Dr Michael Greenberg: OCD as a defense mechanism (#489)

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🗓️ 8 June 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

In episode 489 I chat with Dr Michael Greenberg. Michael is a clinical psychologist who specialises in Rumination-Focused ERP (RF-ERP).

We discuss an update on Michael, rumination-focused exposure and response prevention therapy (RF-ERP), OCD as a defense mechanism, a psychoanalytical view of OCD, digesting feelings, some different psychological defenses, attachment and early experiences, clinical examples of his point, how we are all humans that bring human experiences to our relationships, a compassionate view on parenting, and much more.

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0:00.0	You're listening to The OCD Stories podcast, hosted by me, Stuart Ralph.
0:05.5	The OCD Stories is a podcast dedicated to raising awareness and understanding around obsessive,
0:11.1	compulsive symptoms. I do this for interviewing inspired therapists, psychologists, and people
0:16.8	who have experienced OCD. Welcome to the OCD Stories.
0:25.7	And welcome to episode 489 of the podcast.
0:31.8	And in this one, I got on Dr. Michael Greenberg. Michael is a clinical psychologist who specializes in rumination-focused ERP. And in this one, we discuss an update on Michael, rumination-focused exposure and response
0:39.3	prevention therapy, OCD as a defence mechanism, a psychoanalytical view of OCD, digesting feelings,
0:47.0	some different psychological defenses, attachment and early experiences, clinical examples of his
0:53.9	point, how we are all humans that
0:56.2	bring human experiences to our relationships, a compassionate view on parenting, and much more.
1:02.6	If OCD is interfering with your life, no CD can help. Their licensed therapists specialize in
1:08.5	exposure and response prevention therapy, the most proven
1:11.5	therapy for OCD. With NOCD, effective treatment that is 100% virtual is available for children
1:17.7	and adults with OCD. And most members get started within seven days on average. No hassle,
1:23.4	just real science-backed help and support between sessions. Begin your journey at nocd.com or the link will be in the episode description.
1:32.1	So thank you to Michael for coming on and sharing this more different topic than a lot of you may be used to.
1:37.2	And I hope you can take something from it and I hope it helps.
1:40.9	And thank you to you guys, as always for listening.
1:42.9	I deeply appreciate it. And without forever ado, here is Michael. Welcome back to you guys, as always for listening. I deeply appreciate it. And
1:44.6	without forever ado, here is Michael. Welcome back to the podcast, Michael. Thanks for having me.
1:50.5	Yes, good to have you on. Always a pleasure to see you. So it's been a while. Obviously,
1:57.1	you've wrote a new article, which is why you're here to talk about that.
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