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The OCD Stories

Dr Fred Penzel on Homosexual OCD, BDD & Zen (Ep 13)

The OCD Stories

Stuart

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8933 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2016

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In episode 13 of The OCD Stories podcast I interviewed Dr Fred Penzel. Fred is a psychologist and founding member of the International OCD Foundation. He has authored a book on OCD and one on Trichotillomania.

Show notes: http://theocdstories.com/podcast/dr-fred-penzel-on-homosexual-ocd-bdd-zen

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0:00.0

Hey guys, welcome to episode 13 of the OCD stories.

0:03.7

podcast.

0:04.7

Now in this episode I interviewed Dr. Fred Penzel, we discussed things like

0:09.5

Bodies Snorphic Disorder and how to treat it,

0:11.8

as that's something we haven't discussed yet on the

0:13.4

podcast.

0:14.4

We talked about homosexual OCD and how to deal with that.

0:17.4

I don't know a lot of you reached out to me to get that on the show.

0:21.8

We also touched on sort of eastern philosophy and eastern religion

0:26.0

and how that can actually help in a CD recovery.

0:30.0

It was a really interesting discussion, very, very, lots of variety I should say.

0:36.2

I enjoyed it, Fred's a nice guy and he has so much information and that shows in the amount of

0:41.5

articles he's written on O. and the various subtypes of it.

0:47.0

But yeah, all information on the show notes, but I hope you enjoy this podcast. Speak you soon.

0:53.3

In today's episode of the O.D. Stories Podcast, I have Dr. Fred Penzel.

0:57.8

Fred has a very impressive bio, which I have shortened here.

1:00.8

However, you can see the full version on the site. Fred is a licensed

1:04.7

psychologist. He is the executive director of Western Suffolk Psychological

1:08.7

Services. He specializes in CBT for OCD, body dysmorphic Disorder, Shricotilla, and PTSD.

1:16.7

Fred is a founding member of the International OCD Foundation and author of the book,

1:21.0

Obsersive Compulsive Disorders, a complete guide to getting

1:24.3

well and staying well. Welcome to the podcast, Fred.

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