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Dr David Burns: Exposure, and the hidden emotion model (#313)

The OCD Stories

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The Hidden Emotion Model

The hidden emotion model is a kind of high speed simplistic form of psychoanalysis. It's based on a Freudian concept, most Freudian stuff I don't go for. But this is one thing that really panned out. The vast majority of patients who struggle with all forms of anxiety are exceptionally nice people. And the niceness is one of the important causes of the anxiety.

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