Have you heard people say, “I’m so OCD”? There are a lot of myths around obsessive compulsive disorder. In reality, it’s a multi-faceted mental health disorder that seriously affects people’s lives – but is also treatable with evidence-based therapies. Psychologist Dean McKay, PhD, and OCD advocate Uma Chatterjee talk about what obsessive compulsive disorder ... Show More
Mar 4
Incentivizing recovery: Why contingency management works to treat addiction, with Lara Coughlin, PhD, and Michael McDonell, PhD
More than half of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. involve stimulants like methamphetamine and cocaine. There are no medications to treat stimulant addiction, but there is a behavioral treatment that works: contingency management, which involves offering tangible, immediate rewar ... Show More
45m 29s
Feb 25
Catching fire: What goes viral and why? With Jonah Berger, PhD
Why do some ideas, products, news stories and trends spread like wildfire, while others disappear? Jonah Berger, PhD, discusses the science of what catches on; the psychological forces that drive word of mouth, including social currency and high-arousal emotions like awe and ange ... Show More
41m 33s
Feb 18
How to build kids’ resilience, with Mary Alvord, PhD
From school pressures to friendship ruptures, all kids will face challenges as they grow. Mary Alvord, PhD, talks why building resilience is key to helping kids handle both everyday stresses and significant life setbacks; how to help children and teens develop foundational resili ... Show More
34m 44s
May 2018
PsychEd Episode 8: Diagnosing and Treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder with Dr. Nik Grujich
Welcome to PsychEd, the psychiatry podcast for medical learners, by medical learners. This episode covers the diagnosis and treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) with Dr. Nik Grujich, a staff psychiatrist at Sunnybrook Hospital, associate of the Frederick W. Thompson ... Show More
42m 50s
May 2023
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Complex Trauma with guest Robin Wolvek
In todays episode we break down OCD and complex trauma, and trauma informed treatment for OCD. You can my workshops, mailing list and other resources here: https://linktr.ee/cptsdtherapist Robin Wolvek is an associate marriage and family therapist based in Los Angeles, California ... Show More
1 h
May 2021
Paul Mc Carroll on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Paul Mc Carroll is an Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and anxiety specialist, therapist, and mental health trainer from Belfast, Ireland. As someone who once struggled greatly with OCD, Paul’s story is unique: he now works as a mental health trainer in the hospital in which h ... Show More
58m 20s
Sep 2021
Psychotherapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
On this podcast episode, we interview Dr. Fred Penzel who received both his MA and PhD in School and Clinical Psychology from Hofstra University in 1985. In 1989, he founded Western Suffolk Psychological Services in Huntington, New York, where he is the executive director and a p ... Show More
59m 50s