do this!
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