Dr Jon Abramowitz: The family guide to getting over OCD (#266)

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🗓️ 28 February 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In episode 266 I chat with Dr Jonathan Abramowitz. Jonathan is a clinical psychologist with a private practice in Chapel Hill, NC specializing in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). He is also Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina. And author of several bookings including Getting over OCD, and The family guide to getting over OCD.

In this episode I chat with Jon about why he wrote this book, how the family system plays into OCD and vice versa, he writes the book from two perspectives: one, the loved one with OCD wants to get better, and two, the loved one with OCD doesn’t want to do treatment, we discuss family accommodation and why it’s not helpful, how to stop accommodating your loved one, we discuss treatment refusal (when someone refuses to get help), we discuss the difference between a reward and a bribe for children, setting boundaries, how to get family life back on track even if a loved one refuses to get help, how to listen to and talk to your loved one with OCD, what areas of OCD research Jon is excited by, and much much more. Hope it helps.

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0:00.0	Hey guys and welcome to episode 266 of the OcC.D stories at dot-com podcast.
0:14.0	Now in this episode I got back on previous guest Dr. John Abramowitz.
0:19.0	John is very knowledgeable in the world of O. C. D.
0:22.0	And in fact, it's done a lot of the research in the field. So I always love
0:26.1	chatting with John. I certainly come away learning stuff. So in it we talk
0:30.8	specifically about his new book, The Family Guide to Getting Over O.
0:35.3	So I asked John why he wrote this book, how the family system plays into O. C. D. and vice versa.
0:42.1	He writes the book from two perspectives, one the loved one with
0:45.7	OCD wants to get better and two the loved one with OCD doesn't want to do
0:50.4	treatment. We discuss family accommodation on why it's not helpful, how to stop
0:55.2	accommodating your loved one, we discuss treatment refusal, we discuss the difference between
1:00.2	a reward and a bribe specifically the children, setting boundaries, how to get family life
1:06.0	back on track even if a loved one refuses to get help, how to listen to and talk to your loved
1:11.6	one with OCD. What areas of OCD research, John is particularly
1:16.8	excited by and much, much more. Now obviously this is targeted at family members of loved ones of OCD but I feel there's a lot in there still
1:27.0	if you are the person with OCD I think you'll get a lot out of it. He also talks about
1:32.2	ERP and his views of it. He also talks about ERP and his views of anxiety. And thanks to NOCD for sponsoring the
1:36.8	podcast. I reached out to Dr. Patrick McGrath, head of clinical services at NOCD toD. to get his words of hope.
1:43.4	And Patrick wants you to know that N. C. D. is over the moon to help people in the UK and
1:48.0	US with O. C. D. and to provide them with the best possible therapy experience that they can.
1:54.0	So to find out more, click the link in the episode description
1:56.8	or head to go dot treat my OCD.com
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