You're Not Alone | OCD Help

Amy Diener is an artist that specializes in dot paintings. She had been struggling with OCD since her high school years, but has been utilizing her art to heal and deal with her mental health. She finds peace and zen in making her paintings made of dots and solely relied on art as an avenue for healing, but as she grew older, she learned of the many other ways to aid in her healing from OCD, such as ERP. She now has a deeper understanding of the mental illness and has developed to live without fear of having OCD. Today, she continues her passion for art and even donates a portion of proceeds in supporting the International OCD Foundation.  

In this episode we talk about: 

◾️ Amy's personal journey with OCD ◾️ Her art and how it helped her with navigating her thoughts ◾️ Therapy, medication, and other technicalities of OCD

Find Amy here: 

amydiener.com

Find Zach here :

zachwesterbeck.com

@zach_westerbeck

This podcast is made possible by NOCD. NOCD offers effective, affordable, and convenient OCD therapy. NOCD therapists are trained in Exposure Response Prevention, or ERP, therapy, the gold standard treatment for OCD. With NOCD, you can do virtual, live face-to-face video sessions with one of their licensed, specialty-trained therapists, and they accept most major insurance plans. If your insurance isn't covered, mention discount code ZACH100 for a special $100 rate for the next two months. To find out more about NOCD, visit zachwesterbeck.com/virtual-ocd-therapy/ to book a free 15-minute call.

Zach Westerbeck is not a licensed medical professional. Zach Westerbeck is not trained in diagnosing psychological or medical conditions. Zach Westerbeck is not a substitute for medical care or medical advice. If you require assistance with any mental health or medical issue, please contact your health care provider for any medical care or medical advice. Zach Westerbeck makes no guarantees of any kind that the information or services provided by Zach Westerbeck will improve the client’s situation. This podcast should not be considered medical advice. Please seek professional assistance from a licensed professional.

Elliot Kallen is the founder of A Brighter Day, a non-profit charity aimed at spreading awareness about depression and suicide prevention for teens and parents. After losing their son who took his own life in 2016, Elliot and his wife, Tammy, put together the charity in hopes of supporting young adults in their transition to adulthood to prevent teen suicide. 

In this episode we talk about: 

◾️ What is depression ◾️ Warning signs of suicidal ideation and how to prevent it ◾️ Communication and being present in difficult times for teens

Find Elliot here:

abrighterday.info

Find Zach here :

zachwesterbeck.com

@zach_westerbeck

This podcast is made possible by NOCD. NOCD offers effective, affordable, and convenient OCD therapy. NOCD therapists are trained in Exposure Response Prevention, or ERP, therapy, the gold standard treatment for OCD. With NOCD, you can do virtual, live face-to-face video sessions with one of their licensed, specialty-trained therapists, and they accept most major insurance plans. If your insurance isn't covered, mention discount code ZACH100 for a special $100 rate for the next two months. To find out more about NOCD, visit zachwesterbeck.com/virtual-ocd-therapy/ to book a free 15-minute call.

Zach Westerbeck is not a licensed medical professional. Zach Westerbeck is not trained in diagnosing psychological or medical conditions. Zach Westerbeck is not a substitute for medical care or medical advice. If you require assistance with any mental health or medical issue, please contact your health care provider for any medical care or medical advice. Zach Westerbeck makes no guarantees of any kind that the information or services provided by Zach Westerbeck will improve the client’s situation. This podcast should not be considered medical advice. Please seek professional assistance from a licensed professional.

Ben Eckstein is a licensed clinical social worker from Durham, North Carolina. He founded Bull City Anxiety in 2014, a private practice where a small group of other licensed therapists treat patients suffering from OCD and anxiety. He has worked in a variety of settings, including inpatient psychiatry, residential treatment, and outpatient clinics. Ben has treated many patients suffering from OCD and related disorders with a multitude of approaches, such as CBT, ERP, ACT, and more.

In this episode we talk about: 

◾️ Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Metacognitive Therapy, and other forms of treating OCD. ◾️ Obsessions and what makes OCD. ◾️ Steps to make to treat OCD.

