The OCD Stories
Welcome to The OCD Stories, hosted by Stuart Ralph. The podcast has been heard over 7million times globally. Check out your first episode from our existing hundreds of episodes featuring experts, and people experiencing symptoms just like you today. If you do, you may just feel understood, heard and possibly help you identify your next step in your own personal journey to healing.
Disclaimer - this podcast is not a replacement for therapy. Please seek treatment from a licensed mental health professional.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 512
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Robert Fox: An Internal Family Systems (IFS) view of OCD (#314)
In episode 314 I chat with Robert Fox. Rob is a therapist (LMHC) practicing in Woburn, USA. He specialises in internal family systems and EMDR therapy.
We discuss his own OCD story, shame, internal …
Dr David Burns: Exposure, and the hidden emotion model (#313)
In episode 313 I chat with Dr David Burns. David is a psychiatrist, and is currently Adjunct Clinical Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Med…
Dr Steven Phillipson: Character Indictment OCD (#312)
In episode 312 I chat with Dr Steven Phillipson. Steven is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for OCD. Steven is the Clinical Director at the Center for …
Dr Sam Greenblatt: Cancel culture (OCD), & the overutilisation of porn to cope with OCD (#311)
In episode 311 I chat with Dr Sam Greenblatt. Sam is a licensed clinical psychologist.
We discuss his own OCD setback and the learnings he got from it, we discuss the fear of being cancelled, cancel …
Story: Sam (#310)
In episode 310 I chat with Sam who has kindly agreed to share her story with us.
We discuss her story, a sexual assault that came before the OCD, worrying about getting an STI, pedophile themed OCD …
Emily Hemendinger - Cognitive flexibility for OCD, perfectionism, social anxiety and social media (#309)
In episode 309 I chat with Emily Hemendinger. Emily is a lead OCD therapist at the University of Colorado Health Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic.
We discuss her therapy story and mental health story in…
Story: Angel Brown (#308)
In episode 308 I chat with Angel Brown who has kindly agreed to share her story with us.
We discuss her story, harm intrusive thoughts, panic attacks, health anxiety, her compulsions, fear of going …
Eva Surawy Stepney - Guilty obsessions, and the history of OCD (#307)
In episode 307 I chat with Eva Surawy Stepney. Eva is a research student studying for her PhD at the University of Sheffield. Her thesis title is, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and the foundati…
Dr Eli Lebowitz - SPACE for OCD (Families) (#306)
In episode 306 I chat with Dr Eli Lebowitz. Eli created the treatment approach SPACE which stands for Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions. SPACE is a parent-based treatment program fo…
Story: Sidney Aburi (#305)
In episode 305 I chat with Sidney Aburi who has kindly agreed to share his story with us.
We discuss his OCD story, intrusive thoughts around religion, avoiding school, the severity of his compulsio…
Story: Katie Strang (OCD Illustrated) (#304)
In episode 304 I chat with Katie Strang. Katie is a therapist, who advocates on Instagram through the account OCD Illustrated.
We discuss her OCD story, her themes, going to inpatient care, social an…
Story: Tapio Antere (#303)
In episode 303 I chat with Tapio Antere. Tapio is an aspiring film director from Finland. He has kindly agreed to share his story with us.
We discuss his story, sexual orientation themed OCD, health…
Dr Amy Mariaskin: Thriving in relationships with OCD (#302)
In episode 302 I chat with Dr Amy Mariaskin. Amy is a licensed clinical psychologist and director at The Nashville OCD & Anxiety Treatment Center.
We get an update on Amy, Thriving in relationships …
Story: Lucy (#301)
In episode 301 I chat with Lucy who has kindly agreed to share her story.
In this episode we talk about her story, developing an eating disorder, going to residential treatment, using substances, the…
Special episode: Aaron Harvey interviews Crystal Anderson about her OCD story and intrusive thoughts
In this special episode, Aaron Harvey interviews Crystal Anderson.
Aaron chats with Crystal about her story, violent intrusive thoughts, going to inpatient treatment, getting diagnosed in her thirtie…
A sit and chat with Stuart (#300)
In episode 300 I took some time to reflect on the last 6 years and 300 episodes. I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for listening, and to acknowledge where the shows been, and where’s it’…
Special episode: Dr Patrick McGrath interviews Dr Alec Pollard
Dr Patrick McGrath head of clinical services at NOCD interviews Dr Alec Pollard Founding Director of the Center for OCD & Anxiety-Related Disorders (COARD).
In this episode they talk about Alec’s th…
Justin Hughes: Walking faithfully as a Christian while doing OCD treatment (#299)
In episode 299 I chat with Justin Hughes. Justin is a licensed professional counsellor in Dallas, Texas who specializes in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
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Special episode: Chrissie Hodges interviews Chance McNeely - childhood trauma, & the trauma of OCD
In this episode peer support specialist Chrissie Hodges interviews Chance McNeely.
Chrissie chats with Chance about his story, how culture can develop/influence themes, childhood trauma, their upbri…
Dr Jason Krompinger: ERP, ACT and FAP for OCD (#298)
In episode 298 I interviewed Dr Jason Krompinger. Jason is a clinical psychologist at the OCD institute at McLean hospital.
I chat with Jason about his therapy story, case formulation vs diagnosis, b…