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Effective OCD Treatment: Managing TIBs for Better Outcomes. A young woman in therapy, sitting on a sofa and vulnerably discussing her treatment-interfering behaviours with her CBT therapist, who is seen from behind.
  • September 12, 2025
  • by Federico Ferrarese
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Effective OCD Treatment: Managing TIBs for Better Outcomes

Effective OCD Treatment: Managing TIBs for Better Outcomes Introduction: the moment things finally clicked I’m thinking of a woman I’ll call Emma. She arrived in my Edinburgh office drained, polite, and quietly frustrated. She’d “done…
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OCD and PTSD: 7 Ways to Embrace Hope Throughout Life. Conference audience watching a presentation titled Understanding OCD + PTSD: A Lifespan Perspective on a large screen during a professional mental health event.
  • September 9, 2025
  • by Federico Ferrarese
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OCD and PTSD: 7 Ways to Embrace Hope Throughout Life

OCD and PTSD: 7 Ways to Embrace Hope Throughout Life I want to start with a story, the way I’d tell it to a close mate over coffee. Last July, I was virtually attending the…
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4 Profound Causes of Intrusive Thoughts and Their Management. A worried man in a white T-shirt sits with his eyes closed, while his concerned wife stands behind him, symbolising the struggle of living with intrusive thoughts.
  • September 8, 2025
  • by Federico Ferrarese
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4 Profound Causes of Intrusive Thoughts and Their Management

4 Profound Causes of Intrusive Thoughts and Their Management Well, imagine we’re having a cuppa in my cosy Edinburgh office. You lean forward, a bit embarrassed, and whisper, “Are these awful thoughts I’m having… normal?”…
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Why ERP Fails: 4 Reasons and Effective Solutions. A thoughtful young blonde woman sits on a sofa, resting her chin on her hand with a notebook in her lap, reflecting on her mental health and therapy journey.
  • September 6, 2025
  • by Federico Ferrarese
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Why ERP Fails: 4 Reasons and Effective Solutions

Why ERP Fails: 4 Reasons and Effective Solutions Introduction: A Story We All Know A few years ago, a client came into my office in Edinburgh. Let’s call her Sarah. She’d been reading about ERP,…
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Why Your OCD Acts Like a Bully: Break Its Control Today. A young man sits at a desk with his reflection in two mirrors, looking down pensively. Keys, a sanitizer bottle, and other small objects rest on the desk in front of him.
  • September 3, 2025
  • by Federico Ferrarese
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Why Your OCD Acts Like a Bully: Break Its Control Today

Why Your OCD Acts Like a Bully: Break Its Control Today Let me tell you something I've noticed in my years working with OCD clients here in Edinburgh. There's this moment—usually about three sessions in—when…
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Body Dysmorphic Disorder: 5 Effective Treatments. A young man with Body Dysmorphic Disorder looking thoughtfully into a mirror, gently touching his face, illustrating the inner struggle with appearance concerns.
  • September 2, 2025
  • by Federico Ferrarese
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Body Dysmorphic Disorder: 5 Effective Treatments

Body Dysmorphic Disorder: 5 Effective Treatments Imagine standing in front of the mirror, heart pounding, convinced that something is terribly wrong with the way you look. Maybe it’s your skin, maybe your nose, maybe something…
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Finding an OCD Therapist Is Difficult: 4 Important Reasons. A therapist, viewed from behind, listens attentively to a distressed client in a calm, well-lit therapy office.
  • August 26, 2025
  • by Federico Ferrarese
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Finding an OCD Therapist Is Difficult: 4 Important Reasons

Finding an OCD Therapist Is Difficult: 4 Important Reasons Last week, a client sat in my Edinburgh office and told me something that broke my heart. "Federico, I've been searching for proper help for twelve…
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12 Essential Tips for Conquering OCD Successfully. A smiling man in his 30s stands triumphantly at the top of concrete stairs, raising his fist in victory with the letters "OCD" on the wall behind him, symbolizing overcoming obsessive-compulsive disorder.
  • August 25, 2025
  • by Federico Ferrarese
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12 Essential Tips for Conquering OCD Successfully

12 Essential Tips for Conquering OCD Successfully Picture this. Last Tuesday, I sat across from a client in my Edinburgh practice who'd been spending ten hours each day trapped in cleaning rituals. She looked exhausted.…
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SO-OCD: 8 Important Insights from a CBT Therapist. Infographic explaining Sexual Orientation OCD (SO-OCD) with visuals for intrusive thoughts, anxiety, compulsive behaviors, and relationship problems.
  • August 23, 2025
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SO-OCD: 8 Important Insights from a CBT Therapist

SO-OCD: 8 Important Insights from a CBT Therapist Picture this for a second. A client sits across from me in my Edinburgh practice, visibly distressed. He's spent months convinced he's been lying to himself about…
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Overcoming Shame with OCD: Effective Strategies to Heal. Young man with a blushing face looking down, showing visible shame and embarrassment, related to OCD and intrusive thoughts.
  • August 21, 2025
  • by Federico Ferrarese
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Overcoming Shame with OCD: 7 Effective Strategies to Heal

Overcoming Shame with OCD: 7 Effective Strategies to Heal Introduction Well, imagine this: we’re sitting in a cosy café in Edinburgh, you’ve just shared how those intrusive thoughts and rituals are weighing you down, and…
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