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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:
    Chrissie Hodges: Acceptance of OCD (#507) Oct 12, 2025
    Show notes

    In episode 507 I chat with Chrissie Hodges. Chrissie is a Peer Support specialist, founder of OCD Gamechangers, and Author of 'Pure OCD: The Invisible Side of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder'. Chrissie was awarded the hero award at the 24th IOCDF conference in San Fran.

    We discuss her community, acceptance and radical acceptance, what is acceptance, what are we actually accepting, what acceptance is not, taboo themes of OCD, shame and guilt, barriers to acceptance, and much more. Hope it helps.

    Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/chrissie-507

    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

    Dr Sam Greenblatt: Unlocking Relationship OCD (ROCD) treatment (#506) Oct 05, 2025
    Show notes

    In episode 506 I chat with Dr Sam Greenblatt. Sam is a licensed clinical psychologist.

    We discuss an update on him, relationship OCD (ROCD) using his personal story as a case study, improving ROCD treatment, exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP), internal family systems (IFS) therapy, working with other emotions around ROCD, feeling emotions without analysing them, improving relationships, and much more. Hope it helps.

    Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/sam-506

    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

    Dr Fahad Khan: Islamic religious OCD (Waswasa & OCD) (#505) Sep 28, 2025
    Show notes

    In episode 505 I chat with Dr Fahad Khan. Fahad is a licensed clinical psychologist. He currently serves as the Deputy Director at Khalil Center, providing psychological services while supervising clinical and research work. He co-wrote The Islamic Workbook for Religious OCD: A Guide for Overcoming Intrusive Thoughts and Compulsions.

    We discuss his therapy story, waswasa, compulsive prayer, helping Imans and other community members in understanding OCD, exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP), culturally attuned ERP, Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy (TIIP), words of hope and much more. Hope it helps.

    Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/fahad-505

    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

    Thanks to all our patrons for supporting our work. To sign up to our Patreon and to check out the benefits you'll receive as a Patron, visit: https://www.patreon.com/theocdstoriespodcast

    Story: Jack Henderson (OCD, eating disorder, therapy, poetry) (#504) Sep 21, 2025
    Show notes

    In episode 504 I chat with Jack who has kindly agreed to share his OCD story with us.

    We discuss his OCD story, guilt and shame, diet and exercise as part of OCD, an eating disorder diagnosis, exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP), medication, support groups, being creative, expressing through poetry, the idea of signal vs noise, self compassion, he reads some of his poetry, and much more. Hope it helps.

    Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/jack-504

    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

    Thanks to all our patrons for supporting our work. To sign up to our Patreon and to check out the benefits you'll receive as a Patron, visit: https://www.patreon.com/theocdstoriespodcast

    Samantha Faden & Dr Jenifer Cullen: Successfully adjusting OCD therapy for autistic clients (#503) Sep 14, 2025
    Show notes

    In episode 503 I chat with Samantha Faden and Dr Jenifer Cullen. Samantha is autistic and has lived experience with OCD. Sam is the client of Dr Cullen. Jenifer M. Cullen, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist at the McLean OCD Institute.

    We discuss their therapy relationship as therapist and client, how Sam's therapy journey has gone, what worked, how they learned together over time, getting an autism diagnosis, working out together where autism and OCD starts, ends or overlaps. We also discuss trichotillomania, adjusting exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP) for autistic clients, rupture and repair in the therapeutic relationship, adjusting for sensory sensitivities in ERP, having a sensory overload plan, rating anxiety during exposures through special interests, changing the pace of therapy, having more structure and clarity, changing the language used around autism, motivation in therapy, words of hope, and much more. Hope it helps.

    Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/sam-and-jen-503

    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

    Thanks to all our patrons for supporting our work. To sign up to our Patreon and to check out the benefits you'll receive as a Patron, visit: https://www.patreon.com/theocdstoriespodcast

    Christopher Weston: OCD story, BDD, and Somatic OCD (#502) Sep 07, 2025
    Show notes

    In episode 502 I chat with Christopher Weston. Chris is a therapist (LMFT) specialising in OCD.

