OCD Family Podcast

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.

Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she joins Micah Howe this holiday season. Micah is a mental health advocate who suffers with OCD, depression, and hoarding disorder. One of his deepest passions is to help parents and loved ones of those who battle with OCD better understand the world from a sufferer's perspective. Join us as he unpacks this really powerful wishlist to further help the OCD Family Community in their journeys to love and support our OCD and OCD-Related Disorder warriors.

Mike Heady, a licensed clinical professional counselor specializing in I-CBT treatment, joins the podcast to discuss the key tenants of I-CBT and its application in treatment. They explore the importance of understanding and challenging obsessive thoughts, differentiating physical sensations from obsessive interpretations, and the age range for I-CBT treatment. The podcast also includes a brief discussion on Hanukkah and upcoming stories on OCD and related disorders.

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as we learn about Inference-Based CBT with our special guest, Mike Heady, LCPC. The OCD Family Community has made reference to I-CBT before, but what is this framework and what does it have to do with OCD? As it turns out, it's an additional evidenced based framework that can treat OCD, and it's been around for decades as well. But it's more recent emergence of use in the US has made this "new" theory garner questions and confusion for some. So join the conversation, because we're going to break it down and ultimately learn that there's more hope available in the treatment of OCD.

Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes back her handsome hubs, Patrick, for a special holiday episode of OCD Family Podcast. This episode will focus on some tips and strategies for varying ERP work during the holiday season, which can be stressful even in the best of circumstances. So join us, as we laugh a little and play a few holiday games too!