OCD Family Podcast

In this podcast, Psychiatrist and OCD Specialist Dr. Ryan Vidrine discusses medication support for OCD treatment. They explore fears and concerns about taking medication, the importance of being informed, challenges of medication management for OCD patients, the controversy surrounding medication and suicide, and instances of misdiagnosis and mishandling of OCD patients by some psychiatrists. They also highlight the importance of trust between doctors and patients in mental health treatment.

Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT & Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes Mama Bear Extraordinaire and IOCDF Advocate, Kim Vincenty, to our family table. Kim shares about her journey as a mother trying to support her son with OCD. Kim describes their journey from his youth through adulthood, as well as how she fell in love with the OCD community of warriors. Kim founded the non-profit, JACK MHA, to help continue her advocacy work. She is the recipient of this year's Hero Award for her invaluable impact, so join us to hear more!

In this podcast, host Nicole Morris welcomes Dr. Frederick Aardema, co-founder of Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT). They discuss the creation and significance of I-CBT, different models for treating OCD, reasoning processes in I-CBT, the importance of inference courses, and the availability of I-CBT therapy. The conversation also includes light-hearted discussions about coffee preferences, burger toppings, faking a phone conversation, and personal triumph over OCD.

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, in the Season 2 Premiere of OCD Family Podcast. Nicole welcomes Dr. Patrick McGrath, Chief Clinical Officer for NOCD, to our family table for a chat about Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and OCD. The discussion is framed to support loved ones and chosen families as they support their OCD and SUD sufferers. Nicole and Patrick discuss tips for practitioners too. So join the conversation, because it’s family time.

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, for the final Water Cooler Chat of the summer! This week, Nicole discusses the tricky, sticky nature of mental compulsions. She reviews the 3 treatments that quench from earlier this season, further applying their evidenced-based power to OCD. Join us to learn more!

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she celebrates the one year mark with the OCD Family Community. Nicole overviews Season 1, lessons learned from the Water Cooler and what we can look forward to for the Season 2 Premiere. So join the conversation or watch over on YouTube.

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, for another chat around the water cooler! This week, Nicole is talking about BFRBs in the summertime! If you aren’t familiar with Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs), consider this a special invitation to learn more! Because Nicole’s guess is that the OCD Family Community runs into this OCD-Related Disorder more often than folks realize! So join the conversation! It’s a brief, yet broad overview to bring awareness, resources and support to our BFRB and OCD Family community!

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she unpacks this year's IOCDF Annual Conference. She is joined by special guest and handsome hubs, Patrick Morris. Patrick attended his first ever OCD conference, and he shares some of the highs and lows from their recent trip. So join the conversation, fam, and learn how this recap turned into re-crap on our return home.

Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she dishes with the OCD Family Community on all things Imposter Syndrome. While this was intended to be published during the 28th International OCD Conference in San Francisco, CA, some technical and logistical difficulties presented a delay. To hear more about that, check out S1E51 for our conference recap! There’s quite a story that explains the delay! Ha!

Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, for another chat around the Water Cooler! This week we’re talking about Pride for our LGBTQIA+ OCD fam and loved ones! We talk about the history of Pride, particular stressors that the queer community can experience, mental health and of course, OCD! Please note that there is a trigger warning for this episode, as many of the facts and stats around the history and current reality for the LGBTQIA+ community include violence as well as other sensitive triggers. Please note that this is not therapy, and please follow up with a mental health or medical professional if you need help.