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Understanding Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Exposure Therapy
50:17 - 1:05:02 (14:44)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Exposure Therapy are used to treat mental disorders. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for OCD entails identifying the utmost fear and exposing patients in a hierarchical way to reduce anxiety.
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To effectively treat patients with OCD, it's crucial for clinicians to have a precise understanding of the patient's obsessions and compulsions.
50:17 - 53:03 (02:46)
Summary
To effectively treat patients with OCD, it's crucial for clinicians to have a precise understanding of the patient's obsessions and compulsions. Patients should be encouraged to define their fears as specifically as possible so that clinicians can develop an effective therapy plan that targets those specific obsessions and compulsions.
ChapterUnderstanding Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Exposure Therapy
EpisodeThe Science & Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
PodcastHuberman Lab
This podcast discusses the different types of cognitive behavioral therapy and exposure therapy used for OCD and other mental disorders, and how identifying fears is an important aspect of these treatments.
53:03 - 54:45 (01:41)
Summary
This podcast discusses the different types of cognitive behavioral therapy and exposure therapy used for OCD and other mental disorders, and how identifying fears is an important aspect of these treatments.
ChapterUnderstanding Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Exposure Therapy
EpisodeThe Science & Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
PodcastHuberman Lab
In this episode, the host explains how an OCD clinician uses exposure therapy to get a patient to face their fears and articulate their true underlying obsessions about the specific fears they have.
54:45 - 56:32 (01:47)
Summary
In this episode, the host explains how an OCD clinician uses exposure therapy to get a patient to face their fears and articulate their true underlying obsessions about the specific fears they have.
ChapterUnderstanding Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Exposure Therapy
EpisodeThe Science & Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
PodcastHuberman Lab
OCD is distinct from other anxiety disorders in that its treatment involves bringing the patient close to their greatest fear and then interrupting the circuit.
56:32 - 1:00:32 (03:59)
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OCD is distinct from other anxiety disorders in that its treatment involves bringing the patient close to their greatest fear and then interrupting the circuit. Unlike other anxiety treatments that focus on lessening anxiety, OCD treatments involve hierarchically revealing the precise source of anxiety to provoke autonomic arousal.
ChapterUnderstanding Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Exposure Therapy
EpisodeThe Science & Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
PodcastHuberman Lab
This podcast discusses the unique features of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Exposure Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), including staircasing for gradual and progressive increase in anxiety, the importance of homework, and condition place preference and condition place avoidance.
1:00:32 - 1:05:02 (04:29)
Summary
This podcast discusses the unique features of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Exposure Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), including staircasing for gradual and progressive increase in anxiety, the importance of homework, and condition place preference and condition place avoidance.