This podcast is the narrated version of my article <a href="/blog/3-vital-cbt-techniques-for-ocd/">3 Vital CBT Techniques for OCD</a>.
CBT can be useful for treating OCD but to be effective we must consider other dimensions of the condition as well.
In this episode I talk about:
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<li>OCD, the malevolent tyrant</li>
<li>Some common obsessions and compulsions</li>
<li>The effects of the toxic imagination</li>
<li>OCD isn&#8217;t just a thought disorder</li>
<li>CBT Technique for OCD 1: Find the underlying need</li>
<li>CBT Technique for OCD 2: Focus on and trust observable reality</li>
<li>CBT Technique for OCD 3: Externalize the OCD</li>
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Or watch this episode of the podcast on video below:
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References/Notes:
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<li><a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/files/attachments/51483/handling-the-hijack.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.psychologytoday.com/files/attachments/51483/handling-the-hijack.pdf</a></li>
<li><a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jclp.22173/abstract;jsessionid=DD80C46BEB56B889674323DF4DDE3DDE.f03t01" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jclp.22173/abstract;jsessionid=DD80C46BEB56B889674323DF4DDE3DDE.f03t01</a></li>
</ol>

The Dark Side of Emotional Needs – Connection: Podcast 088

Mark Tyrrell is a therapist and trainer, and co-founder of Uncommon Knowledge.

His interest in psychological treatment began in the late 1980s while working in a secure psychiatric hospital. He has worked as a therapist and trainer since 1995, specialising in brief, solution focused therapy.

His approach focuses on what actually works in the therapy room, rather than theory for its own sake.

In this podcast, Mark shares practical insights, techniques, and perspectives drawn from real therapeutic experience, designed for therapists, counsellors and anyone interested in effective psychological change.