How OCD Challenge Helped Me

  “I would have given up long ago but for the support of the Peace of Mind Foundation”– Yulia       Yulia has struggled with perfectionism OCD since she was ten years old. She lives in Moscow, Russia where OCD is not talked about and treatment is hard to find....

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Online Support Group for Therapist with OCD

SMALL ONLINE FACE-TO-FACE SUPPORT GROUP FORMING For OCD specialists who have and treat OCD with ERP. Therapists with OCD motivated to treat OCD can find ourselves in a unique position. In many communities—including our families, friends & clinician cohorts– OCD awareness is lacking. We work so hard to give our...

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Inside Look: OCD to Me: An Anthology of Anxieties

OCD to Me: An Anthology of Anxieties by Ryan Bernstein My name is Ryan Bernstein. I’m a seventeen-year-old high school student with OCD. For many years, I was unable to share my OCD feelings with others. I worried about what people might think, and how negatively I might be judged....

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A Look Inside | Is Fred in the Refrigerator?

  Is Fred in the Refrigerator? Taming and Reclaiming My Life by Shala Nicely, LPC In the eight years since I discovered exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP), the evidence-based treatment for OCD, I’ve developed an arsenal of ERP-enhancing tools to strengthen my recovery. The following excerpt from my new...

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