Pete Weiss - Contemporary psychoanalysis and CBT - is integration possible? (#245)

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🗓️ 27 September 2020

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

In episode 245 I chat with Pete Weiss. Pete is a therapist who specialises in the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder, as well as other mental health disorders. He is the co-founder of camp DCO, an annual OCD wilderness camp. Pete is a graduate of the Behavior Therapy Training Institute (BTTI), and is currently a doctoral candidate at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis in Los Angeles, where he is working on integrating behavior therapy and contemporary psychoanalytic theory.

In this episode we discuss why as a CBT therapist of many years he decided to train in contemporary psychoanalysis, Pete explains his progression of understanding, he uses examples to explain his thinking, how differing levels of trauma may have an input on some peoples OCD, the idea “committee of the mind”, Pete’s perspective on Sigmund Freud’s view of OCD, nature and nurture as influences on OCD, how running his OCD camp influenced him to approach OCD relationally, shame in OCD, connecting with others as a way to process shame, empathy in OCD treatment, the idea around a core fear of death and loneliness, and much much more. Hope it helps.

Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/Contemporary-psychoanalysis-and-CBT-is-integration-possible-245

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0:00.0	Hey guys and welcome to episode 245 of the Ocede stories
0:12.3	dot com podcast in this episode 245 of the OcD Stories.com Podcast.
0:14.0	Now in this episode I got back on therapist Pete Weiss.
0:17.0	Pete was on the podcast in the early days and he has since gone on to help me set up and run the O. Camp in the UK. So it was a pleasure to get
0:25.7	him on and in this episode we discuss whether contemporary psychoanalysis has anything to offer OCD and also is it possible to integrate it with CBT? Now in this episode it's worth saying
0:38.5	it's a very nuanced conversation and Pete himself says in the episode I don't have all the answers I only have questions
0:46.0	So if you want a more theoretical open conversation
0:50.5	This is definitely one for you and in it we talk about why as a CBT therapist of many years
0:57.7	he decided to train in contemporary psychoanalysis.
1:00.9	Pete explains his progression of understanding. He uses examples to explain his thinking, how differing levels of trauma may have an impact on some people's O. C. The idea, Committee of the Mind, Pete's perspective on Sigmund Freud's view of O. C. D. Well over a hundred years ago.
1:17.0	Nature and Nurture as influences on O. C. How running his O. C. Camp influenced him to approach OCD relationally,
1:24.7	shame in OCD connecting with others as a way to process shame, empathy and OCD treatment,
1:30.1	the idea of a core fear around death and loneliness and much, much more.
1:35.0	So I hope it helps.
1:36.5	We definitely go in depth and cover areas we may have never, ever discussed on the podcast.
1:42.0	So if you feel this is right for you to
1:44.9	listen to at this time then then do so it's definitely different from a usual
1:49.4	podcast where we purely talk about CBT and the wonderful use that CBT and ERP has on OCD,
1:55.3	we still cover that in this episode,
1:57.0	but we look at how it could be possibly integrated
2:00.1	with contemporary psychoanalysis
2:02.4	and also how contemporary
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