‘It’s the original ideas around adapting irrational thoughts – the “cognitive” part of CBT – that seem to have trickled most into the mainstream.’Illustration: Rita Liu/The Guardian The first time I ...

A first-line therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) reshapes connectivity of the brain, according to a new study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, published ...

OCD treatment usually involves a combination of medication and exposure and response prevention therapy to control obsessions ...

Jacqueline Sperling, PhD, a clinical psychologist and assistant professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School, and co-program director of the McLean Anxiety Mastery Program, led a study ...

"The treatment that we're delivering , called exposure based CBT or cognitive behavioral treatment, that's really the gold ...

Calif Only. In person Only. I have 20 years experience in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (exposure and response prevention) for OCD, Panic, GAD, Social Anxiety, PTSD, and OC Spectrum Disorders like BDD ...

EMDR has eight stages: history and treatment planning, preparation, assessment, desensitization, installation, body scan, ...

Researchers have used brain scans to measure changes in the cerebral activity of people with obsessive-compulsive disorder after undergoing a type of cognitive behavioral therapy. They found that the ...

The results of the present pilot study provide preliminary evidence that patients with OCD find aspects of MBCT acceptable and beneficial. Changes within eight weeks included a perceived decline of ...

All 12 treatment completers appreciated the program as a whole, were glad they had participated and stated that they had in one way or another experienced it as an enrichment to their lives. Five ...

People with Pure OCD only have mental compulsions, like silent counting or obsessively replaying events in their heads.

Along with discussion of physical health concerns, diet, exercise, personal connection, and stress management, she incorporates aspects of various therapeutic modalities, including CBT, DBT, ACT and ...