Clinicians Only: What I do during an exposure to help increase client motivation and engagement - Solution Focused Brief Therapy combined with Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)

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Clinicians Only: What I do during an exposure to help increase client motivation and engagement - Solution Focused Brief Therapy combined with Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)

Sometimes it can be difficult to figure out what to talk about when a client is performing an exposure exercise during your session. Solution Focus Brief Therapy (SFBT) techniques can be implemented during an exposure and may help improve patient engagement and motivation. Find out how to combine SFBT with Exposure and Response Prevention.

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How Do I Develop Self-Confidence While Choosing to Live With Uncertainty?

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How Do I Develop Self-Confidence While Choosing to Live With Uncertainty?

Building self-confidence in yourself is essential in learning to live with uncertainty. This blog post features key points on how to build self-confidence that may help you on your road to recovery. The blog post discusses how to use effective self-talk, how a critical voice can influence increases in anxiety, how learned helplessness can shape your feared consequences, and how to nurture yourself throughout your recovery journey.

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Will I Act on My OCD Urges?

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Will I Act on My OCD Urges?

Almost two decades ago, impulse control disorders (ICD) was a part of the obsessive compulsive spectrum (Grant et al 2006). How clinicians conceptualize OCD and impulsive control disorders are quite different now. Impulse issues have long been a source of frustration for some individuals with OCD. Many people who have OCD (not all) often struggle, not knowing if their urges will eventually turn into behaviour that will implicate them in the future. For instance, a person with Harm OCD may struggle with the urge to grab a knife and hurt a family member or a person with Incest OCD may become anxious with sexual urges around their siblings. What we are aware of now is that there isn’t a significant overrepresentation of impulse control disorder symptoms in OCD patients. Despite OCD patients reporting urges and impulses, there are clear distinctions that are made that separate OCD patients from those with impulse control issues.

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Is There Such Thing as Unproductive Coping When it Comes to Managing my Anxiety?

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Is There Such Thing as Unproductive Coping When it Comes to Managing my Anxiety?

Yes, there is such a thing as unproductive coping! Many of us struggle with coping and managing in a way that could actually make our anxiety worse. This article explores why we should be aware of unproductive coping and how it could be negatively influencing our anxiety and OCD symptoms.

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