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Joanna Rodriguez
Dementech
How does CBT work for OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder)?
Joanna Rodriguezexplains howCBT (cognitive behavioural therapy)can help withOCD (obsessive compulsive disorder)by identifying the thoughts that makes a person worry and addressing this compulsion.
Transcript
CBT for OCD works by identifying the thoughts that makes a person worry to then feel the need that they have to respond. So CBT for OCD is about the compulsion, helping the person to overcome the anxiety that they feel when they don't carry out the compulsion they feel they need to do when they have an intrusive thought.
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