OCD and Meditation Welcome to episode 54 of the Purely OCD Podcast. Today Lauren Rosen, LMFT, and Kelley Franke, LMFT, discuss the ins and outs of meditation as a helpful tool in OCD recovery. They discuss what mediation actually means, the different types available, and the core takeaways for using meditation effectively. Below are the…

OCD and Community In today’s episode of Purely OCD, Lauren Rosen, LMFT, and Kelley Franke, LMFT, talk about the benefits of having a strong community to aid the OCD recovery process. They recently returned from a weekend conference with over 1000 plus people and yes, their anxiety spiked a little! But despite that, it was…

In this episode of Purely OCD, Lauren Rosen, LMFT, and Kelley Franke, LMFT, continue the conversation on mental compulsions, in the third part of the series. The two discuss how to identify mental compulsions, what to do once you have identified them and…

In this weeks episode of Purely OCD podcast, Lauren Rosen, LMFT, and Kelley Franke, LMFT are joined by Jenna Overbaugh, LMFT to talk about how OCD recovery can benefit us beyond navigating OCD.
 
They touch on how certain topics, like navigating doubt, d…

On today’s episode of Purely OCD Kelley Franke, LMFT, and Lauren Rosen, LMFT, pick up where they left off in their discussion of mental compulsions.They define and discuss more subtypes of mental compulsions. They also talk about helpful versus unhelpful…

In this episode, Lauren Rosen, LMFT and Kelley Franke, LMFT, discuss mental compulsions. They define mental compulsions and explain how they can present in OCD. They explain how mindfulness a.k.a. mental ninja, is the best approach when it comes to stopp…

In today’s episode of Purely OCD, Lauren Rosen, LMFT, and Kelley Franke, LMFT, discuss obsessions related to contamination with Alcohol and Drugs. To begin with, they talk about contamination obsessions related to sobriety and fears about relapse. They a…

In this weeks episode, Kelley Franke, LMFT, and Lauren Rosen, LMFT, answer listeners questions. Some questions they cover include:
 
1. What can trigger OCD?
2. What language can be used when supporting a loved one with OCD?
3. Does suppressing make OCD …

On today’s episode of the #purelyocd podcast, Lauren Rosen, LMFT, and Kelley Franke, LMFT, talk False Memory OCD. To begin with, they cover about common obsessions, compulsions and the commonly shared obsession between False Memory OCD and Real Event OCD…

On today’s episode of the #purelyocd podcast, Kelley Franke, LMFT, and Lauren Rosen, LMFT, are joined by the wonderful Catherine Benfield!
 
The three discuss Catherine’s recent article (with an assist credit to Kelley) about urges in the context of OCD…