Dr Patricia Zurita Ona: ACT for BPD and OCD - super-feelers, and emotional regulation (#361)

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🗓️ 24 December 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In episode 361 I chat with Dr Patricia Zurita Ona. Patricia is director of the East Bay Behavior Therapy Center and adjunct professor at the Wright Institute. She is the author of several books including 'Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder'.

We discuss what is borderline personality disorder (BPD) and super-feelers, what it’s like being a super-feeler, what is acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), the 6 micro-skills Patricia teaches, emotional noise vs emotional awareness, OCD and super-feelers, she details some of the micro-skills, attachment, compassion, being a super-feeler while doing exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP), and much more. Hope it helps.

Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/patricia-361

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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.
0:22.2	And welcome to episode 361, and in this one I chat with Dr. Patricia Zareita owner.
0:28.0	Patricia is director of the East Bay Behavior Therapy Center, and author of several books including Acceptance and Commitment
0:35.8	Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder.
0:39.2	So in this episode, we talk about what is Border personality disorder or BPD and what does she mean by the term superfeelas
0:47.8	What it's like being a superfeeler? What is acceptance of commitment Commitment Therapy or Act?
0:53.0	The six micro skills she teaches.
0:56.0	Emotional Noise versus Emotional Awareness.
0:59.0	O. C. D. and Superfeelers.
1:02.0	She details some of the micro skills. We discuss attachment, compassion,
1:07.4	being a super feeler while doing exposure and response prevention therapy and much more.
1:13.0	And thank you to NoCD for supporting the podcast.
1:16.0	NoCD offers effective and convenient therapy available in the US and outside the US.
1:21.0	To find out more about NoCD, their therapy plans, if they currently take your
1:24.9	insurance or to download their free app, head to go.treat my O.com.com forward
1:31.1	slash the OCD stories, or the link will be in the episode
1:34.0	description so thank you to patrice for her time on this one I learned a lot and
1:39.3	enjoyed the conversation and thank you to you guys for listening. It means a lot and I hope you have a good day.
1:47.0	Welcome back to the show, Patricia.
1:49.0	Thank you so much for having me. It's always exciting to chat with you.
1:54.2	Yeah, it's good to have you back on.
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