How does ruminating about an obsession in OCD differ from worrying, generally? It could be said that worrying makes you … More
Category: mindfulness
Why Obsessions are not Delusions
Cognitive restructuring helps alter thoughts, feelings and behaviours, and improves insight. Subsequently, agreeing to face obsessions (exposures) and resisting compulsions (response prevention) shows how this active process eventually weakens obsessions, further increasing rational perception.
OCD – Why Include Mindfulness into Exposure Response Prevention
Exposure response prevention has been practiced for almost half-a-century and remains the most effective therapy for treating OCD. With Mindfulness integrated into the process this offers a solution for improving task engagement (in and out of the therapy room) and offers scope for preventing relapse.