Find Ben here:

bullcityanxiety.com @bullcityanxiety

His book, Worrying Is Optional will also be available on November 1, 2023.

Find Zach here :

zachwesterbeck.com

@zach_westerbeck

This podcast is made possible by NOCD. NOCD offers effective, affordable, and convenient OCD therapy. NOCD therapists are trained in Exposure Response Prevention, or ERP, therapy, the gold standard treatment for OCD. With NOCD, you can do virtual, live face-to-face video sessions with one of their licensed, specialty-trained therapists, and they accept most major insurance plans. If your insurance isn't covered, mention discount code ZACH100 for a special $100 rate for the next two months. To find out more about NOCD, visit zachwesterbeck.com/virtual-ocd-therapy/ to book a free 15-minute call.

Zach Westerbeck is not a licensed medical professional. Zach Westerbeck is not trained in diagnosing psychological or medical conditions. Zach Westerbeck is not a substitute for medical care or medical advice. If you require assistance with any mental health or medical issue, please contact your health care provider for any medical care or medical advice. Zach Westerbeck makes no guarantees of any kind that the information or services provided by Zach Westerbeck will improve the client’s situation. This podcast should not be considered medical advice. Please seek professional assistance from a licensed professional.

In this week's episode, we welcome back the Founder and CEO of From Survivor to Thriver, Erik DaRosa. He still continues his work as a mental health advocate and speaker apart from his work at From Survivor to Thriver. Today, we take on a casual approach to discussing each other's experiences with mental health as it is Erik's goal to get rid of the stigma of mental health discourse and normalize it as a topic in daily conversation.

In this episode we talk about: 

◾️ Each other's personal experiences with OCD and mental health ◾️ The importance of normalizing the topic of mental health in casual conversations ◾️ Knowing that we are never alone in our journey through mental health

Find Erik here:

@skisherpa fromsurvivortothriver.com/

Find Zach here :

zachwesterbeck.com

@zach_westerbeck

This podcast is made possible by NOCD. NOCD offers effective, affordable, and convenient OCD therapy. NOCD therapists are trained in Exposure Response Prevention, or ERP, therapy, the gold standard treatment for OCD. With NOCD, you can do virtual, live face-to-face video sessions with one of their licensed, specialty-trained therapists, and they accept most major insurance plans. If your insurance isn't covered, mention discount code ZACH100 for a special $100 rate for the next two months. To find out more about NOCD, visit zachwesterbeck.com/virtual-ocd-therapy/ to book a free 15-minute call.

Zach Westerbeck is not a licensed medical professional. Zach Westerbeck is not trained in diagnosing psychological or medical conditions. Zach Westerbeck is not a substitute for medical care or medical advice. If you require assistance with any mental health or medical issue, please contact your health care provider for any medical care or medical advice. Zach Westerbeck makes no guarantees of any kind that the information or services provided by Zach Westerbeck will improve the client’s situation. This podcast should not be considered medical advice. Please seek professional assistance from a licensed professional.

Jenna Schloss is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker located in Illinois. She treats mainly clients suffering from OCD, but also tackles generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and other related illnesses. Her  approach to treating said disorders cover many grounds as she uses Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Acceptant and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). Although she may sound like your textbook psychotherapist, she believes that laughter is an essential part of life and mental health. This translates to how she tailor-makes her approach to each individual and their own personal goal. If you book a session with Jenna, don't forget to give her executive assistant, Maddie, a belly-rub (she's a dog). 

In this episode we talk about: 

◾️ Anxiety and white knuckling  ◾️ Acceptance in therapy vs. acceptance in day-to-day life ◾️ The impact of the "pause" after acknowledging the presence of OCD

Find Jenna here:

@ocdchicago

Find Zach here :

zachwesterbeck.com

@zach_westerbeck

This podcast is made possible by NOCD. NOCD offers effective, affordable, and convenient OCD therapy. NOCD therapists are trained in Exposure Response Prevention, or ERP, therapy, the gold standard treatment for OCD. With NOCD, you can do virtual, live face-to-face video sessions with one of their licensed, specialty-trained therapists, and they accept most major insurance plans. If your insurance isn't covered, mention discount code ZACH100 for a special $100 rate for the next two months. To find out more about NOCD, visit zachwesterbeck.com/virtual-ocd-therapy/ to book a free 15-minute call.

