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Science versus myth: OCD related to childhood memories?

Here is a story: a client struggling with OCD, for over 10-years, was being told in therapy that his OCD was related to childhood memories. Here is the outcome: he never got the treatment he deserved until he learned about Exposure Response Prevention (ERP). Here is...

Body Image Assessments

Behavior change

Is it hard to look at your body? Are you experiencing concern regarding your eating, or your mood? We have a variety of self-assessments that can help determine whether what you’re experiencing might be better addressed with a clinician. Find them...

Guest Post: Mindful Powers

Mindfulness

Today we’re glad to hear from Mindful Powers, a mindfulness app for kids that helps foster greater awareness. Read on for their introduction of this neat app! Mindful Powers™ is a kid-first, holistic approach to building social-emotional learning through the...

Guest Post: The International OCD Foundation as a Resource for the Community

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

We are so grateful to share information from the IOCDF, a wonderful resource for people suffering from OCD and their loved ones, and the host of the annual OCD conference, happening this year in July in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1986 by a small group of individuals...

Architect of Your Emotional Experience: Dr. Barrett TED talk

Behavior change

It may feel to you like your emotions are hard-wired and triggered and just happen to you, but they don’t… Emotions are guesses in the moment -Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett This TED talk by Dr. Barrett refutes so much that we think we know about emotions and...

Emotion Regulation Assessment

Behavior change

Is something about your moods really throwing you off lately? Maybe what you’re feeling seems too big to handle. Try taking our self-quiz for emotion dysregulation on our assessments...

OCD series: Tourette’s and OCD

Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

How can you tell if your child’s behaviors are anxiety-based, or involuntary? Touching, tapping, blinking, coughing, humming; all types of behaviors that can be performed involuntarily, compulsively, repetitively, and in ritualized ways. So, if you or your child...

Science versus myth: OCD related to childhood memories?

Body Image Assessments

Guest Post: Mindful Powers

Guest Post: The International OCD Foundation as a Resource for the Community

Architect of Your Emotional Experience: Dr. Barrett TED talk

Emotion Regulation Assessment

OCD series: Tourette’s and OCD

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