Dr Amita Jassi: OCD and ASD, and BDD (#330)
The OCD Stories
Stuart
4.8 • 933 Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
In episode 330 I chat with Dr Amita Jassi. Amita is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the National and Specialist OCD, BDD and Related Disorder Service for Children and Young People (South London and Maudsley NHS Trust).
We discuss her therapy story, adapting OCD therapy for people with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder), she shares what ASD is, how rigid thinking in ASD can impact treatment, bringing in special interests into therapy, tracking feelings without the use of a 0-10 scale, disentangling what is OCD vs what is ASD in terms of symptoms, how the family members can help their loved ones with autism and OCD. We then change topics to Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), she shares what it is, the lack of insight in BDD, where BDD comes from, the unrealistic expectations/representations of beauty in the media, the therapy for BDD, exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP) for BDD and how it differs from ERP for OCD, bringing compassion in, and much more. Hope it helps.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to The O. C.D. Stories podcast hosted by me, Stuart Ralph. |
| 0:05.3 | The O. C. D. Stories is a podcast dedicated to raising awareness and understanding |
| 0:10.1 | around obsessive compulsive symptoms. I do this for interviewing inspired therapists, |
| 0:15.2 | psychologists and people who have experienced OCD. Welcome to the OCD stories. |
| 0:21.6 | And welcome to episode 330 and in this one I chat with Dr Ameter Jassie. |
| 0:27.0 | Ameter is a consultant clinical psychologist at the National and |
| 0:30.8 | Specialist OCD, BDD and Related Disorder Service for Children and Young |
| 0:35.4 | People at the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust. |
| 0:40.3 | So in this one we break the podcast down into two parts. |
| 0:44.0 | One is adapting OCD treatment for people with A.S.D. |
| 0:48.0 | and A.S.D stands for autism spectrum disorder. |
| 0:51.0 | And the second part of the podcast is dedicated to BDD |
| 0:55.0 | and BDD stands for body dysmorphic disorder. We discuss her therapy story |
| 0:59.2 | adapting OCD therapy for people with A.S.D. |
| 1:02.8 | She breaks down what is A.S.D. |
| 1:04.8 | How rigid thinking in A.S.D. can impact treatment. |
| 1:08.2 | Bringing in special interests into therapy. |
| 1:11.2 | Tracking feelings without the use of a 0 to 10 scale, |
| 1:14.5 | disentangling what is OCD versus what is ASD in terms of symptoms, |
| 1:19.0 | how the family members can help their loved one with autism and OCD. |
| 1:23.0 | We then change topics to BDD, |
| 1:25.0 | and we discuss what is it, |
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