OCD Treatment - You Are Not Your Thoughts

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In this video, I explain how you are not your thoughts. A lot of the pain people experience from OCD and Anxiety comes from an over-identification with one's thoughts, which is often called cognitive fusion. In this video, I explain the concept of cognitive defusion and make the argument that you...

 OCD Treatment - How do I stop feeling anxiety

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In this video, I talk about how trying to stop anxiety will actually make it worse. I also talk about changing your beliefs and relationship with anxiety and different techniques you should consider if you are struggling with ocd and anxiety.

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00:00 Okay, hello and welcome to this...

OCD Treatment - How Do I Stop My Thoughts?

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In this video, I talk about a question I hear all the time - how do I stop unwanted and intrusive thoughts? In this training I explain why trying to stop your thoughts actually will make them appear on a higher frequency. I also talk about different techniques you should consider if you are struggling...

OCD Treatment - OCD Recovery Process

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In this video, I talk about the treatment process for OCD and what real recovery looks like. This is the second video in this series on OCD Treatment. In this video, I provide a general overview of what OCD Recovery looks like from both a client and therapist perspective. I also talk about what to expect...

OCD Treatment - What is OCD

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In this video, I talk about the treatment process for OCD. This is the first video in this series. In this video, I provide a general overview of OCD and OCD Treatment including the goals and expectations for both the client and the therapist.

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00:00 All right. Hello and welcome to this...

Pure OCD Treatment - ERP for Pure OCD

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In this video, I talk about how to do ERP for Pure O OCD. This is the third of three videos and in this video, I provide a general explanation of how to apply Exposure and Response Prevention to the treatment process of Pure OCD.

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00:00 All right. Hey there and welcome to part three of...

Pure OCD Treatment - Mental Compulsions

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In this video, I talk about the treatment process for Pure O OCD. This is the second of three videos and in this video, I provide a general explanation of mental compulsions as they relate to Pure OCD treatment.

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00:00 All right. Hello and welcome to part two. Again, my name's Matt. I'm a...

Pure OCD Treatment - What is Pure OCD

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In this video, I talk about the treatment process for Pure O OCD. This is the first of three videos and in this video, I provide a general overview and explanation of Pure OCD.

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00:00 All right. Hey there and welcome to this video. In this video I'm going to talk about pure OCD and this is...

Intrusive Thoughts (Pt. 3) - How Do I Stop Unwanted Thoughts?

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This is the third and final video in this intrusive thoughts series. 

In this video I discuss two simple strategies you can use to help reduce the frequency and intensity of intrusive thoughts. 

Strategy 1 - Journaling 

Journaling is very helpful to get the stuff in...

Intrusive Thoughts (Pt. 2) - Why Suppressing Thoughts Doesn't Work

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In this video I discuss why suppressing thoughts doesn't work. I explain how a series of studies on "White Bears" conducted my Daniel Wegner in the late 80's and 90's actually show how thought suppression actually increases the frequency and intensity of thoughts.