Dr Steven Phillipson: Identity contamination, not buying into OCD themes, talking about OCD, ERP tools (#497)
The OCD Stories
Stuart
4.8 • 873 Ratings
🗓️ 3 August 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
In episode 497 I chat with Dr Steven Phillipson. Steven is a licensed clinical psychologist who specialises in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for OCD. Steven is the Clinical Director at the Center for Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy in New York.
We discuss identity contamination as a theme of OCD, the amygdala, not buying into OCD themes, talking about OCD with people, Dr Phillipson’s Cancel Toku list - a list of irrational or maladaptive words and concepts and their more adaptive equivalents, some exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP) tools, 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. |
| 0:18.9 | Welcome to the OCD Stories. |
| 0:25.1 | And welcome to episode 47 of the podcast. |
| 0:31.8 | And in this one, I got on Dr. Stephen Philipson. Stephen is a many-time guest. He is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes CBT for OCD. And in this episode, we discuss identity contamination as a theme of OCD, the amygdala, |
| 0:42.6 | not buying into OCD themes, talking about OCD with people. |
| 0:47.3 | Dr. Philipson's Council Toku list, a list of irrational or maladaptive words and concepts, |
| 0:53.1 | and their more adaptive equivalents, |
| 0:55.8 | some ERP tools and much more. And if you're a therapist listening to this, the center I co-founded, |
| 1:03.0 | we are running a live training with Dr. Philipson in September. It's rare that he does a training |
| 1:09.8 | outside of his own center, so it's great to host him. |
| 1:12.9 | So if you're a therapist, listen to this and interested, I'll put a link in the show notes. |
| 1:17.8 | And thanks to our podcast partners in OCD? |
| 1:20.8 | If OCD is interfering with your life, no CD can help. |
| 1:24.7 | They're licensed therapists, specialise in exposure and response prevention therapy, the most proven therapy for OCD can help. Their licensed therapists specialize in exposure and response prevention therapy, |
| 1:29.4 | the most proven therapy for OCD. |
| 1:31.6 | With NoCD, effective treatment that is 100% virtual, |
| 1:35.0 | is available for children and adults with OCD. |
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| 1:41.4 | No hassle, just real, science-backed help and support between sessions. |
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