Chris Trondsen Shares his Story, Advocacy and Becoming a Therapist (Ep201)

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

4.8 • 873 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2019

⏱️ 78 minutes

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In episode 201 of The OCD Stories podcast I chat with Chris Trondsen. Chris is psychotherapist at the Gateway institute, an OCD and anxiety treatment center. He currently serves as the Vice President of the IOCDF Southern California Affiliate - OCD So Cal, leading efforts in OCD awareness and education in the local community.

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0:00.0	Hey guys and welcome to episode 201 of the O. C.D. stories
0:13.0	podcast.
0:14.0	And in this episode I chat with Chris Tronston.
0:17.0	Chris is a psychotherapist at the Gateway Institute
0:21.0	and he is also an O. C advocate and I've had the pleasure of getting to know
0:25.8	him over the last couple years and it's been a privilege to bear witness to his story
0:32.3	than in the couple of times I've seen him share it.
0:35.0	So it was great to get him on because I really wanted him to share his story with you guys because I find him an incredibly inspirational guy and wonderful advocate.
0:45.0	And in this, Chris goes into depth into his story,
0:49.0	including when OCD started for him,
0:51.5	how it developed, his suicide attempt, getting effective treatment,
0:55.9	building up his life after treatment and then advocacy, and then ultimately leading him
1:01.4	to becoming an OCD therapist now.
1:04.0	He shares just an unbelievable amount of information in this
1:08.0	and I think you're going to really find it useful and inspirational.
1:12.0	And thank you to Chris for his time and being so open and
1:16.1	vulnerable and going into depth in his story it was a real privilege to to share this with you guys and chat with him about it.
1:25.1	So without further ado, here is Chris. On the podcast today I have Chris Tronston.
1:30.6	Chris is a psychotherapist at the Gateway Institute, an OCD and anxiety treatment
1:36.0	center. He currently serves as the Vice President of the ICTF Southern California
1:40.6	affiliate OCD SoCal, leading efforts in OCD awareness and education in the local community.
1:47.0	Welcome to the show, Chris.
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