Comments on: I Have Bizarre Thoughts – Do I Have OCD? http://www.ocdla.com/blog/bizarre-thoughts-ocd-441 OCD and Anxiety News Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:09:16 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ocdla http://www.ocdla.com/blog/bizarre-thoughts-ocd-441#comment-18 ocdla Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:52:53 +0000 http://www.ocdla.com/blog/?p=441#comment-18 Hi Deborah, Thank you for your reply to our post on obsessional OCD. I <em>completely</em> agree with you that Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) is the most effective treatment for OCD. At our center, we augment ERP with mindfulness-based techniques similar to that discussed in the article. This approach is particularly valuable with clients struggling with unwanted thoughts. And it meshes well with ERP, as the client learns to have their unwanted thoughts rather than fruitlessly trying to not have them. Hi Deborah,

Thank you for your reply to our post on obsessional OCD. I completely agree with you that Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) is the most effective treatment for OCD. At our center, we augment ERP with mindfulness-based techniques similar to that discussed in the article. This approach is particularly valuable with clients struggling with unwanted thoughts. And it meshes well with ERP, as the client learns to have their unwanted thoughts rather than fruitlessly trying to not have them.

]]> By: Deborah Cole http://www.ocdla.com/blog/bizarre-thoughts-ocd-441#comment-17 Deborah Cole Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:44:34 +0000 http://www.ocdla.com/blog/?p=441#comment-17 Good points. Bizarre and horrendous thoughts are very common. Their serious distress and their consequent compulsions or avoidance are what make them so important to OCD sufferers. I still think Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) are the gold standard for the treatment of OCD. As clients get exposed to their thoughts over and over again without opportunities for avoidance or compulsions, the horror decreases and they can get their lives back. Good points. Bizarre and horrendous thoughts are very common. Their serious distress and their consequent compulsions or avoidance are what make them so important to OCD sufferers. I still think Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) are the gold standard for the treatment of OCD. As clients get exposed to their thoughts over and over again without opportunities for avoidance or compulsions, the horror decreases and they can get their lives back.

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