Robert Fox: An Internal Family Systems (IFS) view of OCD (#314)
The OCD Stories
Stuart
4.8 • 933 Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2022
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
In episode 314 I chat with Robert Fox. Rob is a therapist (LMHC) practicing in Woburn, USA. He specialises in internal family systems and EMDR therapy.
We discuss his own OCD story, shame, internal family systems therapy, we discuss the idea of parts of ourselves, OCD as a protective part of us which may be possibly protecting exiled parts of us, what are exiled parts, he gives examples of IFS in action, we discuss anger, self-compassion, and much more. Hope it helps.
Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/robert-fox-314
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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 314 and in this one I got on therapist Robert Fox and we |
| 0:27.8 | talk specifically about a therapy called internal family systems Now Robert experienced O. C.D. himself and still does to a certain degree. |
| 0:36.7 | So I got him initially on to share his O. C.D. story. |
| 0:40.0 | But then more specifically, we talk about his experience of internal family systems in his own recovery, but also now working as a therapist that uses this particular type of therapy. |
| 0:51.0 | We discuss shame, what is internal family systems. We discuss OCD as a protective |
| 0:56.7 | part of us and how this may be possibly protecting what internal family systems call |
| 1:02.1 | exiled parts of us. We discuss what is an exiled part. |
| 1:06.5 | We then go on to discuss anger and having compassion for yourself. |
| 1:10.5 | Really interesting chat with Rob. It's really nice to get to know him on the show and hear more about IFS for internal family systems. |
| 1:17.0 | And the reason I've got him on to talk about IFS is just part of the ongoing podcast series of just exploring other avenues, not |
| 1:27.4 | necessarily to convince anyone to go down these avenues but just to offer insights |
| 1:31.7 | that you can integrate into the therapy you're already doing, |
| 1:34.8 | different ways of looking at OCD which may for you as an individual really help. |
| 1:40.3 | So that's why I'm putting this out there and see what you like and see what you don't like and that's okay just fine what works for you |
| 1:49.0 | And I also try to do an episode looking at therapists that maybe integrate IFS and things like ERP together. |
| 1:56.3 | That is my specialty and integrative therapists so I'm always looking at merging things and |
| 2:00.5 | finding the best in each thing and bringing it together. |
| 2:03.6 | And thanks as always to NoCD for supporting the work that I do. |
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