You're Not Alone | OCD Help

The You’re Not Alone Podcast is dedicated to helping people with OCD overcome it and reclaim their lives. I’m your host Zach Westerbeck. After being diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in 2016 and struggling with severe anxiety, deep depression and thoughts of suicide, I recovered to a place where I wanted to help others. Now, my life’s mission is to help you improve your mental wellness and decrease symptoms of OCD like intrusive thoughts, compulsions, anxiety, and depression by interviewing the most passionate experts in the field of OCD and mental health. By doing so, we will uncover strategies, tactics, and actionable steps specifically tailored to managing OCD symptoms and reclaiming a life of passion, fulfillment, and happiness. If you enjoy our show please leave a 5 star review. This helps fellow OCDer's more easily find the show.

You're Not Alone | OCD Help is a health podcast hosted by Zach Westerbeck, with 115 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Zach Westerbeck hosts You're Not Alone | OCD Help, a health show with 115 episodes published.

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  Episode #115

  #115: Chrissy Cammarata, PhD —  The Overlap of Eating Disorders and OCD

  Nov 27, 202428 minS0

  <p >Chrissy Cammarata is a pediatric psychologist who has worked in academic medical centers, and now in a private practice catering to kids, teens and young adults for the past 15 years. Her specialty focused on the overlap between anxiety and eating disorders. Her practice conducts evidence-based assessments before and during treatments to assess symptom severity and progress. Her approach to recovery involves a combination of Exposure and Response Prevention and other Cognitive Behavioral strategies, as well as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.</p> <p > </p> <p >In this episode we talk about:</p> <p > </p> <p >◾️ How eating disorders can be confuse...

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  Episode #114

  #114: Nina Rifkind, LCSW — Panic Attacks, Agoraphobia, & OCD

  Nov 13, 202432 minS0

  <p>Nina Rifkind is the founder of the Anxiety & OCD Therapy Center, located in northwestern New Jersey. Her practice roots from her own childhood, when she constantly battled social anxiety, panic attacks, agoraphobia, and self-doubt. Today, she shares her 20 years of experience in the field treating adolescents and adults with anxiety disorders, phobias, OCD, health anxiety, body dysmorphia, BFRBs and more. She integrates CBT, ERP, ACT, and other psychodynamic techniques to help her patients navigate through their journey with mental health.</p> <p>In this episode we talk about: </p> <p>◾️ Differentiating Agoraphobia and OCD<br /> ◾️ Approaching phobias through therapy<br /> ◾️...

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  Episode #113

  #113: Becky Verbansky, LMFT —  Grief in the OCD Journey

  Oct 30, 202434 minS0

  <p >Becky Verbansky is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California and Arizona. She has participated in the field of mental health for over 20 years and specializes in the provision of EMDR and EXRP treatments for OCD, stress, anxiety, and depression.</p> <p > </p> <p >In this episode we talk about:</p> <p > </p> <p >◾️ The initial response to being diagnosed with OCD</p> <p >◾️ Addressing grief rooted in your OCD</p> <p >◾️ Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in OCD recovery</p> <p > </p> <p >Find Becky here:</p> <p > </p> <p >becky@verbansky.com</p> <p >solutionsbybecky.com</p> <p > </p...

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  #112: Bethany Warren, LCSW, PMH-C —  Perinatal OCD & Reproductive Mental Health Issues

  Oct 28, 202435 minS0

  <p>Bethany Warren is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker whose private practice focuses on patients dealing with reproductive mental health issues. She is certified in Perinatal Mental Health and EMDR Therapy, and is also trained in ERP for OCD treatment. She has been working in this niche of OCD treatment since 2009, and has continued educating people about this form of OCD and treating patients with all kinds of mental health issues arising from reproductive health.</p> <p>In this episode we talk about: </p> <p>◾️Dissecting perinatal OCD<br /> ◾️ Infertility, pregnancy loss, trauma and mental health<br /> ◾️ How this form of OCD can be...

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  Episode #111

  #111: Paul Peterson, LCSW —  Understanding OCD Treatment

  Oct 16, 202452 minS0

  <p>Paul Peterson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the CEO of the OCD and Anxiety Treatment Center. His practice involves mainly working with Anxiety, OCD, Hoarding, and Trichotillomania. He also works with patients suffering from comorbid issues. His practice evolved from his early years of marriage, where he realized his wife and son were living with OCD.  After using the by-the-book methods to treat his son, he realized treatment could be better. Today, he has cultivated methods of treating OCD by learning from different experts in the field and applying what he sees fitting best with each individual p...

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