Dr Elizabeth Forrester - Rumination (#288)
The OCD Stories
Stuart
4.8 • 933 Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2021
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
In episode 288 I interview Dr Elizabeth Forrester. Liz is a consultant clinical psychologist in London.
I chat with Liz about her therapy story, her research into rumination, normalising intrusive thoughts, the difference between thinking and thought, the process of rumination, examples of rumination, healthy vs unhealthy distraction, what actually is exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP), words of hope, 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. |
| 0:22.3 | So welcome to episode 288. See these stories. |
| 0:22.6 | So welcome to episode 288. |
| 0:25.4 | And in this one I chat with Dr Liz Forrester. |
| 0:29.2 | Liz is a clinical psychologist and is based in the UK. |
| 0:33.0 | And on this episode, we talk about her therapy story, |
| 0:36.4 | her research into rumination, |
| 0:38.6 | we discuss normalizing intrusive thoughts, |
| 0:41.5 | the difference between thinking and thought, the process of rumination, |
| 0:45.3 | examples of rumination, healthy versus unhealthy distractions, what actually is |
| 0:50.2 | exposure response prevention therapy, words to hope and much more. |
| 0:55.0 | A wide-reaching episode I really enjoyed chatting with Liz. |
| 0:59.0 | She's been on my radar for many years, so it was great to finally get her on. |
| 1:02.0 | And thanks always to an |
| 1:03.2 | i see the for supporting the show i deeply appreciate it if you want to find out |
| 1:07.5 | more about an i cd and their therapy services |
| 1:10.2 | head to go dot treat my ocd forward slash the OCD stories or click the link in the episode description |
| 1:17.1 | So thank you to those guys and of course as always thank you to you for listening. I really appreciate it. |
| 1:23.6 | How about Faridu, here is Liz. |
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