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    The OCD Stories

    Welcome to The OCD Stories, hosted by Stuart Ralph. The podcast has been heard over 8million times globally. Check out your first episode from our existing hundreds of episodes featuring experts, and people experiencing symptoms just like you today. If you do, you may just feel understood, heard and possibly help you identify your next step in your own personal journey to healing.

    Disclaimer – this podcast is not a replacement for therapy. Please seek treatment from a licensed mental health professional.

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    Latest Episodes:
    Ethan Tuccienza: Exposure to emotions (#527) Mar 01, 2026
    Show notes

    In episode 527 I chat with Ethan Tuccienza. Ethan is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) and clinical director of Behavioural Psych Studio's LA office.

    We discuss his therapy story, dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP), exposure to emotions, DBT-PTSD as an intervention, trauma, shame, tolerating emotions, he shares a couple DBT skills including willing hands and mindfulness of our emotions. We also discuss guilt, shutting down during exposures and what to do, and much more. Hope it helps.

    Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/ethan-527

    The podcast is made possible by NOCD. NOCD offers effective, convenient therapy available in the US and outside the US. To find out more about NOCD, their therapy plans and if they currently take your insurance head over to https://go.treatmyocd.com/theocdstories

    Join many other listeners getting our weekly emails. Never miss a podcast episode or update: https://theocdstories.com/newsletter

    Story: Mike (sexual orientation OCD, existential OCD, somatic OCD, harm OCD) (#526) Feb 22, 2026
    Show notes

    In episode 526 I chat with Mike who has kindly agreed to share his OCD story with us.

    We discuss sexual orientation themed OCD, existential themed OCD, somatic themed OCD, harm themed OCD, compulsing around the recovery process, getting therapy, working with Dr Steven Phillipson and Dr Michael Alcee, words of hope and much more.

    Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/mike-526 (Episode includes explicit language)

    The podcast is made possible by NOCD. NOCD offers effective, convenient therapy available in the US and outside the US. To find out more about NOCD, their therapy plans and if they currently take your insurance head over to https://go.treatmyocd.com/theocdstories

    Join many other listeners getting our weekly emails. Never miss a podcast episode or update: https://theocdstories.com/newsletter

    Story: Charlotte (harm and suicidal themed OCD, journaling, therapy) (#525) Feb 15, 2026
    Show notes

    In episode 525 I chat with Charlotte who has kindly agreed to share her OCD story with us.

    We discuss her story, worrying she was pregnant as a kid, realising it's OCD, experiencing theme switches, harm themed OCD, mental health health anxiety, suicidal themed OCD, getting therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP), acceptance, her joy journal, and much more. Hope it helps.

    Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/charlotte-525

    The podcast is made possible by NOCD. NOCD offers effective, convenient therapy available in the US and outside the US. To find out more about NOCD, their therapy plans and if they currently take your insurance head over to https://go.treatmyocd.com/theocdstories

    Join many other listeners getting our weekly emails. Never miss a podcast episode or update: https://theocdstories.com/newsletter

    Ray Kolke: Rumination by the Numbers (RBTN) as a tool for dealing with rumination (#524) Feb 08, 2026
    Show notes

    In episode 524 I chat with Ray Kolke. Ray is a licensed mental health counsellor (LMHC) who works with people affected by OCD and anxiety.

    We discuss his therapist background, why he doesn't ask his clients how they are feeling at the start of the session, he discusses not focusing on feelings in more detail, rumination, his tool of rumination by the numbers (RBTN), he breaks down this tool, and much more. Hope it helps.

    Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/ray-524

    The podcast is made possible by NOCD. NOCD offers effective, convenient therapy available in the US and outside the US. To find out more about NOCD, their therapy plans and if they currently take your insurance head over to https://go.treatmyocd.com/theocdstories

    Join many other listeners getting our weekly emails. Never miss a podcast episode or update: https://theocdstories.com/newsletter

    Story: Angie (Health anxiety, contamination OCD, suicidal OCD) (#523) Feb 01, 2026
    Show notes

    In episode 523 I chat with Angie who has kindly agreed to share her OCD story with us.

    We discuss health anxiety, contamination themed OCD, and suicidal themed OCD. Doubting whether it's OCD or not, compulsions, uncertainty, getting therapy including exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP), relationships, exercise, having a dog in relation to OCD, and much more. Hope it helps.

    Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/angie-523

    The podcast is made possible by NOCD. NOCD offers effective, convenient therapy available in the US and outside the US. To find out more about NOCD, their therapy plans and if they currently take your insurance head over to https://go.treatmyocd.com/theocdstories

    Join many other listeners getting our weekly emails. Never miss a podcast episode or update: https://theocdstories.com/newsletter

    Lauren Rosen: Mental Compulsions in OCD (#522) Jan 25, 2026
    Show notes

    In episode 522 I chat with Lauren Rosen, LMFT. Lauren is a therapist and founded the Center for the Obsessive Mind, an outpatient clinic serving individuals in California, Florida, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Pennsylvania and select other states and countries. Lauren is the author of The Mental Compulsions Workbook for OCD. Lauren also hosts the Purely OCD Podcast.

    We discuss her Mental compulsion workbook for OCD, what are mental compulsions, rumination, noticing mental compulsions, some skills for addressing mental compulsions, mindfulness, attention, mindfulness meditation, and much more. Hope it helps.

    Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/lauren-522

    The podcast is made possible by NOCD. NOCD offers effective, convenient therapy available in the US and outside the US. To find out more about NOCD, their therapy plans and if they currently take your insurance head over to https://go.treatmyocd.com/theocdstories

    Join many other listeners getting our weekly emails. Never miss a podcast episode or update: https://theocdstories.com/newsletter

    Story: Regan (Harm and contamination OCD, panic attacks) (#521) Jan 18, 2026
    Show notes

    In episode 521 I chat with Regan who has kindly agreed to share her OCD story with us.

    We discuss her OCD story, the journey to getting an OCD diagnosis, moving countries in adolescence, panic attacks, harm themed OCD, contamination themed OCD, exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP), nightmares, childhood experiences of OCD, her cat in the context of OCD, her partner, the grounding techniques Regan uses, and much more. Hope it helps.

    Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/regan-521

    The podcast is made possible by NOCD. NOCD offers effective, convenient therapy available in the US and outside the US. To find out more about NOCD, their therapy plans and if they currently take your insurance head over to https://go.treatmyocd.com/theocdstories

    Join many other listeners getting our weekly emails. Never miss a podcast episode or update: https://theocdstories.com/newsletter

    Brad Hufford: Functioning well despite OCD distress is still a victory (#520) Jan 11, 2026
    Show notes

    In episode 520 I chat with Brad Hufford. Brad is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW-C) who specialises in working with OCD. He is a therapist at the Behavior therapy Center of Greater Washington.

    We discuss Brad's OCD story, being a therapist over the last 30 years, exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP), the therapy relationship, the idea of functioning well despite distress is still a victory, motivation in ERP, words of hope and much more. Hope it helps.

    Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/brad-520

    The podcast is made possible by NOCD. NOCD offers effective, convenient therapy available in the US and outside the US. To find out more about NOCD, their therapy plans and if they currently take your insurance head over to https://go.treatmyocd.com/theocdstories

    Join many other listeners getting our weekly emails. Never miss a podcast episode or update: https://theocdstories.com/newsletter

    Story: Ally Kristan (Grief, worries of harm coming to others, her book) (#519) Jan 04, 2026
    Show notes

    In episode 519 I chat with Ally Kristan who has kindly agreed to share her OCD story with us.

    We discuss her story, her compulsions, starting therapy in adolescence, grief, worries of harm coming to others, what else has helped her, intuition, her book, connection with nature, animism, penguins and the Antarctic (Ally's a penguin expert), and much more. Hope it helps.

    Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/ally-519

    The podcast is made possible by NOCD. NOCD offers effective, convenient therapy available in the US and outside the US. To find out more about NOCD, their therapy plans and if they currently take your insurance head over to https://go.treatmyocd.com/theocdstories

    Join many other listeners getting our weekly emails. Never miss a podcast episode or update: https://theocdstories.com/newsletter

    Jonny Say and Stuart Ralph role-play a key ACT skill for rumination (#518) Dec 28, 2025
    Show notes

    In episode 518 Jonny Say and I practiced some Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) skills together. Jonny is a UK based therapist and co-director at The Integrative Centre for OCD Therapy.

    We discuss the skill dropping anchor, how the skill dipping in and out of the stream can help us learn how to deal with rumination, Jonny and I role play a client session using dipping in and out of the stream, and much more. Hope it helps.

    Our ACT skills training for therapists: https://www.icocdtraining.co.uk/live-training

    Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/jonny-stu-518

    The podcast is made possible by NOCD. NOCD offers effective, convenient therapy available in the US and outside the US. To find out more about NOCD, their therapy plans and if they currently take your insurance head over to https://go.treatmyocd.com/theocdstories

    Join many other listeners getting our weekly emails. Never miss a podcast episode or update: https://theocdstories.com/newsletter

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