DR. MICHAEL J. GREENBERG

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Understanding OCD

A Simple Explanation of OCD

The Core Fear

Malan’s Model of OCD *

Three Types of OCD Cases *

RF-ERP

Rumination-Focused ERP: Turning Exposure On Its Head

Targets and Rationales for RF-ERP Exposures

Defining and Demarcating Compulsion *

Rumination-Focused Case Conceptualization

RF-ERP Order of Operations *

Pure O and Compulsive Rumination

Understanding Pure O: You Are Not Having Intrusive Thoughts All Day, You Are Ruminating

Defining Rumination

Rumination is a Compulsion, Not an Obsession, and That Means You Have to Stop

How to Stop Ruminating

I Know How to Stop Ruminating but I Can’t Seem to Stop All the Time

ERP Exercises for Compulsive Rumination

How to Stop Paying Attention

Awareness, Attention, Distraction, and Rumination

‘Thought Suppression’ Has Nothing to Do with Rumination, so Why Does It Feel like You Can’t Stop?

How are You Justifying Rumination?

Causal Justifications *

Anatomical Models of Rumination *

What to Do When You’re Triggered

Why ACT and Other Mindfulness-Based Interventions are Not the Solution to ‘Pure O’

Other Types of OCD

Treating Sensorimotor OCD (AKA Somatic OCD)

When You Have OCD but You’re Not Afraid of Anything: Treating ‘Just Right’ OCD, Random Rituals, and Compulsive Behavior

Treating Two Types of Contamination OCD

Miscellaneous

It Matters How We Talk About OCD: The Importance of Using Language of Agency

Rethinking the Process and Treatment of Compulsive Rumination

Why Rumination is a Continuous Loop

Exposure Is About Learning, Not Habituation

Using Imaginal Exposure When Practicing ERP from the Perspective of Learning

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