Dr Eli Lebowitz - SPACE for OCD (Families) (#306)
The OCD Stories
Stuart
4.8 • 933 Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2021
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
In episode 306 I chat with Dr Eli Lebowitz. Eli created the treatment approach SPACE which stands for Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions. SPACE is a parent-based treatment program for children and adolescents with anxiety, OCD, and related problems. Eli is director of the Program for Anxiety Disorders at the Yale Child Study Center.
We discuss his therapy story, why he focused on helping families of people with OCD, what is SPACE, the negative consequences of accommodation, what SPACE consists of, the two core elements of SPACE which are to respond in a supportive manner and reduce accommodation, he gives case examples, sticking points in SPACE and ways to overcome them, 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. |
| 0:22.0 | And welcome to episode 306 and in this one I chat with Dr. |
| 0:25.7 | Ellie Leibowitz. Now you may notice I got a bit of a sore throat I don't during |
| 0:30.1 | the interview because it was recorded a couple weeks ago. Eli created the treatment |
| 0:33.7 | approach Space, which stands for supportive parenting for anxious childhood emotions. |
| 0:39.6 | Space is a parent-based treatment program for children and adolescents with anxiety, |
| 0:43.6 | OCD and related problems. |
| 0:46.5 | Ellie is director of the program for anxiety disorders at the Yale Child Study. |
| 0:51.3 | It was great to get him on and specifically we discussed his |
| 0:54.3 | therapy story, why he focused on helping families of people with OCD. What space |
| 0:59.8 | is, the negative consequences of accommodation. |
| 1:03.0 | What space consists of the two core elements of space which are responding in a supportive manner |
| 1:10.0 | and reducing accommodation. |
| 1:12.0 | He gives case examples, sticking points in space and ways to |
| 1:15.8 | overcome them and much more. |
| 1:18.5 | And thanks as always to No CD for supporting the work that I do. |
| 1:22.1 | No CD offers affordable, effective, convenient therapy available |
| 1:26.0 | in the US and outside the US. |
| 1:28.8 | If you wanted to find out more about their therapy services and whether they take your insurance currently, head over to |
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