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Dr Steven Phillipson - Recovery From Thinking The Unthinkable (Ep99)

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The Importance of Committing 15 to 20 Minutes Per Day to the Therapeutic Process

The treatment for OCD is generally a very home-based process, and I think it's important that patients understand that their treatment really requires a real commitment on a day-to-day basis. So it's just important that the patient be informed, right from the start, that there's going to be a lot of responsibility placed on their independent therapeutic application process. It's not really a chunk of 15 to 20 minutes, because generally, the treatment involves a once-in-hour commitment,. perhaps five minutes, or maybe a little bit less, of engaging in exposure exercises.

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