Chris Trondsen: Body Dysmorphic Disorder (#444)
The OCD Stories
Stuart
4.8 • 873 Ratings
🗓️ 28 July 2024
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
In episode 444 I chat with Chris Trondsen. Chris is psychotherapist at the Gateway institute, an OCD and anxiety treatment center. He currently serves as the Vice President of the IOCDF Southern California Affiliate, and is on the Board of Directors of the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF)
We discuss an update on Chris, what is body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), muscle dysmorphia, levels of insight in BDD, a view of how the brain works in BDD, therapy for BDD, and much more. Hope it helps.
Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/chris-444
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to The O. C.D do this for interviewing inspired therapists, |
| 0:15.2 | psychologists and people who have experienced OCD. Welcome to the OCD stories. |
| 0:21.8 | And welcome to episode 444 of the podcast and in this one I got back on |
| 0:27.0 | Chris Tronston Chris is a psychotherapist at the Gateway Institute an |
| 0:31.8 | OCD and Anxiety Treatment Center. |
| 0:34.0 | He currently serves as the Vice President of the International O. C.D. Foundation, Southern California |
| 0:39.9 | Affiliate and is on the Board of directors of the International |
| 0:43.2 | ACD Foundation. |
| 0:44.4 | Now I got Chris on to talk about body dysmorphic disorder and in this |
| 0:49.0 | episode we get an update on Chris. What is BDD, levels of insight in BDD, a view of how the brain works in BDD, |
| 0:58.4 | therapy for BDD and much more. |
| 1:01.5 | Chris truly is an expert around BDD. It's great to have him on and sharing what he knows on this subject and if you're affected by this I believe it's going to hopefully offer you some insight and help. |
| 1:14.8 | And thank you to No CD for supporting the podcast. |
| 1:17.3 | No CD offers effective and convenient therapy available in the US and outside the US. To find out more about an OCD, their |
| 1:24.4 | therapy plans, if they currently take your insurance, or to download their free |
| 1:28.3 | app, head to go dot treat my OCD.com forward slash the O. C. D. stories. |
| 1:34.0 | Or the link will be in the episode description. |
| 1:36.0 | Thank you to all of our patrons for supporting our work. |
| 1:39.0 | To sign up to our Patreon and to check out the other benefits you'll receive as a patron, please see the link in the show notes. |
| 1:46.0 | So thank you to you guys for listening as always. It means a lot and thank you to Chris for his time. |
| 1:51.0 | I appreciate it. It's always nice to talk with him about |
| 1:54.0 | further ado here he is welcome back to the podcast Chris hello welcome |
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