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Jan 2025
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Emily Hemendinger: OCD and pets (#468)

STUART RALPH
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Lauren Rosen: Mental Compulsions in OCD (#522)
In episode 522 I chat with Lauren Rosen, LMFT. Lauren is a therapist and founded the Center for the Obsessive Mind, an outpatient clinic serving individuals in California, Florida, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Pennsylvania and select other states and countries. Lauren is the author of T ... Show More
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Story: Regan (Harm and contamination OCD, panic attacks) (#521)
In episode 521 I chat with Regan who has kindly agreed to share her OCD story with us. We discuss her OCD story, the journey to getting an OCD diagnosis, moving countries in adolescence, panic attacks, harm themed OCD, contamination themed OCD, exposure and response prevention th ... Show More
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Brad Hufford: Functioning well despite OCD distress is still a victory (#520)
In episode 520 I chat with Brad Hufford. Brad is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW-C) who specialises in working with OCD. He is a therapist at the Behavior therapy Center of Greater Washington. We discuss Brad's OCD story, being a therapist over the last 30 years, exposure ... Show More
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