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The OCD Stories

Dr Steven Phillipson: What’s the problem? (#449)

The OCD Stories

Stuart

Bdd, Health & Fitness, Recovery, Hocd, Cocd, Rocd, Bodydysmorphicdisorder, Ocd, Anxiety, Obsessivecompulsivedisorder, Mental Health, Help, Mentalhealth, Depression, Advice

4.8873 Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In episode 449 I chat with Dr Steven Phillipson. Steven is a licensed clinical psychologist who specialises in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for OCD. Steven is the Clinical Director at the Center for Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy in New York.

We discuss figuring out what’s the problem in OCD, defining what a problem is, anxiety vs worry, what gets in the way of OCD treatment, the issue with seeing thoughts and feelings as the problem, judging thoughts as bad, 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.

0:21.9

And welcome to episode 449 of the podcast and in this one I chat with

0:26.7

Dr Stephen Philipson Stephen is a licensed clinical psychologist who

0:30.8

specializes in CBT for OCD.

0:33.7

Stephen is the clinical director at the Center for Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy in New York.

0:39.5

And in this episode we discuss figuring out what's the problem in O. C. D defining what a problem is.

0:46.0

Anxiety versus worry, what gets in the way of O. C. D. Treatment.

0:50.0

The issue of seeing thoughts and feelings as the problem, judging thoughts as bad, and much more.

0:56.0

And thank you to No CD for supporting the podcast.

0:59.0

No CD offers effective and convenient therapy available in the US and outside the US.

1:04.6

To find out more about an OCD, their therapy plans, if they currently take your insurance,

1:09.2

or to download their free app, head to go.treat my O my OCD.com forward slash the

1:15.0

OCD stories or the link will be in the episode description. Thank you to all of

1:19.1

our patrons for supporting our work. To sign up to our pat and to check out the other benefits you'll receive as a patron, please see the link in the show notes.

1:28.0

So thank you so much to Steve for his time, as always I appreciate it it and of course thank you to you guys for

1:35.3

listening about further ado here is Steve welcome back to the podcast Steve

1:41.2

always good to see you stew it's been a while but always nice to be back.

1:46.3

Yeah it's good to have you back. So you just firstly how you been any news or anything you want to share.

1:53.0

Enjoying the summer, sad that it's coming to an end, but enjoying the boat,

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