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The OCD Stories

Charlene Colwell: Integrating ERP with IFS for OCD (#350)

The OCD Stories

Stuart

Bdd, Health & Fitness, Recovery, Hocd, Cocd, Rocd, Bodydysmorphicdisorder, Ocd, Anxiety, Obsessivecompulsivedisorder, Mental Health, Help, Mentalhealth, Depression, Advice

4.8873 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In episode 350 I interviewed Charlene Colwell. Charlene is a therapist who uses Exposure and Response Prevention therapy (ERP) and Internal Family Systems therapy (IFS - level 1 trained) for OCD.

We discuss her therapy story, what is IFS, how IFS maps the mind, another way to view OCD, how IFS may be helpful for OCD, using IFS alongside ERP, and much more. Hope it helps.

Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/charlene-350

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0:00.0

You're listening to The O. C.D do this for interviewing inspired therapists,

0:15.2

psychologists and people who have experienced OCD. Welcome to the OCD stories.

0:21.9

And welcome to episode 350 and in this one I got on Charlene Colwell.

0:25.0

Charlene is a therapist who uses internal family systems and exposure response

0:32.0

prevention therapy together for OCD.

0:34.6

And in this episode we talk about Her Therapy Story, Her Own OCD Journey,

0:39.1

What is Internal Family Systems Therapy?

0:41.9

How Internal Family Systems therapy maps the mind.

0:44.8

While some of the ways internal family systems therapy can be helpful for OCD,

0:49.2

as well as looking at a reframe of how to look at OCD, how it's possible to integrate ERP,

0:55.6

exposure response French therapy with internal family systems therapy, and so much more.

1:00.8

And thank you to NOCD for supporting the podcast. No CD offers effective and convenient

1:05.8

therapy available in the US and outside the US. To find out more about No CD, their

1:10.8

therapy plans, if they currently take your your insurance or to download their free app, head to

1:16.1

go dot treat my O.CD.com forward slash the O. C. D. stories or the link will be in the

1:21.4

episode description.

1:22.8

And thank you as always to you guys for listening.

1:24.8

I deeply appreciate it.

1:26.8

And of course, thank you to Charlene for her time and her knowledge.

1:31.5

So without further ado, here she is. Welcome to the show,

1:34.4

Charlene. Good to be here. Thanks for having me on. It's good to have

1:39.9

excited to talk about some things today so yeah absolutely and of course we're in a minute we'll get into

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