Jon Hershfield - Existential themed OCD (Ep197)

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4.8 • 873 Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In episode 197 of The OCD Stories podcast I chat with Jon Hershfield. Jon is a psychotherapist who specialises in the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. We talk about what is existential themed OCD, common obsessions and compulsions, ERP for this theme, how families can support their loved one with OCD, and much much more. Hope it helps.

Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/podcast/jon-hershfield-existential-themed-ocd

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0:00.0	Hey guys and welcome to episode 197 of the O. C.D stories
0:12.6	dot com podcast.
0:14.7	Now in this episode I've got on psychotherapist John Hirschfeld.
0:19.2	John specialized in O. C. D.
0:20.9	And I'm sure you're familiar with his work he's been on the podcast several times and
0:25.2	he's written many books about a CD and I wanted to get him on in particular to
0:30.8	talk about existential themed oCD. So in this John goes into what
0:36.1	is existential themed OCD what are some of the common obsessions and
0:40.1	compulsions with this theme. and response prevention therapy for this particular theme,
0:46.4	whether ERP is as effective as with other themes and how families can help someone with this
0:52.3	particular theme.
0:53.7	And then we're going to much, much more,
0:55.0	words I hope, and the other usual questions.
0:57.5	So I enjoyed this episode, this particular theme
1:00.5	is not something that's been talked about much on this show before so hopefully it helps you
1:05.2	and without further ado here he is on the podcast today I have John Hirschfield
1:10.3	John is a
1:13.0	a treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder.
1:15.0	He is also the author of four OCD books.
1:18.0	Welcome back to the podcast, John.
1:20.0	Thanks for having me.
1:21.0	Always a pleasure.
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