Mindfulness & CBT Tools for Coping with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
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Created by Aman Varma PGDPC
What you’ll learn
- What is Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder?
- How a person develops OCD?
- How Does OCD Take Hold and Keep Hold?
- Types of OCD
- Tools & Techniques to manage OCD
This course includes:
- 1.5 hours on-demand video
- 1 downloadable resource
- Full lifetime access
- Access on mobile and TV
- Certificate of completion
Course content
1 section • 30 lectures • 1h 33m total length
Introduction30 lectures • 1hr 34min
- IntroductionPreview00:32
- Course OutlinePreview02:34
- AnnouncementPreview01:06
- What is Mindfulness?Preview03:15
- Basic Concept of MindfulnessPreview06:53
- Cognitive Therapy03:57
- Behavioral Therapy05:29
- Obsessive Cycle02:06
- Acceptance01:53
- Assessment02:48
- Action01:01
- Nature of Thoughts02:42
- Cognitive Therory of Emotional Problems02:44
- Compulsion & Imparement03:03
- How did you develop OCD?03:16
- Psychological Vulnerabilitites04:59
- Triggering Events03:19
- Probability & Awefulness03:02
- Superstition & Magical Thinking01:53
- Not trusting your sense03:52
- The Vicious Flower02:02
- Understanding your problem04:23
- Rumination & Religion04:27
- Starting to tackle your problem02:55
- Break Free from OCD02:56
- Choosing to Change02:36
- Mental Disorders04:18
- Family & Friends04:44
- Life After OCD02:57
- Conclusion02:14
Requirements
- NA
Description
You’ve likely heard the buzz around mindfulness and meditation. Mindfulness techniques have been proven to help people improve stress levels, reduce anxiety and even aid in the management of depressive episodes. But did you know that meditation and mindfulness exercises can also help those with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) resist the urge to give in to compulsions?
The term ‘mindfulness’ is used to signify many different things, but in the world of cognitive behavioural therapy for OCD, it simply means paying attention to the present moment without judgment or analysis.
The present moment is whatever is going on at any given time. This includes the presence of thoughts, feelings, and sensations, whether wanted or unwanted. The struggle of the OCD sufferer is one in which certain internal experiences (thoughts, etc.) are viewed as unacceptable, whereas others are allowed to pass by without critique. Mindfulness suggests a different perspective on the presence of these internal experiences, that they be simply noticed, not judged or pushed away.
Obsessing is the state of being stuck in the mind, being distracted by unwanted thoughts and feelings, but not feeling capable of returning from looking them without compulsions or judgments. One tool for developing the skill of coming back is meditation, in which you attend to an anchor (often breathing), notice when your attention has wandered, and then gently invite yourself back to your anchor. This skill can become more automatic and applied to the experience of intrusive thoughts in OCD.
At the core of mindfulness for OCD is identifying thoughts as simply being thoughts, not threats, meaning the content of the thought itself holds no intrinsic value. Similarly, if you suffer from OCD, you may have come to believe that feelings are facts, signs that your obsessions hold some important truths. Mindfulness challenges this by simply identifying feeling as feelings, experiences that can be observed as they pass through. A common metaphor for this concept is that of sitting on a train platform, watching trains go by without attempting to board them.
This course is created by Vyas Psychology Training Centre
Who this course is for:
- People who wish to learn about OCD
