S1E36: Part I: Building A Foundation For Neuro-Affirming Approaches to Autism & OCD
Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes Dr. Jeremy Shuman, PsyD, to our family table! This week we're starting a 3 part series with Dr. Shuman on the important topic of Autism & OCD. In today's episode, we will be laying a foundation for understanding neuro-affirming therapeutic approaches with particular focus on the phenomenology of Autism and OCD. So join the conversation! Because not only is it helpful, but it's so important to understand how we ALL matter. No matter our neurotype, our experience matters. And you are not alone.
This is an example of a spectrum diagram that better illustrates how Autism presents within an individual. - Citation Unknown
S1E35: When Trauma Entangles with OCD with Bronwyn Shroyer, LCSW
Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she's joined by Bronwyn Shroyer, LCSW. Bronwyn is an OCD expert, a lead trainer and consultant for Inference-Based CBT, and an EMDR Certified Therapist. Bronwyn utilizes her clinical experience, knowledge and lived experience of both OCD and PTSD to help the OCD Family Community better understand the tricky nature of trauma entangling with OCD. So join the conversation and come learn more, because we're better together.
Resources and Citations:
To learn more about Bronwyn Shroyer, LCSW, visit her website by clicking here.
To learn more about OCD Training School, visit their website here or see the Infographic below:
To learn more about I-CBT, visit their website for more client, family and practitioner resources:.
To learn more about ERP, visit the International OCD Foundation’s website here.
To learn more about the National Counsel’s Trauma Statistics, as cited during this episode, see below infographic and click to expand:
To learn more about the history of a Hoosier, click here. Or see below for the corresponding citation:
(2022b, July 30). What is a Hoosier. IHB. Retrieved March 24, 2023, from https://www.in.gov/history/about-indiana-history-and-trivia/emblems-and-symbols/what-is-a-hoosier/#:~:text=Joseph%20Wright%20derived%20Hoosier%20from,%22hoosa%20men%22%20or%20Hoosiers.
S1E34: There’s Light at the End of the Tunnel with Jon Teller
Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes OCD Warrior and Ph.D. Candidate, Jon Teller, to the OCD Family Community. Jon shares his story of how OCD impacted his journey, resulting in various different experiences with higher levels of care. OCD came in strong, but Jon prevails.. And his story not only elicits hope, but it empowers others suffering from OCD to see the light available at the end of all of our tunnels. And as we will learn, Jon will continue to make waves and shape the impact he has on OCD for the betterment of OCD Warriors everywhere. So come hear more, because you won’t want to miss this conversation!
S1E33: Shifting from ERP to I-CBT with Kristina Orlova, LMFT
Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes OCD expert, podcast host of The OCD Whisperer and author, Kristina Orlova, LMFT, to the OCD Family Community. Explore with us the struggles and advantages to speaking two different evidence-based languages when it comes to the treatment of OCD. Learn more about creating a shift from an ERP mindset to an I-CBT understanding if you feel like I-CBT might be a good fit for you or your loved one. And always, stick around for a double dose of hope. Because whether we’re talking about I-CBT or ERP, there’s HOPE for your loved one and this family!
Learn more about Kristina Orlova, LMFT:
Compulsive Rumination 30 Day Journal
Website: KOR Results Private Practice
Online Course: Be OCD Free: ERP Mindset
YouTube: OCD Whisperer Channel
Learn more about I-CBT:
Click here to visit the I-CBT website.
To check out the Clinician’s Guide and a deeper dive into current research, buy the manual on Amazon by clicking here.
Additionally, check out S1E20 and S1E21 of the OCD Family Podcast for a broader Intro to I-CBT and Treatment-At-A-Glance with Mike Heady, LCPC.
Learn more about ERP:
Click here to visit the International OCD Foundation’s website.
Citations:
Forbes (2023, February 16). The Real Meaning Behind ‘Intrusive Thoughts’: A Mental Health
Term Gets Used—And Abused—On TikTok. Forbes.com. Retrieved March 8, 2023, from https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2023/02/16/the-real-meaning-behind- intrusive-thoughts-a-mental-health-term-gets-used-and-abused-on-tiktok/?sh=3374b769170b
S1E32: Back to Basics with Dr. Jesse Speigel
Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she goes back to the basics in supporting loved ones and chosen family of OCD sufferers. She welcomes Dr. Jesse Speigel to the family table, as we discuss support, goals and resources for OCD treatment with an extra helping of hope for parents, partners and loved ones. Come join the conversation to learn more.