Zach Westerbeck is not a licensed medical professional. Zach Westerbeck is not trained in diagnosing psychological or medical conditions. Zach Westerbeck is not a substitute for medical care or medical advice. If you require assistance with any mental health or medical issue, please contact your health care provider for any medical care or medical advice. Zach Westerbeck makes no guarantees of any kind that the information or services provided by Zach Westerbeck will improve the client’s situation. This podcast should not be considered medical advice. Please seek professional assistance from a licensed professional.

Stefan Batorjis is a qualified integrative psychotherapist and mountain leader, facilitating people in natural environments for over 20 years. He is the founder of Nature & Therapy UK , which was created as a response to the growing need to foster a spiritual and psychological connection to land. He also established the Ecotherapy Project in 2008 with the Plymouth NHS for people in need of mental health care. Apart from his ecotherapy projects, Stefan is an associate lecturer at Plymouth University, teaching the role of nature in mental health and recovery from trauma. 

In this episode we talk about: 

◾️ The healing power of nature to our brains ◾️ How the brain is overstimulated and the need for its homeostasis and nature ◾️ The Human Givens approach

Find Stefan here:

[email protected]

Find Zach here :

zachwesterbeck.com

@zach_westerbeck

This podcast is made possible by NOCD. NOCD offers effective, affordable, and convenient OCD therapy. NOCD therapists are trained in Exposure Response Prevention, or ERP, therapy, the gold standard treatment for OCD. With NOCD, you can do virtual, live face-to-face video sessions with one of their licensed, specialty-trained therapists, and they accept most major insurance plans. If your insurance isn't covered, mention discount code ZACH100 for a special $100 rate for the next two months. To find out more about NOCD, visit zachwesterbeck.com/virtual-ocd-therapy/ to book a free 15-minute call.

Zach Westerbeck is not a licensed medical professional. Zach Westerbeck is not trained in diagnosing psychological or medical conditions. Zach Westerbeck is not a substitute for medical care or medical advice. If you require assistance with any mental health or medical issue, please contact your health care provider for any medical care or medical advice. Zach Westerbeck makes no guarantees of any kind that the information or services provided by Zach Westerbeck will improve the client’s situation. This podcast should not be considered medical advice. Please seek professional assistance from a licensed professional.

Doctor Sean Sullivan is a licensed clinical psychologist and the CEO of OnePerfect, a platform focusing on wellness of mental health through "Shifts," which are personalized mindset "shifting" experiences. Doctor Sullivan's research is focused on applying technology to improve mental health, mostly with regards to helping his patients shift their state of mind on demand. Outside of Shift Therapy, he has written psychology books and produced digital psychology content and interventions, such as self-help book apps and a high-performance brain training program at 30-Day Brain and One Perfect Meditation.

In this episode we talk about: 

◾️ What Shift Therapy is ◾️ Technology in treating mental health ◾️ Mindfulness and shifting

Find Sean here:

www.oneperfectshift.com

Find Zach here :

zachwesterbeck.com

@zach_westerbeck

This podcast is made possible by NOCD. NOCD offers effective, affordable, and convenient OCD therapy. NOCD therapists are trained in Exposure Response Prevention, or ERP, therapy, the gold standard treatment for OCD. With NOCD, you can do virtual, live face-to-face video sessions with one of their licensed, specialty-trained therapists, and they accept most major insurance plans. If your insurance isn't covered, mention discount code ZACH100 for a special $100 rate for the next two months. To find out more about NOCD, visit zachwesterbeck.com/virtual-ocd-therapy/ to book a free 15-minute call.

Zach Westerbeck is not a licensed medical professional. Zach Westerbeck is not trained in diagnosing psychological or medical conditions. Zach Westerbeck is not a substitute for medical care or medical advice. If you require assistance with any mental health or medical issue, please contact your health care provider for any medical care or medical advice. Zach Westerbeck makes no guarantees of any kind that the information or services provided by Zach Westerbeck will improve the client’s situation. This podcast should not be considered medical advice. Please seek professional assistance from a licensed professional.

