Managing Ocd With Mindfulness & Cbt – Introductory Course

Mindfulness & CBT Tools for Coping with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

What you’ll learn
What is Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder?
How a person develops OCD?
How Does OCD Take Hold and Keep Hold?
Types of OCD
Tools & Techniques to manage OCD
Requirements
NA
Description
You’ve likely heard the buzz around mindfulness and meditation. Mindfulness techniques have been proven to help people improve stress levels, reduce anxiety and even aid in the management of depressive episodes. But did you know that meditation and mindfulness exercises can also help those with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) resist the urge to give in to compulsions?The term ‘mindfulness’ is used to signify many different things, but in the world of cognitive behavioural therapy for OCD, it simply means paying attention to the present moment without judgment or analysis.The present moment is whatever is going on at any given time. This includes the presence of thoughts, feelings, and sensations, whether wanted or unwanted. The struggle of the OCD sufferer is one in which certain internal experiences (thoughts, etc.) are viewed as unacceptable, whereas others are allowed to pass by without critique. Mindfulness suggests a different perspective on the presence of these internal experiences, that they be simply noticed, not judged or pushed away.Obsessing is the state of being stuck in the mind, being distracted by unwanted thoughts and feelings, but not feeling capable of returning from looking them without compulsions or judgments. One tool for developing the skill of coming back is meditation, in which you attend to an anchor (often breathing), notice when your attention has wandered, and then gently invite yourself back to your anchor. This skill can become more automatic and applied to the experience of intrusive thoughts in OCD.At the core of mindfulness for OCD is identifying thoughts as simply being thoughts, not threats, meaning the content of the thought itself holds no intrinsic value. Similarly, if you suffer from OCD, you may have come to believe that feelings are facts, signs that your obsessions hold some important truths. Mindfulness challenges this by simply identifying feeling as feelings, experiences that can be observed as they pass through. A common metaphor for this concept is that of sitting on a train platform, watching trains go by without attempting to board them.This course is created by Vyas Psychology Training Centre

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Course Outline

Lecture 3 What is Mindfulness?

Lecture 4 Basic Concept of Mindfulness

Lecture 5 Cognitive Therapy

Lecture 6 Behavioral Therapy

Lecture 7 Obsessive Cycle

Lecture 8 Acceptance

Lecture 9 Assessment

Lecture 10 Action

Lecture 11 Nature of Thoughts

Lecture 12 Cognitive Therory of Emotional Problems

Lecture 13 Compulsion & Imparement

Lecture 14 How did you develop OCD?

Lecture 15 Psychological Vulnerabilitites

Lecture 16 Triggering Events

Lecture 17 Probability & Awefulness

Lecture 18 Superstition & Magical Thinking

Lecture 19 Not trusting your sense

Lecture 20 The Vicious Flower

Lecture 21 Understanding your problem

Lecture 22 Rumination & Religion

Lecture 23 Starting to tackle your problem

Lecture 24 Break Free from OCD

Lecture 25 Choosing to Change

Lecture 26 Mental Disorders

Lecture 27 Family & Friends

Lecture 28 Life After OCD

Lecture 29 Conclusion

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