Laura Yocum, LMFT, Executive Director of the OCD Center of Los Angeles, shares Part 1 of her personal journey with OCD—from a little girl overwhelmed by fear and responsibility to the beginning of a path that would ultimately shape her life and career. In this deeply personal story, Laura reflects on the early experiences of OCD that she carried quietly for years and the moments that began to change everything.
Category: Relationship OCD (ROCD)
Online Reassurance Seeking: Compulsions in the Digital Age
Emmily Hovhannisyan, MSW, ACSW, of the OCD Center of Los Angeles discusses the common existential OCD, discussing its presentation, common existential thoughts, and treatment overview.
You, Me and the OCD: How Couples Therapy Can Help in Relationships Impacted by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Emma Kazarian, AMFT, APCC, of the OCD Center of Los Angeles discusses the benefit of seeking OCD-informed couples therapy when OCD impacts the relationship dynamic between partners. In part one, Emma discusses the ways in which the partner with OCD can know what to look out for in assessing the need for couples therapy, and how to support their partner through psychoeducation, communication and disclosure.
When Philosophy Becomes a Compulsion: A Closer Look at Existential OCD
Kristen Taylor-Ladd, MA, LMFT, of the OCD Center of Los Angeles discusses the common existential OCD, discussing its presentation, common existential thoughts, and treatment overview.
The Backdoor Spike: How Having No Anxiety Scares the Hell Out of You!!
Kristen Taylor-Ladd, MA, LMFT, of the OCD Center of Los Angeles discusses the common OCD experience of the backdoor spike: what is it, what it can look like, and how it can be treated.
OCD: The Invisible Disorder
Daniel Safavi, MA, AMFT, of the OCD Center of Los Angeles, discusses the sometimes sensitive and extremely powerful use of disclosure of one’s OCD, as well as some helpful guidelines when determining to self-disclose.
Relationship OCD: Accepting the Unknown in Relationships
Brandi Roberts MS, AMFT, of the OCD Center of Los Angeles, shares her personal experience and recovery from relationship OCD (ROCD), as well as discusses the dynamics and treatment of this very common OCD subtype.
When OCD Comes Between Us: Relationship OCD and Recovery
Laura Yocum, Lauren McMeikan, and Kelley Franke of the OCD Center of Los Angeles discuss Relationship OCD (ROCD) at the Online OCD Conference on August 2, 2020.