Kimberley Quinlan - Badass Radical Acceptance for OCD (Ep92)
The OCD Stories
Stuart
4.8 • 873 Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2017
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
In episode 92 I interviewed Kimberley Quinlan. Kimberley is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who treats people with OCD and related disorders. We talk about the idea of radical acceptance. Enjoy!
Show notes: http://theocdstories.com/podcast/kimberley-quinlan-badass-radical-acceptance-for-ocd
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys and welcome to episode 92 of the OCD stories |
| 0:03.6 | dot com podcast. |
| 0:05.3 | In this episode I got back on Kimberly Quinlan. |
| 0:08.3 | Kimberly is a therapist and I got back on the show |
| 0:10.9 | because I think she has a lot to offer the world and more importantly |
| 0:14.6 | to you guys the OCD community and we talk about in this particular episode radical |
| 0:20.0 | acceptance. Now radical acceptance is firmly rooted in Buddhist philosophy, but it's also a key part of dialectical behavior therapy or DBT. |
| 0:31.0 | Now radical acceptance, I've often talked about acceptance in the case of acceptance |
| 0:37.1 | and commitment therapy and this is very much similar to that first step of act, except for it's radical, or in Kimberly's own words, it's |
| 0:46.3 | badass. |
| 0:47.8 | It's sort of almost taking true ownership of it and as we talk about in the podcast it becomes quite an empowering act. |
| 0:54.8 | You're not just on the fence, you're not a bystander, you're taking charge of this thing. |
| 1:00.0 | We talk about, A, what radical acceptance is. We talk about what radical acceptance is. |
| 1:03.5 | We talk about the difference between pain and suffering |
| 1:06.3 | because there is a difference. |
| 1:07.7 | We talk about applying radical acceptance to OCD |
| 1:10.0 | and how it might look. |
| 1:11.6 | And we talk about why accepting thoughts doesn't mean agreeing with them |
| 1:15.0 | because you know none of us want to agree with those |
| 1:18.0 | disturbing thoughts and why would we |
| 1:20.0 | but you know acceptance doesn't actually mean agreeing with them. |
| 1:24.4 | It just means allowing them to be there without judgment and without engagement. |
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