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The Southern California Affiliate of the IOCDF Keynote Addresses/2nd Annual Conference
Click here to watch the Southern California OCD Affiliate’s 2nd annual conference 2 keynote addresses. The first is mine and discusses...
Mar 30, 20171 min read
OCD Sufferer’s Panel accompanying my OCD Awareness Week presentation
This is from a an OCD Awareness Week Event. This is the panel that followed my presentation, “The ABCs of Overcoming OCD.” The speakers,...
Nov 6, 20161 min read
The ABC’s of OCD – an introduction to OCD treatment
This is from a livestreamed OCD Awareness Week Event. Click here to watch my presentation of “The ABCs of Overcoming OCD.” My thanks to...
Nov 6, 20161 min read
OCD Stories interview with me
Click on this link, OCD Stories, to watch a podcast interview with me on The OCDStories – a site dedicated to sharing stories of those...
Nov 6, 20161 min read
Free OCD Speakers Series & USC Genetic Study Event
WHEN: Sunday March 13 2016, 10:30am – 4:00pm (if you have OCD or an OCD related disorder ( hoarding, skin picking, hairpulling, body...
Feb 17, 20161 min read
Relapse Prevention Tips: The Right Attitude
When you are in the middle of suffering from OCD, all of your attention is upon overcoming OCD, that future time when everything will be...
Jul 31, 20142 min read
OCD Treatment In LA!
It’s official, I will be relocating to LA on Dec. 1 this year and starting a new anxiety and OCD treatment center there. The new office...
Jul 21, 20141 min read
OCD and Hope
OCD can be devastating, but there is treatment that works. When reading comments from other readers that may sound hopeless, please...
Jun 18, 20141 min read
Freedom From OCD 2nd Edition is Now Available!
The second edition of Freedom From OCD is now available. It includes updated treatment information (e.g. incorporating ACT into ERP),...
May 13, 20141 min read
SITE NEWS — 2nd Edition of Freedom from OCD has a publication date!
For those of you who have been checking this site, I’d like to thank you for your support and apologize for not blogging enough. Update...
Nov 18, 20121 min read
Knowing You Have OCD With Certainty
Max in a post to this site asked what about convincing someone, with certainty, that they have OCD, since this would be comforting and...
Aug 19, 20112 min read
Answer to Patrick’s Obsessing about Obsessing Post
Patrick, I assume you read the post article here about obsessing about obsessing, so I will not repeat what was there. This form of OCD...
Feb 20, 20112 min read
Susan’s mental obsessions and religious concerns.
Susan’s mental obsessions and religious concerns. We actually have a sizable number of Orthodox Jews in our practice with a variety of...
Feb 20, 20112 min read
Answer to Ed and his pursuit of the perfect looking princess girlfriend.
Answer to Ed and his pursuit of the perfect looking princess girlfriend. What you are describing could be described as reverse BDD (body...
Feb 20, 20111 min read
The Cruelest Obsession: Obsessing about Obsessing
From: OCD Newsletter. 2004, 18, Issue 4. by Jonathan Grayson, Ph.D. From: OCD Newsletter, 2004, 18, Issue 4 – by Jonathan Grayson If you...
Oct 25, 201011 min read
No one should do exposure and response prevention!
Exposure and response prevention (ERP) is the first line treatment for OCD, but no one should do it! I do believe that any sufferer with...
Aug 22, 20104 min read
Coping With Uncertainty – Your Don’t Ritualize Enough
Recently I answered a question on a list-serv. The author noted that ERP wouldn’t work for her, because she wasn’t worried about...
Mar 22, 20104 min read
Scrupulosity – Answer to Faye’s Question
Faye – I do remember you from last year’s Virtual Camping and it was nice to see it on Nightline — they did a decent job in showing what...
Feb 18, 20102 min read
Reverse BDD – Troy’s obsession about his girlfriend’s appearance
Troy, in your comment, you discussed your concerns about your constant questioning about whether or not you find his girlfriend sexually...
Jan 19, 20104 min read
Sarah’s writing problem
Sarah, your comments about your writing problems cover a very common area of OCD for many sufferers. As you can imagine, many people...
Dec 17, 20092 min read
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