OCD Family Podcast

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes Dr. Rebecca Schneider, Ph.D., to our OCD family table. Today we are talking all about Misophonia, which is an emerging area of research that has been mostly closely tied to OCD-Related Disorders, or OCRDs. So this is a perfect topic for Part IV of my OCRD series, because so many folks are looking for help and hope for the Misophonia warriors in their lives. So join the conversation! Because we have a lot of foundational ground to cover, and our esteemed guest really is leading the way.

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes a panel of fierce advocates to our OCD Family table. We are joined today by the Executive Director and Founder of the PANDAS Network, Diana Pohlman, mother to 2 lived experience warriors in Lindsey Forsyth, a lived experience warrior turned change maker, Brittany Goff, LCSW-C, and the compassionate Director of the Center for Collaborative Healing, expert Angela Henry, LCSW. The panel overviews what PANS and PANDAS are, why they are the not-so-appreciated brother of different mother to OCD, and how Lyme’s Disease has joined this unpleasant crowd in symptom presentation along with other tick borne illnesses. We are honored to hear personal journeys of hardship AND hope, and we review lots of great resources. So come learn with us, because we’re better together.

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT & Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes BDD and OCD Specialist, and lived experience warrior, Robyn Stern, LCSW, to the OCD Family Community. Robyn has done a lot of dynamic work around raising awareness and advocating for more research and resources for folks suffering from BDD. In this episode, we look specifically at how social media can prey upon a BDD sufferers worst fears. But it’s not realistic to abstain from Social Media in this digital age. So Robyn discusses the importance of establishing healthy boundaries with Social Media, recognizing the filtered “reality” that people post, and the responsibility of folks with a platform being honest or transparent about their image. Nicole takes us on a stroll down memory lane of Social Media, dating apps and filters. And we discuss how reality tv can impact public perception. Intrigued to learn more!? I hope you are! Because when we learning more leads to greater understanding and greater hope.

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes Ruth Golomb, M.Ed., LCPC, BFRB and OCD Specialist, to our family table for Part I of our 2nd Annual OCD-Related Disorder (OCRD) Series! Ruth is an accomplished author, practitioner, and she serves on the Scientific Advisory Board for the TLC Foundation for Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors. And today we're talking all about what BFRB's are, approaches to treatment, and how they impact the fam and loved ones of OCRD warriors. So join the conversation! Because not only is there a lot of helpful learning, but there's lots of HOPE too.

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes lived experience warrior, Katie Marrotte, LCSW, to the OCD Family Community. Katie shares her journey of learning about OCD after battling with terminal doubt around her sexuality and other important values. Katie describes her struggle to understand what was happening in her brain, the treatment she sought, and how ultimately it inspired her to become an OCD Specialist. Katie also shares about her experience being a foremother of I-CBT, leading to further dissemination of this evidence-based therapy to the United States and International Treatment Community. So join the conversation, because Katie’s sharing is a gift and we are here for it!

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes 3 OCD specialists from the great state of Montana. Kelli Smith, LCPC, Tricia Cooper, LCPC and Kyrie Russ, LCPC, discuss some of challenges facing small cities or rural areas, both for practitioners and clients alike. Nicole and this Montana crew discuss challenges with access to training, treatment, waitlists and more. So join the conversation! And learn how we can create hope, even if we’re just one person.

It's #ocdawarenessweek, fam! Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes Justin Hughes, LPC to our family table. The topic for this week is Scrupulosity OCD, which really zooms into when mental health intersects faith or morality. Nicole and Justin broadly define "scrupe" before diving into a whole host of struggles this presents for OCD sufferers and their community. So join the conversation, because we're learning how to partner with community partners and distinguish faith or moral issues from OCD.

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes back special guest, Mike Heady, LCPC. Last week, we started a conversation on better understanding and differentiating Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) from OCD. But the conversation emerged into a greater conversation about how we define obsessions and why that is key to understanding the difference. Mike shares with the OCD Family Community how understanding inferential confusion, a mechanism described within the Inference-Based CBT treatment model, has transformed his understanding between obsessional worry and relevant worry. Curious to hear more!? Join the conversation!

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes back return guest, Mike Heady, LCPC. Mike joins the OCD Family Community to talk more about his journey in understanding the difference between Generalized Anxiety Disorder and OCD based on research. Nicole holds a different perspective, but nothing says family like disagreement, right!? Ha! So join us and weigh in regarding what you think! Because communicating about why and how we conceptualize GAD or OCD can really help to inform treatment considerations.

Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes back Psychiatrist and OCD Specialist, Dr. Ryan Vidrine, MD. for Part II of our medication conversation. Ryan graciously shares his thoughts on some hot topics, including differential diagnostic considerations for psychosis and other mental health disorders, as well as sharing the emerging research around psychedelics in the treatment of different mental health disorders. Additionally, Nicole and Ryan share in a discussion around other treatments that quench for OCD, including Inference-Based CBT and Exposure and Response Prevention. So join us for Part II, fam, because there’s always a seat at the table for you.