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The OCD Stories

Jonny Say: Ideas for when people struggle with therapy for OCD (#479)

The OCD Stories

Stuart

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

4.8873 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In episode 479 I chat with Jonny Say. Jonny is a UK based therapist and co-director at The Integrative Centre for OCD Therapy. 

We discuss an update on him, we talk about ideas for when people struggle with therapy for OCD. We discuss the length of therapy, he normalises the time frame, trying other approaches, therapists, or a combination of therapies. Increasing motivation through active reflection, building up skills around psychological flexibility, self compassion, and much more. 

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0:00.0

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

0:05.5

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

0:11.1

compulsive symptoms.

0:12.8

I do this for interviewing inspired therapists, psychologists, and people who have experienced

0:17.8

OCD.

0:18.9

Welcome to the OCD Stories.

0:25.0

And welcome to episode 479 of the podcast.

0:31.8

And in this one, I got back on Johnny Say. Johnny is a UK-based therapist and co-director at the Intractive Center for OCD Therapy. And this episode is all about ideas for when people struggle with therapy for OCD.

0:39.5

And in particular, he covers such ideas as the length of therapy. He normalizes the time frame,

0:46.2

trying other approaches, therapists or a combination of therapies, increasing motivation

0:51.3

through active reflection, building up skills around psychological flexibility,

0:56.1

self-compassion and much more.

0:58.8

Johnny does a really good job of giving a lot of ideas and things to think about that hopefully

1:03.7

could help you if you're feeling a bit stuck in therapy currently.

1:07.2

Struggling with OCD, you're not alone.

1:10.1

NoCD offers live face-to-face video therapy with licensed specialists who truly understand OCD.

1:16.9

NoCD therapists are trained in Exposure Response Prevention Therapy,

1:20.7

the gold standard for OCD treatment, and provide personalized treatment and support for children and adults.

1:26.6

Take the first step towards

1:27.8

regaining your life today. Visit nocd.com or the link will be in the episode description

1:33.6

to book a free call. So thank you to you guys as always for listening. It means a lot and I mean that.

1:39.5

And thank you to Johnny for his time and expertise. Always a pleasure to chat with him and I'm glad he could

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