OCD Family Podcast

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she goes back to the basics in supporting loved ones and chosen family of OCD sufferers. She welcomes Dr. Jesse Spiegel to the family table, as we discuss support, goals and resources for OCD treatment with an extra helping of hope for parents, partners and loved ones. Come join the conversation to learn more.

Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she presents Part V of the Finding Unity In Diversity: Exploring Treatment Intersectionality Series. This week she welcomes co-creators of ERP Kaleidoscope, a Networking Membership Association for BIPOC individuals living with OCD and BIPOC therapist who treat OCD and OCD-Related Disorders. Join the conversation because we're here to discuss how we can expand the OCD Treatment Family Tree.

Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she continues with Part IV of the Finding Unity In Diversity: Exploring Treatment Intersectionality Series. This week, she welcomes special guest, Katie Munday, to talk about their experience as an Autistic person with OCD and ADHD. Additionally, Katie shares about how their experience as a trans non-binary person has further challenged their safety in being their authentic self. Katie's story is powerful, so join our conversation! Because with the pain and isolation also comes hope, and we are better together.

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes Dr. Caitlin Pinciotti, Ph.D. to the OCD Family Community. In Part III of this dynamic series, we discuss how the treatment of SO-OCD and Gender-themed OCD can negatively reinforce minority stress and harm in the LGBTQIA+ community. We invite you to join the conversation and learn more because we truly are better together.

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she continues with Part II of her series, Finding Unity in Diversity: Exploring Treatment Intersectionality. This episode welcomes superstar guest, Niketa Calame-Harris, as she discusses her experience with turning advocacy into policy. Niketa is known for her expansive works, including starring as the original voice in Disney's, The Lion King, as Young Nala. Come join the conversation to learn how Niketa has mastered the art of advocacy becoming policy and you can too!

Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she kicks off a new series, Unity in Diversity: Exploring Treatment Intersectionality. Part I welcome the International OCD Foundation's newest advocate, Shaun Flores, as the OCD Family Community discusses the need for more awareness, representation and inclusive treatment for BIPOC or BAME communities. Shaun is breaking down stigmas and serving up some hope, and we really hope you'll be a part of the conversation.

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she is joined by her own family in a little review session about OCD. With continued growth in this OCD Family Community, understanding what OCD is, what the treatment options are and where's we're headed next is so important. For more seasoned fam, join us too! Because you know anytime kids are being recorded, uncertainty abounds. So let's get started!

Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she is joined by lived experience OCD Warrior, Brooke Miller. Brooke is currently Smashing Stigmas as she infuses continued purpose into the painful journey she has experienced with OCD and co-occurring mental health disorders. So join the conversation, OCD Family Community, and learn more about how this crowded party doesn’t define Brooke, you, me or our loved ones.

Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she kicks off the New Year with return guest, Alie Garza, MSW. Alie shares more about her experience with residential treatment for OCD. Our glimpse into her process helps the OCD Family Community in gaining some perspective regarding what treatment looks like, the challenges endured and the difficult, sacred journey of what happens next after stepping down from a higher level of care. Alie still brings her warmth and humor, and she shares a bit more about her advocacy as a co-creator for the popular Instagram account, Bad Bitches, Bad Anxiety.

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she gives Alie Garza, MSW, a big OCD Family Community welcome! In addition to being one of the content co-creators of the popular Instagram account, Bad Bitches, Bad Anxiety, Alie is an OCD Warrior who is honoring us with her journey from living her life to living the hell that OCD portrayed it could be. Alie shares the subtle, yet layered ways in which OCD bent the possibilities of truth that ultimately led her to residential treatment. Harm and Health OCD are discussed, religious trauma and more. And keep an ear out, because she'll be back next week to share how treatment impacted her and where she is now.