#98: Dr. Lauren Wadsworth, Ph.D — Values, Tailored Exposure Response Therapy, & Increasing Willingness in OCD Recovery
Release Date: 06/19/2024
#115: Chrissy Cammarata, PhD — The Overlap of Eating Disorders and OCD
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Chrissy Cammarata is a pediatric psychologist who has worked in academic medical centers, and now in a private practice catering to kids, teens and young adults for the past 15 years. Her specialty focused on the overlap between anxiety and eating disorders. Her practice conducts evidence-based assessments before and during treatments to assess symptom severity and progress. Her approach to recovery involves a combination of Exposure and Response Prevention and other Cognitive Behavioral strategies, as well as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. In this episode we talk about: ...
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#114: Nina Rifkind, LCSW — Panic Attacks, Agoraphobia, & OCD
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Nina Rifkind is the founder of the Anxiety & OCD Therapy Center, located in northwestern New Jersey. Her practice roots from her own childhood, when she constantly battled social anxiety, panic attacks, agoraphobia, and self-doubt. Today, she shares her 20 years of experience in the field treating adolescents and adults with anxiety disorders, phobias, OCD, health anxiety, body dysmorphia, BFRBs and more. She integrates CBT, ERP, ACT, and other psychodynamic techniques to help her patients navigate through their journey with mental health. In this episode we talk about: ◾️...
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#113: Becky Verbansky, LMFT — Grief in the OCD Journey
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Becky Verbansky is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California and Arizona. She has participated in the field of mental health for over 20 years and specializes in the provision of EMDR and EXRP treatments for OCD, stress, anxiety, and depression. In this episode we talk about: ◾️ The initial response to being diagnosed with OCD ◾️ Addressing grief rooted in your OCD ◾️ Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in OCD recovery Find Becky here: Find Zach here: zachwesterbeck.com/ocd-coaching @zach_westerbeck...
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#112: Bethany Warren, LCSW, PMH-C — Perinatal OCD & Reproductive Mental Health Issues
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Bethany Warren is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker whose private practice focuses on patients dealing with reproductive mental health issues. She is certified in Perinatal Mental Health and EMDR Therapy, and is also trained in ERP for OCD treatment. She has been working in this niche of OCD treatment since 2009, and has continued educating people about this form of OCD and treating patients with all kinds of mental health issues arising from reproductive health. In this episode we talk about: ◾️Dissecting perinatal OCD ◾️ Infertility, pregnancy loss, trauma and mental health...
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#111: Paul Peterson, LCSW — Understanding OCD Treatment
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Paul Peterson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the CEO of the OCD and Anxiety Treatment Center. His practice involves mainly working with Anxiety, OCD, Hoarding, and Trichotillomania. He also works with patients suffering from comorbid issues. His practice evolved from his early years of marriage, where he realized his wife and son were living with OCD. After using the by-the-book methods to treat his son, he realized treatment could be better. Today, he has cultivated methods of treating OCD by learning from different experts in the field and applying what he sees fitting best...
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#110: Zach Westerbeck - Brain Health Centric Lifestyle
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In this episode, I explain the Brain Health Centric Lifestyle to help you craft a plan in approaching OCD. The Brain Health Centric Lifestyle plan involves identifying the following: List of Compulsions ERP Plan Understanding Core Fear Brain Health Centric Lifestyle Medication Plan Holistic Healing In this episode I talk about: ◾️ The science behind OCD and how crafting this plan can aid in recovery ◾️ Tips and tricks in achieving this plan ◾️ Different changes that can be applied in daily life to achieve this plan Find...
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#109: Zach Westerbeck - The 4 Core Responses
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In this episode, I talk about the 4 Core Responses, which can be used at step 2 of the OCD Cycle discussed in the previous episode. The 4 Core Responses are: - Acceptance - Uncertainty - Indifference - Agreement In this episode I talk about: ◾️ How the 4 Core Responses are deployed in the OCD cycle ◾️ A bonus 5th Response and what it means ◾️ How these responses change the meaning of a compulsion Find Zach here: zachwesterbeck.com @zach_westerbeck Join my free webinar, "Break Free from OCD," where I'll guide you through effective strategies to overcome intrusive...
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#108: Zach Westerbeck - The OCD Cycle
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As part of my on-going solo series where I share my personal journey with OCD, I discuss the cyclical nature of OCD, which generally follows: Intrusive Thoughts > Attaching Meaning > Anxiety > Desire to Remove > Compulsion > Confirmation of Threat > Intrusive Thoughts In this episode I talk about: ◾️ Each stage of the OCD cycle ◾️ Ways to react in each stage ◾️ Learning to live within this cycle Find Zach here: zachwesterbeck.com @zach_westerbeck Join my free webinar, "Break Free from OCD," where I'll guide you through effective strategies to overcome...
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#107: Zach Westerbeck - Our Main Goal in OCD Recovery
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In this episode, I talk about the foundational goal in OCD recovery and how it affects my approach to daily life. Our goal shouldn't be to stop intrusive thoughts or feelings from ever happening again, but instead to teach our brains that it's okay if they do. In this episode I talk about: ◾️ Dealing with intrusive thoughts ◾️ The proper mindset to recovery ◾️ The mental shift to letting intrusive thoughts be Find Zach here: zachwesterbeck.com @zach_westerbeck Join my free webinar, "Break Free from OCD," where I'll guide you through...
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#106: Zach Westerbeck - My Story with OCD
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In this next batch of episodes, I'll be sharing my first-hand experiences with OCD. Although this podcast leans towards inviting professionals and experts in the mental health space, it’s also important to know that anyone can live through and recover from these hardships. In this episode I talk about: ◾️The onset of my symptoms ◾️ Different types of OCD I encountered ◾️ How I approached recovery Find Zach here: zachwesterbeck.com @zach_westerbeck Join my free webinar, "Break Free from OCD," where I'll guide you through effective strategies to overcome intrusive thoughts...
info_outlineDr. Lauren Ladsworth has spent much of her career dedicated to the research and treatment of severe anxiety disorders, including OCD. She is the founding director of Genesee Valley Psychology, a clinic providing individual and group therapy. Her commitment to research goes beyond anxiety disorders, as she aims to become a more culturally competent clinician and researcher. Outside of the clinic, she offers training on Identities, Inclusion, and Diversity in Business and Academic settings through Twin Star Diversity Trainers.
In this episode we talk about:
◾️ Increasing willingness and non-engagement in OCD
◾️ Dealing with OCD in “Jello Mode”
◾️ Connecting to other stories of recovery as a starting point
Find Lauren here:
meridianpractice.org
gvpny.org
Find Zach here:
zachwesterbeck.com
@zach_westerbeck
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