OCD Family Podcast

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes back our dynamic sensory panelists. Topics include environmental influences on behavior, masking, autistic burnout and more. Additionally, we discuss the contextual nature of tics, the importance of looking at the function of our behaviors, and how sensory feedback can impact picky eating, clinical picky eating and ARFID. So join Dr. Briana Pollard, OTD, Amber Young, LMHC, Dr. Lisa Conway, Ph.D. & Dr. Max Maisel, Ph.D., as we dive into all the things and a whole lot of hope.

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes a diverse panel of sensory practitioners discussing the intricate connections between sensory processing and mental health relevant to our OCD and OC-Related Disorder (OCRD) warriors. We will hear from the specialized scopes of Occupational Therapy (OT), lived Autistic experience, Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs) and Tics, Tourette’s Syndrome, and Just Right and Tourettic OCD. So join me and my fantastic panel of Briana Pollard, OTD, Amber Young, LMHC, Lisa Conway, Ph.D., and Max Maisel, Ph.D., as we build a foundation for understanding sensory regulation and more!

Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes Dr. Michael J. Greenberg to our family table! Explore how this integrative treatment shifts from traditional Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP) therapy to support OCD warriors in gaining freedom from OCD. This conversation covers a vast array of CBT and psychoanalytic strategies for stopping rumination. Also, we discuss disgust based OCD, value driven language and it’s impact on treatment, Misophonia and more! So join the conversation, because we’re opening our stance to a new horizon of possibilities!

Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she is joined by Alie Garza, LCSW, and Madison @obsessivelystrong to play some riveting rounds of Two Truths & A Lie! We start with the ice breakers like any good family does, and then we up the ante to figure out which compulsions are true and which compulsions are false! So come join the fun! Because laughing at OCD’s expense with understanding and empathy are great ways to support our loved ones, learn more and alleviate tension. So what are you waiting for!? Let’s play!

Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes Dr. Melissa Hunt, Ph.D. to our family table. As we explore the gut-brain connection, Dr. Hunt helps us focus on the relationship between IBS & OCD. Additionally, we discuss how different cleaning compulsions can impact our risk for serious infection, autoimmune disease, and imbalance in our microbiome. Lastly, we learn how avoidance and safety behaviors can impact both the gut and brain, even when it comes to restrictive eating or elimination diets. But there’s a lot hope, fam! So join the discussion, as we expose links and learn about the life changing benefits of facing our fears.

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes Dina Scolan, LCPC, to our family table. Dina is the Program Director for The OCD & Anxiety Center in the Greater Chicago area, United States. Dina brings expertise and a 3 pronged plan to help families battling school refusal conquer avoidance and re-engage in value driven lives.

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes Amanda Petrik-Gardner, LCPC, back to our family table! This episode is all about applying what we learned last week about our Feared Possible Self (FPS) using I-CBT..So join us for a role play and some game time! Because Amanda and I break down different concepts with a rap or two, and you won’t want to miss it!

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes OCD expert and lived experience warrior, Amanda Petrik-Gardner, LCPC, to our family table. Amanda is a skilled clinician, trainer and presenter who actively consults and shares clinically-relevant content through social media and conferences that help other warriors and practitioners alike have a better understanding of OCD, Obsessive Compulsive-Related Disorders (OCRDs) and Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs). Today, we’re examining a deeper look into some meaty Inference-Based CBT (I-CBT) concepts as we examine the meaning of the feared possible self and real self. So join the conversation! Because this learning can make a big impact in your OCD warriors’ treatment journey.

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, and celebrate fierce women during Women's History Month that are using their platforms to spread awareness about OCD. Nicole provides commentary on multiple interviews with different celebrities, relating content back to evidence based practices and the hope that's grounded in research. Join the conversation, fam! It a quick, but fun one!

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, for a spotlight on Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD). BDD is one of the OC-Related Disorders, and the BDD fam are our sisters of another mister. So we are doing what the family does best, and being there for each other. And as we revisit this topic, which isn’t the first and won’t be the last, we are shedding light on the treatment application that I-CBT can offer. If you’re new to learning about Inferenced-Based CBT, or I-CBT, come learn with us! Or if you are learning I-CBT but get stuck in how it can apply to BDD, then you’re in the right place! So join Nicole as she learns more from OCD and BDD expert, Margaret McCall, LPC.