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The OCD Stories

Nate Gruner: Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP) for OCD (#379)

The OCD Stories

Stuart

Bdd, Health & Fitness, Recovery, Hocd, Cocd, Rocd, Bodydysmorphicdisorder, Ocd, Anxiety, Obsessivecompulsivedisorder, Mental Health, Help, Mentalhealth, Depression, Advice

4.8873 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In episode 379 I chat with Nate Gruner. Nate is a staff Behavioral Therapist at McLean OCD institute.

I chat with Nate about functional analytic psychotherapy (FAP), the history of FAP, what is FAP, the 5 rules of FAP, why FAP may be helpful for people with OCD, content vs process, the principles of awareness, courage and love. Nate shares some client examples where he has used FAP with OCD, 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.

0:21.6

And welcome to episode 379 and in this one I got back on

0:25.7

Nate Gruner.

0:27.1

Nate is a staff behavioral therapist at McLean O.

0:30.5

O. C.D. Institute I chat with Nate about functional analytic psychotherapy or FAP for

0:35.8

short. The history of FAP. What is FAP? The five rules of FAP. Why FAP may be helpful for people with OCD, content verse process, the principles of

0:46.5

awareness, courage and love, Nate shares some client examples where he has used FAP with

0:51.9

OCD and much more. And in it I talk about a

0:54.9

training I did in FAP with Dr. Garof Coleman. In fact it's Garof Holman so I

1:01.3

just wanted to clarify that Dr Dr Garof Holman.

1:03.9

But I really enjoyed this conversation with Nate.

1:06.8

I find that particularly interesting.

1:09.7

Hopefully you guys get something out of it too. And thank you to No CD for supporting the

1:14.4

podcast. No CD offers effective and convenient therapy available in the US

1:18.9

and outside the US. To find out more about No CD, their therapy plans, if they currently take your insurance,

1:25.0

or to download their free app, head to go.

1:28.0

Treat My OED.com forward slash the OCD stories, or the link will be in the episode description.

1:34.3

Thank you to all of our patrons for supporting our work.

1:37.6

This podcast episode is available as a video recording on our Patreon to sign up to our Patreon and to check out the other benefits you'll receive

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