Dr Chad LeJeune: “Pure O" OCD: Letting Go of Obsessive Thoughts with ACT (#367)
The OCD Stories
Stuart
4.8 • 873 Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
In episode 367 I chat with Dr Chad LeJeune. Chad is a professor of psychology at the University of San Francisco, and author of the books The worry trap, and more recently, “Pure O" OCD: Letting Go of Obsessive Thoughts with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
We discuss what is Pure O, what is acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), his book, when does a thought become an obsession, skills to defuse from sticky thoughts, his acronym LLAMP and how it can help, how to learn ACT skills so that they are remembered, learning to let go of fighting with horrible disturbing thoughts, discovering your values and how to live by them, and much more. Hope it helps.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to The O. C.D. Stories podcast, hosted by me, Stuart Ralph. |
| 0:05.3 | The O. C. D. Stories is a podcast dedicated to raising awareness and understanding |
| 0:10.1 | around obsessive compulsive symptoms. I do this for interviewing inspired therapists, |
| 0:15.2 | psychologists and people who have experienced OCD. Welcome to the OCD stories. |
| 0:21.6 | And welcome to episode 367 and in this one I chat with Dr. |
| 0:26.2 | Chad Lejeune. Chad is professor of psychology at the University of San Francisco |
| 0:31.5 | an author of the books The Wari Trap, and more recently, Pure OCD, |
| 0:36.5 | letting go of obsessive thoughts with acceptance and commitment therapy. |
| 0:40.1 | Now I interviewed Chad back in 2016, so it was great to get him back on the show to talk about his new book. |
| 0:46.0 | So in particular, we start by setting up what is Puro OCD, what is acceptance Commitment Therapy or Act for short? |
| 0:55.0 | He shares what's in his book and what you'll find. |
| 0:58.4 | When does a thought become an obsession? |
| 1:00.8 | Skills to diffuse from sticky thoughts. His acronym Lamp and how it can help, |
| 1:05.0 | how to learn axe skills so that they are remembered, |
| 1:08.0 | learning to let go of fighting with horrible disturbing thoughts, |
| 1:12.0 | discovering your values and how to live by them, and so much more. |
| 1:16.3 | And thank you to our new podcast partner, J.S. Health Fittemins. |
| 1:19.4 | J.S. Health is an Australian wellness brand. |
| 1:22.1 | Jessica Sepul is a nutritionist and founder behind |
| 1:25.1 | J.S. Health and also a dedicated listener to the O. C. D. Story's podcast. |
| 1:29.2 | In fact she says it changed her life and she found her therapist through our podcast which she's been seeing for almost three years. |
| 1:36.0 | Jess has always been very open about her mental health journey including anxiety and pure OCD |
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