Resources:
To visit Dr. Jesse Speigel’s website or to learn more about his services, please click here.
To follow Dr. Speigel on Facebook, click here.
To learn more about the Anxiety and Depression Association of America’s Annual Conference, click here to visit their website.
Click on the image to take you to the PDF.
S1E31: Part V: Growing Our OCD Treatment Family Tree with Erin Nghe, LCSW, and Bianca Simmons, LPC
Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she presents Part V of the Finding Unity In Diversity: Exploring Treatment Intersectionality Series. This week she welcomes co-creators of ERP Kaleidoscope, a Networking Membership Association for BIPOC individuals living with OCD and BIPOC therapist who treat OCD and OCD-Related Disorders. Join the conversation because we're here to discuss how we can expand the OCD Treatment Family Tree.
Learn more about Erin and Bianca:
Catch them on Instagram:
ERP - Kaleidoscope: @erpkaleidoscop
Erin Nghe, LCSW: @ocdsetfree and Bianca Simmons, LPC: @therapywithbianca
Catch them on Facebook:
Erin: : https://www.facebook.com/ocdsetfree (@ocdsetfree) and Bianca: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064234050479 (@therapywithbianca)
Connect on LinkedIn: @ocdsetfree
Resources:
For more information about Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy, click here.
For more information about Inference-Based CBT, click here.
S1E30: Part IV: When Living Authentically Isn't Safe: An Exploration on How Intersectionality Evidences Itself Between and Within Marginalized Communities with Katie Munday
Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she continues with Part IV of the Finding Unity In Diversity: Exploring Treatment Intersectionality Series. This week, she welcomes special guest, Katie Munday, to talk about their experience as an Autistic person with OCD and ADHD. Additionally, Katie shares about how their experience as a trans non-binary person has further challenged their safety in being their authentic self. Katie's story is powerful, so join our conversation! Because with the pain and isolation also comes hope, and we are better together.
Follow more of Katie’s amazing work on the following social media platforms:
Twitter: @social_parasite
Facebook: Autistic and living the dream
Instagram: autistic.and.living.the.dream
Resources:
To learn more about Inference-Based CBT for the treatment of OCD, click here.
To learn more about the resources and support available through the International OCD Foundation, click here.
To learn more about the resources and support available through OCD-UK, please click here.
To find out more about Nick Walker, who Katie referenced as an author and educator on neuro-queer theory, click here.
S1E29: Part III: Justice-Based Treatment: Reinforcing Hope Instead of Stigma in the Theories and Treatment of OCD in the LGBTQIA+ Community with Dr. Caitlin Pinciotti, Ph.D.
Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes Dr. Caitlin Pinciotti, Ph.D. to the OCD Family Community. In Part III of this dynamic series, we discuss how the treatment of SO-OCD and Gender-themed OCD can negatively reinforce minority stress and harm in the LGBTQIA+ community. We invite you to join the conversation and learn more because we truly are better together.
Resources and Citations:
To inquire about the Call to Action publication, please click here.
Follow Dr. Pinciotti on Twitter: @CMPinciotti
Research Opportunities:
S1E28: Part II: The Art of Advocacy Becoming Policy with Niketa Calame-Harris
Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she continues with Part II of her series, Finding Unity in Diversity: Exploring Treatment Intersectionality. This episode welcomes superstar guest, Niketa Calame-Harris, as she discusses her experience with turning advocacy into policy. Niketa is known for her expansive works, including starring as the original voice in Disney's, The Lion King, as Young Nala. Come join the conversation to learn how Niketa has mastered the art of advocacy becoming policy and you can too!
Resources:
Learn more about Niketa’s current projects: Click here.
Learn more about OCD facts, click here.
To find out more information on the American Diabetes Association, click here.
To learn more about IOCDF and it’s affiliates, click here.
Bonus:
Learn more about OCD, insulin signaling and diabetes: Click here.
