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The OCD Stories

Dr Josh Spitalnick - OCD in children and its treatment (Ep202)

The OCD Stories

Stuart

Bdd, Health & Fitness, Recovery, Hocd, Cocd, Rocd, Bodydysmorphicdisorder, Ocd, Anxiety, Obsessivecompulsivedisorder, Mental Health, Help, Mentalhealth, Depression, Advice

4.8873 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2019

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

In episode 202 of The OCD Stories podcast I chat with Dr Josh Spitalnick. Josh is a licensed psychologist, owner and clinical director at the Anxiety Specialists of Atlanta, an outpatient clinic.

Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/podcast/dr-josh-spitalnick-ocd-in-children-and-its-treatment

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey guys and welcome to episode 202 of the OCD stories.com podcast. Now in this episode I interview

0:16.3

Dr Josh Botarnack. Josh is a licensed psychologist based in Atlanta and this is

0:22.1

the second time he's been on the show. And in this episode I wanted to get him on to talk specifically about O. C. D. and children and its treatment. So we cover a lot in this episode. So if you're a parent of a child

0:36.4

of O. C. D then hopefully you'll find this episode useful. So we talk about

0:41.6

his story of working with children, how I see may differ in children versus adults,

0:48.0

worry monsters working with the family, explaining ERP to a child, encouraging kids to do their CBT homework.

0:55.0

We talk about PANDAS, which is something I haven't necessarily talked about on this show before.

0:59.7

The key things families can consider when helping their child with

1:03.0

OCD, dealing with family conflict in recovery,

1:06.0

advice for parents,

1:08.0

and keeping a child motivated during treatment

1:10.0

and much, much more.

1:12.0

I really enjoy this episode hopefully you find it useful and

1:16.7

without further ado here is Josh. On the podcast today I'm joined by Dr. Josh Pitalnick Josh is a licensed psychologist owner and

1:25.0

clinical director the anxiety specialist of Atlanta and outpatient clinic

1:29.4

welcome back to the show Josh.

1:32.1

Pleasure to be back, Stu.

1:34.0

Thank you.

1:35.0

Yeah, that's good to have you back and the last episode we did was on health anxiety

1:40.0

and we got your kind of therapy story what got you into to treating a CD and anxiety

1:47.3

but now a slight different question for this episode which is why get into working and treating children?

1:55.4

Sure, so a little bit of a personal backstory.

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