Treatment of OCD and OC Spectrum Disorders in Children

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“If I knew then what I know now.”

Chances are, if you’re reading this, you’ve found yourself saying the same thing at some point in your adult life.  Nowhere is this more relevant than from the perspective of someone looking back on a childhood with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) or an Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum Disorder.  When I meet a new client under 18, there is a powerful sense of traveling through time.  I think, “If only I had someone like me to go back and talk to me when I was someone like this.” How much time might I have saved being able to resist repetitive, unnecessary rituals?  How many more events, relationships, and simple moments of peace might I have been able to enjoy if only I had known what was really happening to me? › Continue reading

Tags: Anxiety, Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), Children With OCD, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Compulsions, Compulsive Skin Picking, Dermatillomania, Hair Pulling, Health, Hypochondria / Health Anxiety, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Obsessions, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Panic Disorder, Phobias, Skin Picking, Social Anxiety / Social Phobia, Trichotillomania

Parenting a Child With OCD

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Parenting any child is a full-time job.  But parenting a child with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) can be particularly challenging.  Unfortunately, research is now confirming what any clinician specializing in the treatment of OCD already knows – that parents often inadvertently contribute to their child’s OCD. › Continue reading

Tags: Anxiety, Avoidant Behaviors, Children With OCD, Compulsions, Obsessions, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Parenting, University of Florida