S1E27: Part I: Help Wanted: Bringing More Awareness and Inclusive Treatment to BIPOC Communities with Shaun Flores
Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she kicks off a new series, Unity in Diversity: Exploring Treatment Intersectionality. Part I welcome the International OCD Foundation's newest advocate, Shaun Flores, as the OCD Family Community discusses the need for more awareness, representation and inclusive treatment for BIPOC or BAME communities. Shaun is breaking down stigmas and serving up some hope, and we really hope you'll be a part of the conversation.
Resources and Citations:
Merriam-Webster..com. (n.d.). Intersectionality. In Merriam-Webster..com. Retrieved January 27, 2023, from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intersectionality
Merriam-Webster..com. (n.d.). Culture. In Merriam-Webster..com. Retrieved January 27, 2023, from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/culture
Watch Shaun’s Ted X Talk, The Straight Jacket of Masculinity: Click here
Follow Shaun on:
Twitter: theshaunflores
Instagram: theshaunflores
We Need More Ethnic Minorities In Clinical Trials, Here’s Why by Shaun Flores
S1E26: A Family Affair: Discussing the Road So Far and What’s Ahead
Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she is joined by her own family in a little review session about OCD. With continued growth in this OCD Family Community, understanding what OCD is, what the treatment options are and where's we're headed next is so important. For more seasoned fam, join us too! Because you know anytime kids are being recorded, uncertainty abounds. So let's get started!
Resources and Citations:
For IOCDF Info cited in this episode, click on the different content areas below to be linked to source information:
For more information about Inference Based CBT, see the links below:
“Inferential confusion has been defined as a confusion between reality and possibility, where the person with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) persists in his/her obsessional belief despite sense information to the contrary."
Aardema, F., Emmelkamp, P. M. G., & O'Connor, K. P. (2005). Inferential confusion, cognitive change and treatment outcome in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 12(5), 338–345. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.464
S1E25: When Comorbidities Crash the Party: A Look at OCD, Eating Disorder and Bipolar
Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she is joined by lived experience OCD Warrior, Brooke Miller. Brooke is currently Smashing Stigmas as she infuses continued purpose into the painful journey she has experienced with OCD and co-occurring mental health disorders. So join the conversation, OCD Family Community, and learn more about how this crowded party doesn’t define Brooke, you, me or our loved ones.
S1E24: Navigating Higher Levels of Care with Alie Garza
Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she kicks off the New Year with return guest, Alie Garza, MSW. Alie shares more about her experience with residential treatment for OCD. Our glimpse into her process helps the OCD Family Community in gaining some perspective regarding what treatment looks like, the challenges endured and the difficult, sacred journey of what happens next after stepping down from a higher level of care. Alie still brings her warmth and humor, and she shares a bit more about her advocacy as a co-creator for the popular Instagram account, Bad Bitches, Bad Anxiety.
S1E23: The Rising of the Fall with Alie Garza
Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she gives Alie Garza, MSW, a big OCD Family Community welcome! In addition to being one of the content co-creators of the popular Instagram account, Bad Bitches, Bad Anxiety, Alie is an OCD Warrior who is honoring us with her journey from living her life to living the hell that OCD portrayed it could be. Alie shares the subtle, yet layered ways in which OCD bent the possibilities of truth that ultimately led her to residential treatment. Harm and Health OCD are discussed, religious trauma and more. And keep an ear out, because she'll be back next week to share how treatment impacted her and where she is now.
S1E22: Micah’s Wishlist: 8 Things I Wish My Parents Had Known
Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she joins Micah Howe this holiday season. Micah is a mental health advocate who suffers with OCD, depression, and hoarding disorder. One of his deepest passions is to help parents and loved ones of those who battle with OCD better understand the world from a sufferer's perspective. Join us as he unpacks this really powerful wishlist to further help the OCD Family Community in their journeys to love and support our OCD and OCD-Related Disorder warriors.
Connect with Micah on Instagram: @mentalhealthmhe
S1E21: I-CBT Treatment At A Glance with Mike Heady, LCPC
Join Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she continues the discussion with Mike Heady, LCPC, regarding how I-CBT can be applied in treatment. This glance provides a broad overview to some of the key tenants of I-CBT in practice, as well as some helpful resources to support the OCD Family Community in our continued learning.
