OCD – Soft Heart Psychology

1 More Tip For OCD Flare Ups

When intrusive thoughts increase we may want to argue with this part of us. My field often tells us to challenge thoughts and that is incorrect for most intrusive thoughts, especially of the OCD nature. It’s not that I’m over here agreeing with my OCD messages or letting this part of me drive my innerContinue reading “1 More Tip For OCD Flare Ups”

2 Tips for OCD Flare Ups

A while back I wrote a bunch on obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and the various types of OCD. I’m learning more and more about OCD both for my patients, but also for myself. There are so many types of OCD including pure O, relationship OCD, etc. There’s so much those of us with OCD canContinue reading “2 Tips for OCD Flare Ups”

Level Up Your Healing

This week I wanted to remind you about my EMDR intensive offering. I’m offering 20% off for the rest of this month (May 2023). Check out this link to see a video on how condensing and focusing your treatment can help you get where you want to go and to just be your true self.Continue reading “Level Up Your Healing”

4-Part Series on Tips for OCD: Part 4

Dear Soft Hearted Loves, This tip is pretty simple, but it has been the most helpful suggestion for people I know. Learning as much as you can is helpful for OCD. It allows the noting thing we talked about in the beginning of this series to be that much easier. Learning more about OCD takesContinue reading “4-Part Series on Tips for OCD: Part 4”

4-Part Series on Tips for OCD: Part 3

Dear Soft Hearted Loves, In our first part of the series on tips for folx with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) we talked about noting the obsession and using our parasympathetic nervous system to the fullest. We have this built in coping or survival strategy in our breathing and meditation that helps our parasympathetic nervous systemContinue reading “4-Part Series on Tips for OCD: Part 3”

4-Part Series on Tips for OCD: Part 2

Dear Soft Hearted Loves, This week we’ll discuss how to let that OCD thought or urge arise as the inner critic instead of resisting or battling it. The inner defender may tell the inner critic kind things, but the inner critic-inner defender battle will continue without the quiet, calm, centered part of ourselves. So muchContinue reading “4-Part Series on Tips for OCD: Part 2”

4-Part Series on Tips for OCD: Part 1

Dear Soft Hearted Loves, What is OCD? In decolonializing care with the folx I serve and debunking a narrow-minded, Eurocentric field of psychology I’ve come to find trauma and grief show up in a number of different ways, including through obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). OCD is neurological and sometimes genetically linked. Sometimes it serves asContinue reading “4-Part Series on Tips for OCD: Part 1”