You're listening to The O. C.D. Stories podcast, hosted by me, Stuart Ralph.

The O. C. D. Stories is a podcast dedicated to raising awareness and understanding

around obsessive compulsive symptoms. I do this for interviewing inspired therapists,

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

And welcome to this midweek special episode of the

podcast and in this one I chat with Dr D Franklin of the

neurobehavioral Institute in Florida and Dr David Tolin who is the founder and director of the Anxiety Disorder Center at the

Institute of Living and I put links in the show notes so you can find out more

about them and in this episode we talk about O. C.D. and PTSD. So in particular we talk about their therapy journeys, what is

PTSD or post-traumatic stress disorder, complex PTSD, overlapping symptoms of OCD, high levels of anxiety, how

PTSD and OCD interact with therapy, when the OCD latches onto the trauma and much much more a really in-depth

conversation about OCD and PTSD hopefully you will enjoy this one and find it

useful and these midweek special episodes which go out of the end of the month on a

Wednesday are made possible by and in partnership with the Neurobehavioral

Institute in Florida or MBI for short. I will be interviewing different members of their clinical team on a range of topics.

MBI specialised in treatment and programs for anxiety, OCD, comorbidities and complex cases.

They also offer an intensive outpatient program

and a residential program called the NBI Ranch

a supportive living experience that complements

intensive treatment for anxiety

and obsessive comp-related disorders.

To find out more about their intensive outpatient services or the NBI Ranch, as well as to

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