    We discuss his OCD story, his early life experiences that were challenging, panic attacks, somatic/sensorimotor OCD, body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and much more.

    Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/chris-502

    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

    Thanks to all our patrons for supporting our work. To sign up to our Patreon and to check out the benefits you'll receive as a Patron, visit: https://www.patreon.com/theocdstoriespodcast

    Alexandra Reynolds: Navigating shame around health anxiety (OCD) (#501) Aug 31, 2025
    Show notes

    In episode 501 I chat with Alexandra Reynolds. Alexandra is an OCD Advocate, Community Support Group Leader at NOCD, and is currently doing her graduate clinical training.

    We discuss her health anxiety story, stigma around the diagnosis, running her health anxiety support group, shame and guilt around having health anxiety and the compulsions, experiencing stigma or judgement from family and health care professionals, compassion, how family members can support their loved ones, and much more. Hope it helps.

    Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/alexandra-501

    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

    Thanks to all our patrons for supporting our work. To sign up to our Patreon and to check out the benefits you'll receive as a Patron, visit: https://www.patreon.com/theocdstoriespodcast

    The 500th episode. Musings and reflections from a Welsh mountain range. Aug 24, 2025
    Show notes

    In episode 500 I, Stuart Ralph, reflect on my journey with The OCD Stories podcast over the last nearly 10 years. To do this I took a hike in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales, UK.

    Thanks for listening over the last 500 episodes!

    Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/500

    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

    Here is the form I mentioned for feedback on future episodes of the podcast: https://forms.gle/ZacGhmdxgqa2nUyS8

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

    Thanks to all our patrons for supporting our work. To sign up to our Patreon and to check out the benefits you'll receive as a Patron, visit: https://www.patreon.com/theocdstoriespodcast

    Dr Ronald Nicholson: Using humour in OCD therapy (#499) Aug 17, 2025
    Show notes

    In episode 499 I chat with Dr Ronald Nicholson. Ron is a clinical psychologist currently practicing as a post-doctoral fellow at Dr. Steven Phillipson's Center of Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy.

    We discuss humour in OCD therapy, why humour can help, finding the right balance between humour and seriousness, humour as a way of showing irrelevance, Dr Phillipson asks a few questions including what is the funniest thing that has happened in therapy. We discuss the science of laughter, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and much more. Hope it helps.

    Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/ron-499

    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

    Thanks to all our patrons for supporting our work. To sign up to our Patreon and to check out the benefits you'll receive as a Patron, visit: https://www.patreon.com/theocdstoriespodcast

    A live training by Dr Phillipson for therapists: https://www.integrativecentreforocd.co.uk/live-trainings-therapists/phillipson

    Jonny Say interviews Stuart on the lead up to episode 500! Podcast beginnings, Stuart's key learnings, and what helped him (#498) Aug 10, 2025
    Show notes

    In episode 498 psychotherapist Jonny Say interviews Stuart. Stuart is the host and founder of The OCD Stories podcast. Stuart is a psychotherapist, and co-founder of The Integrative Centre for OCD Therapy.

    In the build up to episode 500 Jonny interviews me (Stuart), we discuss the history of the podcast and some of my personal history, how the podcast helped me in the early days and which topics or guests helped in particular, and then how the podcast has helped me as a therapist, the evolution of the podcast, and much more. Hope it helps.

    Show notes: https://theocdstories.com/episode/stuart-498

    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

    Thanks to all our patrons for supporting our work. To sign up to our Patreon and to check out the benefits you'll receive as a Patron, visit: https://www.patreon.com/theocdstoriespodcast

    A live training by Dr Phillipson for therapists: https://www.integrativecentreforocd.co.uk/live-trainings-therapists/phillipson

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