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

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...

Updates from IOCDF Newsletter

Behavior change

We are happy to share some of our update from the OCD quarterly newsletter sent from the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF). In the beginning of the year, we were lucky enough to contribute towards clinicians’ learning and development through a 2-day workshop...

Quicksand of Agoraphobia: Part II

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Quicksand of Agroaphobia, by Diane Mengali We had a wonderful talk with Diane Mengali, author of The Quicksand of Agoraphobia. She was very warm and open in sharing her experience, for which we are very grateful. We have revised the interview into four parts, to be...

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...

Guest Post: Finding Help for the “Kids Who Can’t”

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Today we are pleased to have a guest post from the Mountain Valley Treatment Center! Read on to see what how they support the family system: In the October 11th edition of the New York Times Magazine, where the epidemic of severe anxiety disorders and how...