Paris had gone through a long bout with bipolar disorder through her life. After several years of misdiagnoses and being in and out of a psychiatric hospital, she is now able to manage her mental health. Paris spreads awareness about the disorder through hosting the Live Well Bipolar podcast. She is also the author of Crooked Illness : Lessons From Inside & Outside Hospital Walls where she shares her experiences as both a patient and as someone working in the behavioral health field.

In this episode we talk about: 

◾️ An in depth look into bipolar disorder ◾️ Changing relationships and establishing a support system ◾️ Managing the disorder in day to day life

Find Paris here:

@livewellbipolar

Find Zach here:

zachwesterbeck.com

@zach_westerbeck

This podcast is made possible by NOCD. NOCD offers effective, affordable, and convenient OCD therapy. NOCD therapists are trained in Exposure Response Prevention, or ERP, therapy, the gold standard treatment for OCD. With NOCD, you can do virtual, live face-to-face video sessions with one of their licensed, specialty-trained therapists, and they accept most major insurance plans. If your insurance isn't covered, mention discount code ZACH100 for a special $100 rate for the next two months. To find out more about NOCD, visit zachwesterbeck.com/virtual-ocd-therapy/ to book a free 15-minute call.

Zach Westerbeck is not a licensed medical professional. Zach Westerbeck is not trained in diagnosing psychological or medical conditions. Zach Westerbeck is not a substitute for medical care or medical advice. If you require assistance with any mental health or medical issue, please contact your health care provider for any medical care or medical advice. Zach Westerbeck makes no guarantees of any kind that the information or services provided by Zach Westerbeck will improve the client’s situation. This podcast should not be considered medical advice. Please seek professional assistance from a licensed professional.

Dr. Charles Brady is a board-certified clinical psychologist who has been helping people build the courage to face their fears and anxiety since 1992. Previously, he was an associate professor in the University of Cincinnati's Department of Psychiatry and Director of the OCD and Anxiety Services program at the Lindner Center of HOPE, but moved forward from these roles to become the founder of Kitsap Peninsula OCD And Anxiety Services, his solo private practice. In his practice, he focuses on alleviating the struggles his patients deal with from the wide OCD-spectrum as well as other anxiety disorders.

In this episode we talk about: 

◾️ The importance of having courage when dealing with mental health ◾️ The role of exposures in building courage ◾️ How fear can potentially hinder progress

Find Charles here:

kitsapocd.com

Find Zach here:

zachwesterbeck.com

@zach_westerbeck

Zach Westerbeck is not a licensed medical professional. Zach Westerbeck is not trained in diagnosing psychological or medical conditions. Zach Westerbeck is not a substitute for medical care or medical advice. If you require assistance with any mental health or medical issue, please contact your health care provider for any medical care or medical advice. Zach Westerbeck makes no guarantees of any kind that the information or services provided by Zach Westerbeck will improve the client’s situation. This podcast should not be considered medical advice. Please seek professional assistance from a licensed professional.

Teda is a licensed therapist specializing in OCD who also pays close attention to trauma, depression, and other anxiety disorders. She believes in evidence-based treatment in her work and how therapy can genuinely change people's lives for the better. She also offers her expertise in NOCD as both a therapist and a writer. Outside of treating mental health, she spends her time writing poetry and attending open mics to share her work.

In this episode we talk about: 

◾️ Prolonged exposures to traumatic events ◾️ Comparing and contrasting OCD and PTSD ◾️ Different forms of therapy and approaches to manage PTSD and OCD

Find Teda here:

@teda.does.psychotherapy

Find Zach here:

zachwesterbeck.com

@zach_westerbeck

Zach Westerbeck is not a licensed medical professional. Zach Westerbeck is not trained in diagnosing psychological or medical conditions. Zach Westerbeck is not a substitute for medical care or medical advice. If you require assistance with any mental health or medical issue, please contact your health care provider for any medical care or medical advice. Zach Westerbeck makes no guarantees of any kind that the information or services provided by Zach Westerbeck will improve the client’s situation. This podcast should not be considered medical advice. Please seek professional assistance from a licensed professional.