Dr Michael Greenberg - Somatic/Sensorimotor OCD, and rumination (#285)
The OCD Stories
Stuart
4.8 • 933 Ratings
🗓️ 11 July 2021
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
In episode 285 I interviewed Dr Michael Greenberg. Michael is a licensed clinical psychologist.
In this episode I chat with Michael about his reflections on his first episode, Michael's articles, what is somatic/sensorimotor OCD, depersonalisation/derealisation, how rumination can maintain somatic symptoms, the difference between awareness and attention, he reads his exercise from the article 'how to stop paying attention', the 6 things that get in the way when trying not to ruminate, how he treats somatic OCD, removing analysis and avoidance, we discuss mindfulness and why it may not be good for OCD in Michael's opinion, practicing reducing rumination, and much more. Hope it helps.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to The O. C.D. Stories podcast hosted by me, Stuart Ralph. |
| 0:05.2 | The O. C. D. Stories is a podcast dedicated to raising awareness and understanding |
| 0:10.0 | around obsessive compulsive symptoms. I do this for interviewing inspired therapists, |
| 0:15.2 | psychologists and people who have experienced OCD. Welcome to the OCD stories. |
| 0:24.3 | So welcome to episode to episode 285 and in this one I got back on Dr Michael Greenberg |
| 0:28.6 | Michael is a licensed clinical psychologist and in this particular episode we talk |
| 0:33.8 | about somatic ocd also called sensory motor ocd so you'll hear those terms |
| 0:38.8 | used interchangeably in this episode Michael reflects on his first episode |
| 0:45.9 | and he reviews a couple of things he said. |
| 0:49.1 | We talk about Michael's articles. |
| 0:51.0 | What is Somatic or Sensory Motor Od? We briefly touch on depersonization and |
| 0:55.9 | derealization. How rumination can maintain somatic symptoms. The |
| 1:01.5 | difference between awareness and attention and why this is important. |
| 1:05.7 | He reads his exercise from the article How to Stop Paying Attention. |
| 1:10.2 | We discuss the six things that get in the way when trying not to ruminate. |
| 1:14.0 | He discusses how he treats somatic or sensory motor OcD. |
| 1:19.0 | We talk about removing, analyzing and avoidance. |
| 1:22.0 | We discuss mindfulness and why this may be problematic for a CED in his opinion |
| 1:28.0 | we discuss practicing reducing rumination and much more. Now Michael asked me to share with you this which |
| 1:38.2 | is that the ideas Michael shares are for your information only and do not constitute clinical advice or |
| 1:44.4 | establish a patient psychologist relationship. Please also note that these ideas are |
| 1:49.2 | theories based on Michael's clinical experience but have not been empirically proven, and that rumination |
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