Shala Nicely, LPC OCD Treatment with ERP Therapy
On Monday, as I was boarding a flight from Baltimore to Atlanta, I asked the flight attendant standing by the cockpit door for some water. She handed me a can (yes, a can of water….I guess they were out of bottles…), and then the co-pilot, who was also greeting passengers as they boarded, looked at me and […]
Why do I have a dog toy with a tissue taped to it sitting on my desk? And how does it relate to the Target OCD Obsessive Christmas Disorder sweater currently being sold in stores? As usual, it’s sort of a long story. When I wrote my Aha! Moments from the 2015 IOCDF Conference, I […]
I read the following paragraph from Mindfulness: An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World by Mark Williams and Danny Penman last night while doing the elliptical and almost fell off the machine: “…Are you driven by the daily routines that force you to live in your head rather than in your life? Now extrapolate […]
One of the most basic human desires is to be understood. To be heard fully and deeply by another human being. Yet, the fulfillment of this desire happens all too infrequently. And we are left feeling disconnected and alone. If you have a mental illness, feelings of isolation and anguish can be your frequent companions—I […]
