John Tessitore - Leading With Love (JCK Foundation) (#240)
The OCD Stories
Stuart
4.8 • 873 Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2020
⏱️ 65 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
In episode 240 I chat with John Tessitore from the JCK foundation who has kindly agreed to share his and his foundation’s story with us.
In this episode I chat with John about his OCD story, depression, religious, sexual and suicidal themed intrusive thoughts, meeting someone else with OCD, dealing with the suicide of a close friend, going through CBT therapy, starting the JCK foundation and the work he does with the foundation, leading with love, helping de-stigmatise mental health in schools, starting the JCK clinic in Uganda, words of hope for people with OCD, and much much more. Hope it helps.
Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/john-tessitore-leading-with-love-jck-foundation-240
The podcast is sponsored by NOCD. To find out more about NOCD, their therapy plans and if they currently take your insurance head over to https://go.treatmyocd.com/theocdstories
Get some limited time only The OCD Stories x Draw Your Monster merch: https://teespring.com/monster-bus (100% profits goes to Riley's Wish Foundation)
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hey guys I'm welcome to episode 240 of the OCD Stories.com Podcast. Now in this episode I interview John Tessator |
| 0:16.7 | from the J.K Foundation and we talk about his story, depression, religious, sexual and suicidal themed intrusive thoughts, |
| 0:25.8 | when it was like meeting someone with OCD for the first time, dealing with the suicide of a close friend, |
| 0:31.8 | going through CBT, starting the J. |
| 0:34.3 | K Foundation and the work he does with the Foundation, leading with love, helping |
| 0:39.6 | destigmatize mental health in schools, starting the J.C.K Clinic in Uganda, |
| 0:44.1 | words I hope and much, much more. So I really enjoyed chatting with John and |
| 0:48.9 | hope you enjoy our conversation too. Thank you to our podcast partners, NOCD. |
| 0:53.5 | NOCD deliver exposure |
| 0:55.0 | response prevention sessions with an OCD trained therapist |
| 0:58.2 | directly inside the NOCD platform |
| 1:00.6 | done over face-to-face video conferencing. |
| 1:03.0 | In the US, no CD accept insurance from insurance companies including Cigna, United Healthcare, |
| 1:09.0 | Regents, Primera Blue Cross, and Blue Cross Blue Shield among others. |
| 1:14.0 | If you want to find out more, call an OCD's intake team. |
| 1:17.2 | To find out if they currently take your insurance, head to go dot treat my |
| 1:21.6 | ACD.com forward slash the O.C. stories or click the link in the episode |
| 1:26.2 | description. Their in-app tools and community is free and accessible to all, regardless of location. Simply download the app from the app store. |
| 1:35.0 | So there you go. Thanks for O. C.D. for supporting the podcast. |
| 1:38.0 | And of course to you guys for listening. |
| 1:40.0 | On the podcast today I have John Tessaor from the J.C.K Foundation who has |
| 1:45.1 | kindly agreed to share his story and his foundation's story with us. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Stuart, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Stuart and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.