Hey guys and welcome to episode 223 of the OCD Stories.com podcast.

Now in this episode I chat with Stacey Wachner.

Stacey is director of OCD Specialists, a private psychotherapy practice,

and I got around to talk specifically about real event

OCD. So in this episode we break down what this theme is, what makes this theme OCD, how someone can know if this is OCD or a reasonable response to a real event,

cognitive distortions of black and white thinking around right and wrong.

Some of the obsessions and compulsions one may find with this theme.

What ERP and CBT looks like for this theme.

My mindfulness, self-compassion, and much, much more.

I'm glad I finally got to cover this topic, and if this has affected you, I hope this episode helps you.

And without further ado, here is Stacy.

On the podcast today, I have Stacy Wachner.

Stacey is director of OCD specialists, a private psychotherapy practice, treating

adolescents and adults with OCD and related disorders. Welcome it's a related disorders.

Welcome to the podcast Stacy.

Hi, thanks for having me.

It's good to have you here.

And as I mentioned earlier, it would be good to get your therapy stories, so kind of what got you into treating people generally, but specifically OCD.

Well, when I was in graduate school I had a internship and I worked at a hospital where they kind of lumped everybody together no matter what diagnosis you had in a therapy group and it was for a partial hospitalization

program and they were treating people with a CD in the same room as people with

bipolar and major depression and and I thought oh my gosh this poor

guy was really suffering and he needed help well at the same time I was in a

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