Story: Emma (Group therapy, OCD around parenting, real event OCD) (Ep516)
The OCD Stories
Stuart
4.8 • 873 Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
In episode 516 I chat with Emma who has kindly agreed to share her OCD story with us.
We discuss OCD around parenting, real event themed OCD, group therapy and experiences of it, rumination, reassurance, dealing with shame, creativity in recovery, and much more. Hope it helps.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to The OCD Stories podcast, hosted by me, Stuart Ralph. |
| 0:05.5 | The OCD Stories is a podcast dedicated to raising awareness and understanding around obsessive, |
| 0:11.1 | compulsive symptoms. I do this for interviewing inspired therapists, psychologists, and people |
| 0:16.8 | who have experienced OCD. Welcome to the OCD Stories. |
| 0:24.6 | And welcome to episode 516 of the podcast. |
| 0:30.6 | And then this one I chat with Emma, who has kindly agreed to share her OCD story with us. And in it, we discuss OCD around parenting, real event themed OCD, group therapy and her experiences of it, |
| 0:40.3 | rumination, reassurance, dealing with shame, creativity and recovery, and much more. And thanks to our podcast partners in OCD? |
| 0:47.7 | If OCD is interfering with your life, no CD can help. Their licensed therapists specialize in |
| 0:54.0 | exposure and response prevention therapy, |
| 0:56.4 | the most proven therapy for OCD. |
| 0:58.6 | With NoCD, effective treatment that is 100% virtual, |
| 1:02.2 | is available for children and adults with OCD. |
| 1:05.0 | And most members can get started within seven days on average. |
| 1:08.4 | No hassle, just real, science-backed help and support between sessions. |
| 1:13.0 | Begin your journey at nocd.com or I'll put the link in the episode description. |
| 1:18.0 | So thank you so much to Emma for her time and her story. I really enjoyed chatting with her and |
| 1:22.5 | hearing it and I'm glad she's doing better. And of course, thank you to you guys for listening as |
| 1:27.1 | always. About further ado, here is to you guys for listening, as always. |
| 1:28.2 | About further ado, here is Emma. |
| 1:30.5 | Welcome to the podcast, Emma. |
| 1:32.3 | Thank you. |
| 1:33.3 | Hi. |
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