Alegra Kastens - 5 roadblocks to acceptance in the treatment of OCD (#229)

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🗓️ 7 June 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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In episode 229 I chat with Alegra Kastens. Alegra is an associate Marriage and family therapist specialising in the treatment of OCD and anxiety disorders. Alegra is also an OCD advocate, and a blogger on Psychology Today. Hope it helps.

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0:00.0	Hey guys I'm welcome to episode 229 of the OcD stories.
0:07.0	Now in this episode I chat with Allegra
0:15.0	Custins. Allegra is an associate marriage and family therapist specializing in the
0:20.4	treatment of O. C. And I got her on to talk about her own OCD story and
0:26.9	she goes into detail around her experience of pedophile themed OCD and what that was like for her.
0:34.6	And then we go into talking about becoming an OCD therapist and her journey there.
0:40.4	And she wrote an article called Five Roadblocks to Acceptance in the Treatment of A. C.
0:45.9	Which I thought was a really good article.
0:47.8	So I took the time to go into more depth into those five points with her.
0:52.8	We talk about much more such as shame,
0:55.1	her own O. C. D. Advocacy, words of hope,
0:58.8	how the O. C. Game Changes event inspired her
1:01.2	to open up about her own story and acceptance of the disorder, that being
1:06.3	O.C.
1:07.3	So thanks to Allegra for her time and to you guys for listening.
1:10.1	N. C.D. sponsor the O.C. D. A. A. C. A. Pashionate about making treatment more accessible, connected and affordable.
1:18.0	They now take insurance from some U.S. insurance companies. No CEDS therapy services are only available in the US currently, but the free tools in their
1:26.2	mobile app are accessible to all.
1:28.8	To find out more, head to go. TreatMyocedcom. forward slash the O. C. D stories or click the link in the
1:36.0	description. Now onto the episode with Allegra Castance. On the podcast today is Allegra Cons. Allegra is an associate marriage and family
1:45.9	therapist specializes in the treatment of OCD and anxiety disorders. Allegra is also
1:50.9	an OCD advocate and a blogger on psychology today.
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