Get to know OCD Therapist Explains How Culture Impacts OCD and Treatment | Get to know OCD Ep 10
One of our own NOCD therapists, Saraa Lee, joins us on this episode of the Get to know OCD podcast. Treating OCD from a cultural lens is one of Saraa's many specialties.
She believes our culture can shape our identities as it has hers, as well as influence how we do or don't treat OCD. In this candid interview, she opens up about her challenging upbringing and offers deep insights into her approach to helping others manage OCD. Saraa leaves no stone unturned, delivering a powerful conversation about the intersection of culture and mental health.
Show Notes:
0:00 Intro
1:19 Saraa’s own story
7:48 Why Saraa HAD to be a therapist
9:56 What Saraa has learned from being a therapist
12:26 What happens when someone resists Saraa's therapy
17:26 Creating space to be vulnerable
21:19 Not making assumptions based on culture
25:41 OCD IS treatable
27:23 Saraa’s intrusive thoughts about race
36:50 Culture and ancestry creating distrust in therapy
45:36 ERP Therapy
49:40 Existing in the vanguard
53:19 How an OCD therapist and talk therapist differ
55:50 Saraa’s message to aspiring therapists
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