Dr Elaine Ryan PsychD is a highly experienced Chartered Psychologist with 20+ years of experience in treating OCD and Anxiety Disorders. Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS), Division of Neuropsychology | EuroPsy Registered| Member of The UK Society For Behavioural Medicine
I’ve been talking about cognitive diffusion over the past couple of days and today want to show how it can help with OCD. If you have read my previous post you will already know that it comes from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). It’s not about changing the thoughts themselves, but how we interact with … Read more
Yesterday, I wrote about using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with CBT to help with the emotional distress experienced with OCD and briefly introduced the concept of cognitive diffusion and decided that I shall spend some time today talking about that. Cognitive diffusion is a term that stems from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). It’s all … Read more
How ACT principles like mindfulness and defusion from thoughts can complement ERP, helping you manage the emotional distress of obsessions. Today, I want to discuss how therapy models can work together to help with OCD. Specifically, I shall be talking about how Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) can work with the exposure and response prevention … Read more
What is OCD? Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental health condition in which an individual has frequent, unwanted thoughts (obsessions) that cause them to perform repetitive behaviours or rituals (compulsions). Studies show that OCD affects 2-3% of people in the United States. The NHS in the UK estimates that around 12 people out of every … Read more
There are many models of talking therapy at a therapist’s disposal, but only some will help with intrusive thoughts, and others may keep you stuck or worsen your obsessive thoughts. Just because a therapist is trained in a particular model does not mean it is effective for your presenting problem. I wrote this article to … Read more
Inference-based therapy might not be as well known as other models that help with obsessions. Still, I have included it in this introductory series to intrusive thoughts for its value in helping you with obsessions. This post is part of a series called Introduction to intrusive thoughts. According to the model, intrusive thoughts (obsessions) do … Read more