Jon Hershfield - The mindfulness workbook for OCD & The OCD Workbook for Teens (#259)
The OCD Stories
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4.8 • 873 Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2021
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
In episode 259 I chat with Jon Hershfield. Jon is a psychotherapist and the director of The Center for OCD and Anxiety, at Sheppard Pratt. He is the author six OCD books, including his most recent book the 2nd edition of “The mindfulness workbook for OCD”, and his upcoming book “The OCD Workbook for Teens”.
In this episode I chat with Jon about what’s new with him, The mindfulness workbook for OCD, what the book about, what’s new with this 2nd edition, Jon’s personal experiences with meditation and mindfulness, why he broke the book down by themes. We discuss The OCD workbook for teens, what it’s about, Sean Shinnock’s illustrations in the book, exercises in the book, how he works with teens, staying in the present moment, dealing with uncertainty, living joyfully, and much much more. Hope it helps.
Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/jon-hershfield-mindfulness-workbook-for-ocd-259
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys I'm welcome to episode 259 of the Ocede stories. |
| 0:03.0 | Now in this episode... 259 of the O.CD stories dot com podcast. |
| 0:14.0 | Now in this episode I got back on John Hirschfeld. |
| 0:17.0 | I got John back on to talk about the second edition of his book, |
| 0:20.0 | The Mindfulness Workbook for O. C. |
| 0:22.0 | And also his upcoming book, The O. C. D. Workbook for teens. |
| 0:25.0 | So in this episode, we break down both of those books, |
| 0:28.0 | what they're about, what's in them. |
| 0:31.0 | We talk about John's personal experience with meditation and |
| 0:34.1 | mindfulness. Why in particular he broke down the mindfulness workbook for |
| 0:39.3 | OCD into themes. We talk about the ACD workbook for teens, what it's about, Sean Shinnick's illustrations in the book, |
| 0:46.8 | the exercises in it, how he works with teens, staying in the present moment, dealing with |
| 0:51.6 | uncertainty and living joyfully. |
| 0:54.1 | And we should cover much, much more. |
| 0:56.0 | This episode is sponsored by O. C. D. Jacksonville and natural life. |
| 1:00.8 | O. C. D. Jacksonville have been big supporters of my work and the podcast over the last few years. |
| 1:06.0 | I've also had Kim FinCinti on the podcast from O.C.D. Jacksonville. |
| 1:11.0 | So I'm so happy to have them as a sponsor and to raise awareness about the |
| 1:15.0 | good work they do. So the next four weeks of the O. C. D. Stories podcast will be |
| 1:19.3 | proudly sponsored by O. C. D. Jacksonville, an affiliate of the International O. C. D. |
| 1:26.3 | Jacksonville have teamed up with natural life to create an apparel and gift range called Fearless. |
| 1:31.6 | A portion of the proceeds goes back to fun the good work |
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