Joining me on this episode is Dr. Martin Hsia. He is a Psychologist, trainer, and lecturer, specializing in empowering people with OCD, Anxiety Disorders, and Insomnia, to reclaim their lives. He supervises therapists and Psychiatry residents in providing Cognitive Behavior Therapy skills and interventions, and is the Clinical Director of CBT SoCal, the CBT Center of Southern California. In this episode we discuss:
0:00 Intro
1:29 The difference between OCD and Anxiety
4:01 Distress and OCD
6:34 Subtypes of OCD
8:07 The cycle of OCD
10:45 Themes in OCD
15:50 Why it’s important to understand OCD
16:33 The best treatment for OCD is Exposure & Response Prevention
24:02 The power in doing different behaviors and responses
30:24 The therapists comfort with uncertainty and doing exposures
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