Dr Ronald Nicholson: Sensory OCD (Somatic/Sensorimotor OCD) (#538)
The OCD Stories
Stuart
4.8 • 933 Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
In episode 538 I chat with Dr Ronald Nicholson. Ron is a clinical psychologist.
We discuss why he doesn't use somatic and sensorimotor OCD labels interchangeably, why he likes the label of sensory OCD, core fear vs the content, the idea of taking the B grade, the obsessions and compulsions around this theme, using exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP) on this theme, exposure scripting, and much more. Hope it helps.
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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. |
| 0:12.8 | I do this for interviewing inspired therapists, psychologists, and people who have experienced OCD. |
| 0:19.0 | Welcome to the OCD Stories. |
| 0:25.2 | And welcome to episode 538 of the podcast. And in this one, I got back on Dr. Ron Nicholson. Ron is a clinical psychologist. And in this episode, we |
| 0:31.7 | discuss why he doesn't use somatic and sensory motor OCD labels interchangeably, why he likes the label of sensory OCD, |
| 0:40.1 | core fear versus content, the idea of taking the B grade, the obsessions and compulsions around |
| 0:45.9 | this theme, using exposure and response prevention therapy on this theme, exposure scripting, |
| 0:51.7 | and much more. And thanks to our podcast partners noCD. If OCD is interfering with |
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| 1:25.1 | episode description so thank you so much to Ron for his time as As always, it means a lot. And of course, thank you to you guys for always listening. I deeply appreciate it. It's your first time or 500th time. It means a lot. So without further ado, here is Ron. Welcome back to the podcast, Ron. |
| 1:45.2 | All right, thanks so much. |
| 1:46.0 | It's great to be here. |
| 1:47.0 | Yeah, it's good to have you on. |
| 1:48.9 | So, we're not talking about AI this time. |
| 1:51.1 | Today, we're going to talk about somatic OCD or sensory motor OCD. |
| 1:56.4 | So, yeah, let's start there. |
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