OCD Family Podcast

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).

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she concludes Part III on her miniseries about Autism & OCD with the knowledgable Dr. Jeremy Shuman, PsyD. Nicole and Jeremy discuss some of the edgier and more controversial aspects of this intersection, including how Autism can function as a precursor for OCD, the controversy of autistic females being under diagnosed, masking vs. flexibility and broad autistic phenotypes. What happens when you really need support, but you can mask or demonstrate a capacity to achieve neuro-normative norms? We discuss all this and more, but it’s not a party without you. So join us, and let’s all learn more together!

Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes back Dr. Jeremy Shuman, PsyD, for Part II of this 3 part series on Autism & OCD. Today’s episode is all about taking a closer look at Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). In Part I, Dr. Shuman provided a foundation for neurodiversity-affirming therapeutic approaches to mental health through a phenomenological lens for our autistic OCD Family Community. This week, we’re looking at the medical model’s first line treatment of ABA and the OCD experts’ gold standards of Inference-Based CBT (I-CBT) and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP). But even more broadly, we will zoom out to explore CBT as a whole. So what do you think: Is it harmful or helpful? We encourage you to join the discussion, because your conclusions might just surprise you.

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes Dr. Jeremy Shuman, PsyD, to our family table! This week we're starting a 3 part series with Dr. Shuman on the important topic of Autism & OCD. In today's episode, we will be laying a foundation for understanding neuro-affirming therapeutic approaches with particular focus on the phenomenology of Autism and OCD. So join the conversation! Because not only is it helpful, but it's so important to understand how we ALL matter. No matter our neurotype, our experience matters. And you are not alone.

Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she's joined by Bronwyn Shroyer, LCSW. Bronwyn is an OCD expert, a lead trainer and consultant for Inference-Based CBT, and an EMDR Certified Therapist. Bronwyn utilizes her clinical experience, knowledge and lived experience of both OCD and PTSD to help the OCD Family Community better understand the tricky nature of trauma entangling with OCD. So join the conversation and come learn more, because we're better together.

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes OCD Warrior and Ph.D. Candidate, Jon Teller, to the OCD Family Community. Jon shares his story of how OCD impacted his journey, resulting in various different experiences with higher levels of care. OCD came in strong, but Jon prevails.. And his story not only elicits hope, but it empowers others suffering from OCD to see the light available at the end of all of our tunnels. And as we will learn, Jon will continue to make waves and shape the impact he has on OCD for the betterment of OCD Warriors everywhere. So come hear more, because you won’t want to miss this conversation!

Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes OCD expert, podcast host of The OCD Whisperer and author, Kristina Orlova, LMFT, to the OCD Family Community. Explore with us the struggles and advantages to speaking two different evidence-based languages when it comes to the treatment of OCD. Learn more about creating a shift from an ERP mindset to an I-CBT understanding if you feel like I-CBT might be a good fit for you or your loved one. And always, stick around for a double dose of hope. Because whether we’re talking about I-CBT or ERP, there’s HOPE for your loved one and this family!