Resources:
Interested in learning more about Mike Heady, LCPC? Click here to learn more about his work at the Anxiety and Stress Disorders Institute.
Interested in learnming more about I-CBT? Click here to go to the website.
Want to process this more? Check out the Research Roundtable hosted by IOCDF on Youtube.
S1E20: An Introduction to Inference-Based CBT with Mike Heady, LCPC
Join your host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as we learn about Inference-Based CBT with our special guest, Mike Heady, LCPC. The OCD Family Community has made reference to I-CBT before, but what is this framework and what does it have to do with OCD? As it turns out, it's an additional evidenced based framework that can treat OCD, and it's been around for decades as well. But it's more recent emergence of use in the US has made this "new" theory garner questions and confusion for some. So join the conversation, because we're going to break it down and ultimately learn that there's more hope available in the treatment of OCD.
Resources:
Interested in learning more about Mike Heady, LCPC? Click here to learn more about his work at the Anxiety and Stress Disorders Institute.
Interested in learnming more about I-CBT? Click here to go to the website.
Want to process this more? Check out the Research Roundtable hosted by IOCDF on Youtube.
S1E19: BONUS Ho-Ho-Holiday Episode
Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she welcomes back her handsome hubs, Patrick, for a special holiday episode of OCD Family Podcast. This episode will focus on some tips and strategies for varying ERP work during the holiday season, which can be stressful even in the best of circumstances. So join us, as we laugh a little and play a few holiday games too!
Red Cards are for Adults:
Click on the picture to download the pdf for my example cards and a blank card template that you can customize to your specific hierarchies.
Green Cards are for Kids:
Click on the picture to download the pdf for my example cards and a blank card template that you can customize to your specific hierarchies.
Bingo Cards:
Click on the picture to download the pdf for
2 separate Bingo cards. Each separate card has a corresponding full page of examples to practice your non-engagement responses during your next holiday movie viewing. Have more than 2 players? There’s a blank Christmas Movie Bingo board to create additional boards for additional players or to vary your ROCD triggers.
Bonus:
I added in a blank board for your run-of-the-mill RomCom or Miscellaneous movie viewing pleasure!
Hint: Dr. Levine described the following types of Non-Engagement Responses (NERs) that can validate, or affirm, thoughts without engaging in them:
Anxiety
Uncertainty
Possibility
Difficulty
Or Combinations
S1E18: Part V: Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) with Dr. Anthony Pinto, Ph.D.
Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she completes our first OCD Related Disorder Series with Part V on Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder. She hosts Dr. Anthony Pinto, Ph.D., International Expert, as we learn more about OCPD, how it's diagnosed, treated and more. You won't want to miss out on this Series finale, as it's more prevalent than most people realize. Come join the conversation and learn more! There's always a seat at the table for you.
Resources:
Northwell’s OCD Clinic: Click here to see OCPD videos and articles from Dr. Anthony Pinto, Ph.D. and Colleagues
IOCDF’s Support Group Information: Visit Now
Interested in buying Dr. Pinto’s collaborative work, Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder? It’s available through APA Publishing: Click here for more information.
Find more information regarding Dr. Pinto’s Chapter in Clinical Handbook of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders (pp.415-429)? Click here!
*To check out Dr. Pinto’s recommendation regarding Sarah Egan’s book, Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Perfectionism, Reprint Edition by Sarah J. Egan (Author), Tracey D. Wade (Author), Roz Shafran (Author), Martin M. Antony (Author): Click here
*Please note that OCD Family Podcast is an Amazon Affiliate.
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Check out Dr. Pinto in a return visit with Nicole for S2E69, where he answers the fam’s questions on OCPD!
S1E17: Part IV: Hoarding Disorder: What Can We Do?
Join host, Nicole Morris, LMFT and Mental Health Correspondent, as she talks with Hoarding and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder expert, Gabrielle Faggella, LISW-S, ACSW. For Part IV of the OCD Related Disorder Series, we will discuss many aspects regarding hoarding behavior and Hoarding Disorder, as well as treatment strategies and hope for families with loved ones suffering with this sometimes deadly disorder.
Resources:
Click here to visit the Provider Search tool from the International OCD Foundation, which can be used worldwide. Once there, you can click on Find Help to enter your location.