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Removing Privileges as a Parent to a Child with OCD

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Parent series: OCD

As a parent to a teen with OCD, are you often asking yourself, “What can I be doing to get my teen to stop doing these compulsions?” Removing privileges is NOT helpful to your teenager’s ability to manage their OCD, mental health, or treatment...

Parent series: Why is my kid so obsessed with their smell?

Parent series: OCD

Is your teen is overly concerned about is body odor ? Does he asks you often to check whether his body is smelling or not? Does he asks you to not forget to buy cologne otherwise he wouldn’t be able to go out? Does he asks you to open the window so nobody can...

Parent series: My teen wants to do everything correct & right. Watch out for OCD!

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Parent series: OCD

Teens work as hard as they can in school. Getting into college is hard and getting straight A’s is unfortunately almost expected for applicants. This immense pressure that your teen is under can make him extremely focused on doing everything perfectly, paying...

Parent series: my kid is so clean; he washes his hands multiple times. watch out for Contamination OCD!

Exposure, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Parent series: OCD

If you’ve read our blogs before, you’re probably familiar with the term OCD, or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Today we’re talking about a specific subset of OCD in a specific age range – Child and adolescent contamination OCD. There are many different types of OCD,...

Parent series: appreciation skills– “I see you”

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Interpersonal problems, Parent series: general parenting, Parent series: OCD

Dr. Zurita Ona’s recently published book discusses parenting skills that they may be especially helpful for parents of teens who seem to have an emotional switch that turns to the max in response to small triggers. One of the core skills emphasizes appreciation of...

Parent series: intensive versus weekly therapy for OCD

Empirically supported treatments, Exposure, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Parent series: OCD

If your child is struggling with OCD symptoms it can be a challenging time for you, your kid, and your family. Whether they are newly diagnosed, or have received treatment previously, you have some decisions to make for what kind of treatment they will need to get...

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