You're listening to The O. C.D. Stories podcast, hosted by me, Stuart Ralph.

The O. C. D. Stories is a podcast dedicated to raising awareness and understanding

around obsessive compulsive symptoms. I do this for interviewing inspired therapists,

psychologists and people who have experienced OCD. Welcome to the OCD stories.

In this midweek special episode I chat with licensed psychologist Dr Katia Maritz of the

Neuro behavioral Institute in Florida and in particular we talk about O. C. D. and the holiday season.

When excitement becomes a trigger for O. C. D. Making values-based choices,

therapy homework over the holiday, how family can support during the holidays and much more.

And these midweek special episodes which go out of the end of the month on a Wednesday

are made possible by and in partnership with the Neurobehavioral Institute in Florida or

FBI for short. I will be interviewing different members of their clinical team on a

range of topics.

MBI specialized in treatment and programs for anxiety, OCD, comorbidities and complex cases.

They also offer an intensive outpatient program and a residential program called the

NBI Ranch, a supportive living experience that complements intensive treatment

for anxiety and obsessive compulsive related disorders.

To find out more about their intensive outpatient services or the NBI Ranch, as well as to read some of their

free information online about OCD via their blog

visit mBI western.com so thank you to Katia for her time. As always, it's a pleasure to talk with her. And thank you to you

guys for listening as always. It means a lot. And I hope this episode helps you join the holiday

season, get the most out of it live by your values try to

connect with your family and hopefully it's a meaningful time for you but I'm sure it may also be a very tough time so do your best and thank you so much for listening in

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