ERP vs. ERE???
Exposure and response prevention, or ERP for short, is an approach within cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) where we literally expose...
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Anthony Bishop
- May 27, 2023
- 3 min
Habit-driven "Compulsions"
We often think of compulsions as behaviors in response to our obsessions and the discomfort those obsessions create. For example, after...
Anthony Bishop
- Mar 19, 2023
- 3 min
The Optic Blind Spot: Two Metaphors
Our Optic Blind Spot can serve as a great metaphor...
Anthony Bishop
- Oct 28, 2022
- 3 min
Sensory Grounding and Beyond
Some of you may be familiar with sensory grounding. If you're not, you will be after this :) Sensory grounding is a tool or set of...
Anthony Bishop
- Jul 10, 2022
- 4 min
But These Are Real Feelings!!! When Contexts Get Confused
Blending is:
A type of thinking error (cognitive distortion) where feelings and thoughts from one event get conflated with another.
Anthony Bishop
- Jan 14, 2022
- 5 min
The Clean Slate
The idea of The Clean Slate is a rule that many sufferers of OCD and anxiety follow. It essentially says “You cannot move forward and...
Anthony Bishop
- Dec 28, 2021
- 1 min
New Book: The OCD Workbook for Teens
The OCD Workbook for Teens: Manage Intrusive Thoughts and Compulsive Behavior with CBT and Mindfulness is now available at major...
Anthony Bishop
- Sep 30, 2021
- 1 min
The IOCDF Online Conference || Friday October 8th - Sunday October 10th, 2021
Be sure not to miss this year's Online OCD Conference organized by the International Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Foundation (IOCDF)....
Anthony Bishop
- Sep 10, 2021
- 4 min
Why We Might Feel Bad Despite Getting Better
One obvious answer to this question is there is something else going on in an individual's life, such as depression or life...
psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, exposure response prevention
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