Dr Steven Phillipson: Two of the most common spike themes of OCD (#290)
The OCD Stories
Stuart
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🗓️ 15 August 2021
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
In episode 290 I interviewed Dr Steven Phillipson. Steven is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for OCD. Steven is the Clinical Director at the Center for Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy in New York.
We discuss two of the most common spike themes of OCD: What if this never goes away, and how do I know this is OCD and not an authentic concern?, he normalises the process of OCD and the emotions that fuel it, the mistakes some people make in their recovery mindset, when OCD pops up in your mind when you wake, we discuss the idea of irrelevance, the recovery mindset, he shares plenty of examples and illustrations, 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. |
| 0:05.3 | The O. C. D. Stories is a podcast dedicated to raising awareness and understanding |
| 0:10.1 | 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. |
| 0:28.0 | Welcome to episode 290 and in this one I interviewed Dr Stephen Philipson. Stephen is a licensed clinical psychologist and he's been on the show many times before so I'm sure you're |
| 0:34.4 | familiar with his work. In this one we discuss two of the most common spike themes of |
| 0:39.4 | OCD which are what if this never goes away and how do I know this is |
| 0:45.3 | a C. D and not an authentic concern. He normalizes the process of O. C. D and |
| 0:50.1 | the emotions that fuel it. The mistakes some people make in their recovery mindset. |
| 0:54.9 | When OCD pops up in your mind when you wake, we discuss the idea of irrelevance, the recovery |
| 1:00.6 | mindset. He shares plenty of examples and illustrations and much more. |
| 1:06.4 | So really interesting topic, I think this has got something for everyone in it, so I hope it helps. And thanks always to an |
| 1:13.6 | OCD for supporting the show. I deeply appreciate it. If you want to find out |
| 1:17.6 | more about an OCD and their therapy services, head to go dot |
| 1:21.9 | treat my OCD.com forward slash the OCD stories or click the |
| 1:26.1 | link in the episode description and as always thank you to you guys for |
| 1:29.6 | listening I deeply appreciate it and without further, here's Dr Stephen Philipson. |
| 1:35.0 | Welcome back to the show Steve. |
| 1:37.0 | Always, always a pleasure to be here, Stu. |
| 1:39.0 | Yeah, it's good to have you on again. |
| 1:41.0 | So, yeah, so today we're going to talk about a couple themes or worries, you know, one is how do I know this is even |
| 1:49.7 | O. C. D. And another one is, you know, will this ever go away or what happens if it never goes away and |
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