Behavior change, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Are you struggling with obsessive thoughts or excessive fears about contamination, illnesses, death, harm, or doing things right, that are keeping you from living your life? Are your compulsions of checking, or cleaning or checking again disrupting work, school, or...
Behavior change, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Interpersonal problems, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD series: adults
Many people experience doubts about their intimate relationships. They ask themselves, “is this the person for me?,” “Does this person truly love me?, “Is my partner being loyal?” “Is my partner cheating on me?” Clinicians make it clear that...
Anxiety, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Empirically supported treatments, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD series: adults
Most of the time the media has portrayed certain types of OCD such as cleaners, repeaters, checkers, and others through different sources including movies (e.g. As good as it gets, The Aviator, etc.), and TV shows (e.g. Monk). However, those presentations can...
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Anxiety, Behavior change, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Empirically supported treatments, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD series: adults
In the past some academicians and clinicians discussed the difference among “health anxiety, somatic obsessions, or hypochondriasis” while others have looked at their commonalities (e.g. Taylor & Asmundson, 2004). Clinically speaking, all these terms...
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Anxiety, Behavior change, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotion Regulation, Empirically supported treatments, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Procrastination refers to intentionally, volitionally delaying or putting off tasks, activities, projects despite their importance and negative consequences in your day-to-day life. These tasks could be related to work, school performance, daily living (laundry,...
Anxiety, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD series: adults
Aggressive obsessions are a type of Obsessive Compulsive disorder (OCD), and sometimes clinicians refer to it as Harm OCD. They are extremely distressing by nature, feel very uncomfortable, involve people you love the most (romantic partners, relatives, newborn...
