OCD Family Podcast

Welcome back, OCD Family Community! Today we take quite the trek to the Water Cooler as we chat about congested intersections and how they impact OCD. It's an important conversation that have talked and will continue to explore during our family chats. So come carpool with me as we journey this road together!

Hey there, OCD Family Community! We are continuing our exploration of treatments that quench OCD with Medication Support. Do you have to take meds to treat OCD? Join the conversation to learn more! Also, please remember that I'm not a doctor and this is not medical or mental health treatment. But check IOCDF's medication guidance for better support in advocating for you or your OCD and OCD-Related Warrior's proper medication. As always, you can find links and resources at ocdfamilypodcast.com on this episode's blog, or click on the link if you're watching via YouTube.

Hey there, OCD Family Community! The Summer Series is continuing on with a timely Water Cooler Chat about I-CBT. I-CBT stands for Inferenced-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and it’s another Evidenced-Based Treatment for OCD. If you’ve been around our family gathering for awhile, you’ve heard us chat about I-CBT and ERP quite a bit. It can be hard to wrap your mind around, particularly for family coming from an exposure background. So join me for a story about I-CBT, and check out the links on the website to learn more.

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she shares about her go-to treatment options for OCD by starting with an overview of Exposure and Response Prevention therapy, or ERP. For newer fam, this is a very broad overview. But you can check out more information regarding ERP at ocdfamilypodcast.com on this episode’s blog. This podcast is not therapy, but there is a lot of hope with the right treatment options. So join us! And I am giving my Thank You Giveaway update. So make sure you check it out!

Welcome to the Water Cooler Chats, OCD Family Podcast’s Summer Series, of brief shorts to give the OCD Family Community continued support and rehydration as we continue to support our loved ones and chosen family battling OCD and OCD-Related Disorders. Also, check out the video podcast new on Youtube.

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes back her handsome hubs, Patrick Morris. Together, Nicole and Patrick discuss lessons learned from Season 1 of the OCD Family Podcast before launching into the Summer Series: Water Cooler Chats. Nicole and Patrick discuss OCD, ERP and I-CBT through some games and trivia, as we celebrate and share a laugh or two with our OCD Family Community.

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes Social Media Influencer, @obsessivelystrong, Madison Marie! Madison is an OCD Advocate turned graduate student who is learning from her journey with OCD to create more awareness and understanding in the Mental Health community. She creates informational graphics, posts and reels about the what OCD really is, addressing taboo subjects and/or themes, and educating folks about Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and Inferenced-Based CBT (I-CBT) on Instagram, Tiktok and Etsy.. So join the OCD Family Community as these 2 redheads discuss hot topics, like when ERP can go too far, I-CBT, psychosis, and Harm OCD themes v. various forms of ideation. We even throw in a few facts about Gingers, so join us for a bit of levity as well.

Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes back Debbie Pelissero Morris, LMFT. Debbie joined the OCD Family Community last week to discuss her experience of OCD and Emetophobia, and she graces the fam with her presence once more to talk in depth about her Religious Scrupulosity OCD. Whether you, your loved one and chosen family has dealt with this subtype of OCD or not, we are reminded that OCD can impact OCD Sufferers in a myriad of value-driven areas of their life. So join our conversation! Because Debbie’s candor and vulnerability is worth honoring, and I can’t wait for you to hear more.

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes her mother-in-law, Debbie Pelissero Morris, to the OCD Family Community. After sharing a story or two like any good family members do, we discuss the how Emetophobia and OCD first presented itself in Debbie's life, and we skim the surface regarding Scrupulous and Existential OCD themes. Lastly, we start a conversation on treatment: To go or not to go? That is the question! So join us as we springboard this important conversation, and keep an ear out for next week too-- because Debbie will graciously return to share her story about her quest for truth and certainty.

Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes Dr. Jenna DiLossi, PsyD, to our OCD Family table. We are dishing up a conversation about the incredible overlap of Eating Disorders (ED) when it comes to OCD, anxiety and more. Jenna shares her insights as an OCD expert, as well as an Eating Disorder Specialist. Join as we learn about how a malnourished brain can mimic OC symptoms, the staggering stats around co-occurring OCD and other comorbidities, and real talk about some of the functional differences and prevalence between more classically understood ED, Binge Eating Disorder and Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID).