You're listening to The OCD Stories podcast, hosted by me, Stuart Ralph.

The OCD Stories is a podcast dedicated to raising awareness and understanding around obsessive,

compulsive symptoms. I do this for interviewing inspired therapists, psychologists, and people

who have experienced OCD. Welcome to the OCD Stories.

And welcome to episode 468 of the podcast.

And in this one, I chat with Emily Hemmendinger.

Emily is clinical director of the OCD program at the University of Colorado Health

Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic.

And in this one, we discuss OCD and pets, and in particular,

we get an update on Emily, the positives of pets on mental health, how pets can trigger people's

OCD, how this plays out in various themes of OCD, how vets can play a role in reducing compulsions,

exposure and response prevention therapy,

and acceptance and commitment therapy and how they help.

And thank you to NoCD for supporting the podcast.

NoCD offers effective and convenient therapy available in the US and outside the US.

To find out more about NoCD, their therapy plans,

if they currently take your insurance, or to download their free app, head to go.

dot treat myoced.com forward slash the OCD stories, or the link will be in the episode description.

Thank you to all of our patrons for supporting our work. 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. So thank you to Emily for her time and covering this topic.

I really appreciate it. It's always nice to chat with Emily. And for anyone that is affected by pets,

whether they're your pets or anyone else's, I hope this episode helps you. And thank you,

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