Hey guys and welcome to episode 128 of the Ocede stories.

And welcome to episode 128 of the O. C.D stories

dot-com podcast.

In this episode I got on Dr. Kevin Chapman for the second time

and the first time he is an O.C.

Specialist based in the Kentucky and the first time we talked about

ICD treatment ICT recovery towards the end of the episode we also get into

sports psychology and kind of break down some of the learnings from that and how that could potentially help people

with OCD.

But Kevin has also done a ton of research and studies on how culture affects mental health as in how people of different

cultures going to therapists and conditions of different cultures are

affected meaning treatment outcomes, whether they get the right diagnosis.

For example, some people will share symptoms and experiences differently from another person of a different culture

because that's kind of their underpinning and their framework in which they

operate. So and the studies show the kind of impact of therapists not having a cultural understanding.

So I want to do this episode to kind of increase awareness for therapists and hopefully you guys,

for therapists listening, we'll learn something.

I learned loads of this.

Kevin really opened my eyes to some areas.

And also for those with OCD who feel they have a different culture to maybe the

therapist they're going to. Hopefully this can help empower you to make good

choices in who you pick and also work better with your therapist.

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