Dr Emily O’Leary has built her career on studying and treating OCD and anxiety. In this episode Lisa and Dr O’Leary discuss treatment approaches ranging from the traditional approaches to the new modalities and ideas being trialed. Highlights include:

05:20 What is OCD

07:27 What OCD is not

08:37 Comparing OCD and GAD

12:55 Comparing OCD and OCPD

17:20 Identifying OCD in therapy

20:00 Diagnosis and co-occurring conditions

28:54 Foundational research in OCD

35:00 Do clinicians avoid OCD?

41:39 Emerging new treatments

47:10 Using Schema perspectives

50:12 Prioritising multiple diagnoses

55:00 Imagery rescripting

56:20 Working with POCD

1:02:40 Debunking OCD myths

1:05:20 Future directions.

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